Staff stability
Improving
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN is a small independent preschool with 34 children.
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN is a small independent preschool with 34 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (43.3%) is below the national average of 43.6%.
- 34ChildrenMunicipality: 7,378High reliability
- 43.3%Share with pedagogical higher educationMunicipality: 40.5% · Sweden: 43.6%High reliability
- 5.0Children per staff memberMunicipality: 5.2 · Sweden: 5.1High reliability
The most important facts in 3 points
- Preschool in Västerås with 34 enrolled children.
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Skolkoll interpretation
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN is compared here with 144 other schools with the same school form in Västerås municipality; it has 34 children versus the municipal average of 52.
Share with pedagogical higher education: 43.3%, 2.8 percentage points above the municipal average and 0.3 percentage points below the national average.
Children per staff member is 5.0, 0.2 lower than the municipal average.
Apply for a place? Use Västerås e-service for preschool application (opens in a new window).
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 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 Västerås, Karlfeldtsgatan 3, Västerås
School performance
Staff
43.3%Share with pedagogical higher educationMunicipality: 40.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
Staff
43.3%
Share with pedagogical higher education
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently 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: 5 Jul 2026
Who runs the school
Operator
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLANIndependent operator247 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN
Independent operator
FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 247
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Apply through Västerås e-service for preschool application.
Contact and address
- Visiting address
- KARLFELDTSGATAN 3, 72222 VÄSTERÅS
- Postal address
- c/o , KARLFELDTSGATAN 3, 72222 VÄSTERÅS
- School unit code
forsk-156431
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
15 min by bike
School
Nearest and similar schools
- APALBY FÖRSKOLA ABSame municipality· 46 children
- ARKENS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 64 children
- BELLMANSGÅRDENS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 69 children
About Västerås municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 248
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 217.8−9.9
- Certified teachers
- 69%−5 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9+0.9
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
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In-depth metrics
Preschool statistics
Key figures for FÖRSKOLAN PÄRLAN. Compared to municipal and national averages.
Staff educational background (2025)
Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.
| Category | This preschool | Municipality | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree | 43% | 40.5% | 43.6% |
| Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent | 12% | 17.0% | 15.4% |
| Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education | 12% | – | – |
| Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden | 32% | – | – |
| Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together | 44% | 42.5% | 40.2% |
Of which preschool-teacher degree: 43%
Municipal preschool data for Västerås (2025) (5 metrics)
National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Västerås. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.
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Data coverage
What we do not know about Förskolan Pärlan
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