Bockstensskolan in Varberg

Compulsory schoolYear 1–2Operator: Varberg Municipality · Varberg, Hallands County

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Bockstensskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 120 pupils.

Bockstensskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 120 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (61%) is below the national average of 72%. Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school.

Pupils
120High reliability
Municipality: 2,220
Qualified teachers
61%High reliability
Municipality: 74% · Sweden: 72% (Skolverket: unweighted school-unit mean, compulsory schools with published data; latest available value per school)
Pupils per teacher
12.2High reliability
Municipality: 10.8 · Sweden: 11.9
Cost per pupil (municipal avg.)
132,984 SEKLimited history
Sweden: 144,800 SEK
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Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic yearPupilsQualified teachersAvg. gradeCost/pupil (municipality)
2025/2612061%——
2024/25—82%——
2023/24—79%——
2022/23—68%——
2021/22—76%——

Source: Skolverket + Kolada (cost is municipal average, not school-specific).

School history

Events from Skolverket's unit register, Skolinspektionen inspections, group history, and locally-computed statistical signals are shown in one chronology. Each row states its row type, origin and data trust so authority data is not mixed up with Skolkoll's own signals.

School history

3 priority events out of 10 total: Authority record · Status changed; Authority record · Visiting address changed; Authority record · School started.

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  1. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers decreased by 21 pp from 82% to 61% between 2025 and 2026. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  2. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Pupil count: statistics vintage available

    Pupil count is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  3. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

    Pupils per teacher is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  4. Statistics vintageStatisticsSkolverket

    Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

    Qualified teachers is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  5. Authority recordStatusSkolverket

    Status changed

    From "AKTIV" to "UPPHORT".

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
  6. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Pupils per teacher changed unusually much

    Pupils per teacher increased by 21% from 8.9 to 10.8 between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  7. Computed signalSignalSkolverket

    Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers increased by 11 pp from 68% to 79% between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.
  8. Authority recordLocationSkolverket

    Visiting address changed

    From "Ölandsgatan 1, 43230 VARBERG" to "Ölandsgatan 1, 43239 Varberg".

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
  9. Authority recordNameSkolverket

    Operating name started being reported

    Skolverket started reporting the operating name "Bockstensskolan". This is source history, not a confirmed name change.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.
  10. Authority recordLifecycleSkolverket

    School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the school's start date.

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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date is a known decision, publication or register date.
    Found in data check
    2013-10-14

Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 6 Oct 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 3 Oct 2026) and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are marked separately and use year-level date precision.

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Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs, personnel data and school survey results from Skolverket's quality system.

Costs per pupil

Total cost
129,300 SEK Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsCost per studentCosts are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.Read more about the method →
Teaching
75,500 SEK
Facilities
18,000 SEK
Meals
9,300 SEK
Learning materials
6,200 SEK
Student health
4,880 SEK
Other costs
15,400 SEK

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, year 5
80%
Safety, year 8
76% Limited historyThere is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.This affectsSafety year 8The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples.Read more about the method →
Study peace, year 5
56%
Study peace, year 8
56%
Anti-bullying, year 5
64%
Anti-bullying, year 8
50%
Stimulation, year 5
64%
Stimulation, year 8
51%

Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.

Demography

Pupil forecast — Varberg

Number of children in the age group ages 6–15 in the municipality, according to SCB's forecast.

Forecast covers all children in this age group across the entire municipality — not just this school's catchment. Local enrolment depends on school choice and migration patterns.

ages 6–15 (2025)8,159
ages 6–15 (2030)8,028
ages 6–15 (2035)7,475
Change 2025→2030-1.6%

Source: SCB (population forecast for Varberg municipality, by school-form age group).

Varberg municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Municipality-aggregated key figures from Kolada over the most recent 5 years. Shown as municipality average — not school-specific values — because Kolada reports financial and pedagogical metrics at school-form level per municipality.

Measure20252024202320222021
Pupils7,2257,2807,2637,1327,029
Merit value yr 9222.7232.0220.9231.1227.5
Certified teachers76.9%76.9%77.5%75.0%77.5%
Pupils per teacher11.812.111.911.411.6
Cost per pupil132,984 SEK131,476 SEK125,817 SEK120,968 SEK118,128 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

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