Barnhagen in Åmål

PreschoolOperator: Ek För Föräldrakooperativet Barnhagen · Åmål, Västra Götalands County

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BARNHAGEN is a small independent preschool with 18 children.

BARNHAGEN is a small independent preschool with 18 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (44.3%) is above the national average of 43.6%.

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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Åmål with 18 enrolled children.
  2. Preschools are not covered by our inspection sync; check the Inspectorate or municipality if needed.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

BARNHAGEN is compared here with 11 other schools with the same school form in Åmål municipality; it has 18 children versus the municipal average of 35.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 44.3%, 24.5 percentage points below the municipal average and 0.7 percentage points above the national average.

Children per staff member is 5.9, 1.1 higher than the municipal average.

Apply for a place? See Åmål school portal (opens in a new window) for information about preschool application.

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School programmes

  • Preschool

Things to look into

No clear flag.

No clear attention flags from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Barnhagen, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

Aerial view of the school's surroundings. The property is marked from the register; building use has not been verified. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0

Entrances:1 Åmål, Vikenborgsgatan 1, Åmål

School performance

Staff

44.3%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 68.8% · Sweden: 43.6%

44.3% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 0.7 percentage points above the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
44.3%Municipality: 68.8% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
5.9Municipality: 4.8 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

EK FÖR FÖRÄLDRAKOOPERATIVET BARNHAGEN
Independent operator

26 other schools in the municipality.

EK FÖR FÖRÄLDRAKOOPERATIVET BARNHAGEN operates this school independently.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
EK FÖR FÖRÄLDRAKOOPERATIVET BARNHAGEN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Independent
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
26
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Use Åmål school portal for information about preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
VIKENBORGSGATAN 1, 66236 ÅMÅL
Postal address
Åsgatan 14, 66234 ÅMÅL
School unit code
forsk-351341

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.

Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.

Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
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Daily-life profile

Everyday life at the school

Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.

SourcedCommute and transportVIKENBORGSGATAN 1, 66236, ÅMÅLSource: Skolverket · 2025-12-31

Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Profile or focus, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →

Nearest and similar schools

  • ELISEBERGS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 60 children
  • FENGERSFORS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 15 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN LYCKANSame municipality· 30 children

About Åmål municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
27
Avg. merit (yr 9)
204.3−23.4
Certified teachers
75%in line
Pupils per teacher
9.8−2.2

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Stable

74.2% qualified teachers in municipality (2025)≈ unchanged over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for BARNHAGEN. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Enrolled children18
Children per FTE5.9municipality: 4.8, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education44.3%municipality: 68.8%, national: 43.6%

Staff educational background (2025)

Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.

CategoryThis preschoolMunicipalityNational
Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree44%68.8%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent0%10.0%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education0%
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden56%
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together56%21.2%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 28%

Municipal preschool data for Åmål (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group15.7national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–312.7national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–515.3national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education68.8%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)4.8national: 5.0

National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Åmål. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.

Data coverage

What we do not know about Barnhagen

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  • MissingEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
  • UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
  • MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
  • MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.

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