Staff stability
Improving
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Brännkärrsskolan in Knivsta
Headmaster: Petra Dickson
55 /100
Skolkoll Score 55 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is above average. What is the Skolkoll Score? Brännkärrsskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 250 pupils.
Brännkärrsskolan is a medium-sized municipal compulsory school with 250 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (87%) is above the national average of 74%.
- 250PupilsMunicipality: 2,820High reliability
- 87%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 77% · Sweden: 74%High reliability
- 16.0Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 13.1 · Sweden: 12.1High reliability
- 154,167 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 142,155 SEKLimited history
The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Knivsta with 250 pupils.
- No current inspection decision is available in the open Schools Inspectorate data.
- Applying? Contact the municipality or provider for the current application route.
Skolkoll interpretation
Brännkärrsskolan is compared here with 10 other schools with the same school form in Knivsta municipality; it has 250 pupils versus the municipal average of 256.
Qualified teachers: 87%, 11 percentage points above the municipal average and 13 percentage points above the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 16.0, 2.9 higher than the municipal average.
Cost per student and Number of pupils has limited history
This applies only to the values listed here.
There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely.
This affects
- Cost per student
- Number of pupils
- Costs are affected by accounting practices, rent levels, and service mix, and should mainly be compared across similar school types.
- Pupil counts may be privacy-suppressed for small units and are not always updated on the same cadence as other indicators.
Other values here do not have this specific note.
School programmes
- Compulsory school
Signals from the School Inspectorate and reporting channels
- 16.0 pupils per teacher — significantly above the national average (12.1).
Aerial view of the school
The school's property boundary and buildings from the Swedish Land Survey's property register. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0
Entrances: 1 Knivsta, Skogsgläntevägen 15, Knivsta
School performance
Staff
87% Qualified teachers Municipality: 77% · Sweden: 74%
Staff
87%
Qualified teachers
87% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 13% above the national average.
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active cases Recently inspected
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: 29 Mar 2026
Resources
154,167 SEK Cost per pupil (total) Sweden: 142,155 SEK
Resources
154,167 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 8% above the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
KNIVSTA KOMMUN Municipal operator 36 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
KNIVSTA KOMMUN
Municipal operator
KNIVSTA KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 36 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- KNIVSTA KOMMUN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Municipal own operation
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 36
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 27 May 2026
Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Petra Dickson
- Visiting address
- Skogsgläntevägen 15, 74146 Knivsta
- Postal address
- 74175 KNIVSTA
- Phone
- 018-347872
- knivsta@knivsta.se
- Website
- www.knivsta.se/
- School unit code
59464350
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-05-27.
Nearest and similar schools
- Bergaskolan 13 km away · 260 pupils
- Kunskapsskolan Uppsala Norra 13 km away · 270 pupils
- Raoul Wallenbergskolan Uppsala 14 km away · 260 pupils
About Knivsta municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 37
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 232.5 +4.9
- Certified teachers
- 78% +4 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.0 +0.9
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 253 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Throughput year 6 → year 9
79.4% → 74.5%
Source: Skolverket SIRIS + Skolverket Statistical Database.
School meals
Weekly menus and meal provider for this school's municipality.
No menu provider registered for this municipality yet.
Source: municipality's own meal portal — Skolkoll does not host menu content.
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