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Gamlebyvikens friskola in Västervik

Compulsory school Year 1–9 Josua Education AB · Västervik, Kalmar County

Group: Josua Education AB

Headmaster: Isac Lejondahl

46 /100
Skolkoll Score 46 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This value is below average. What is the Skolkoll Score?

Gamlebyvikens friskola is a small group-operated compulsory school with 80 pupils.

Gamlebyvikens friskola is a small group-operated compulsory school with 80 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (54%) is below the national average of 74%.

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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 year Pupils Qualified teachers Avg. grade Cost/pupil (municipality)
2526 80 54%
2425 57%
2324 38%
2223 44%
2122 29%

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. Source events and computed signals are shown separately so authority data is not mixed with deviation indicators.

Most significant registered changes

3 priority events out of 10 total: Lifecycle — School started; Signal — Pupils per teacher changed unusually much; Signal — Qualified teachers changed unusually much.

All 10 Lifecycle 1 Statistics 5 Signal 4
high 6 medium 4 low 0
12 months3 years10 yearsAll

Quick overview

Few, high-confidence events for guardians and pupils. Low-confidence events, statistics publications, and technical source traces appear in the views below.

  1. Lifecycle School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the start date for this compulsory school operated by Josua Education AB, current status AKTIV.

    Register event Source: Skolverket school-unit register Confidence: high Date precision: day

Source history

Name, operator, status and headmaster changes; inspection decisions; statistics publications; and traceable group history. These rows are source-tagged with origin and confidence.

No source-tagged name, operator, status, headmaster, inspection, statistics or group events for Gamlebyvikens friskola in the sources Skolkoll holds locally.

In-depth analysis

Indications, low-confidence rows, statistics publications, and technical source history — for school leaders, journalists, and analysts.

  1. Statistics Pupil count: statistics vintage available

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

    Statistics publication Source: Skolverket statistics history Confidence: high Date precision: year Method: skv4-statistics-availability-v1 Observed: 2026
  2. Statistics Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

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

    Statistics publication Source: Skolverket statistics history Confidence: high Date precision: year Method: skv4-statistics-availability-v1 Observed: 2026
  3. Statistics Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

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

    Statistics publication Source: Skolverket statistics history Confidence: high Date precision: year Method: skv4-statistics-availability-v1 Observed: 2026
  4. Statistics Merit rating: statistics vintage available

    Merit rating is available for 2021. This is data availability, not a school event.

    Statistics publication Source: Skolverket statistics history Confidence: high Date precision: year Method: skv4-statistics-availability-v1 Observed: 2021
  5. Statistics Upper-secondary eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Upper-secondary eligibility is available for 2021. This is data availability, not a school event.

    Statistics publication Source: Skolverket statistics history Confidence: high Date precision: year Method: skv4-statistics-availability-v1 Observed: 2021

Computed signals

Larger year-over-year movements in historical key figures. These rows are Skolkoll's computations from existing history and should NOT be read as authority decisions or quality judgements.

  1. Signal Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers increased by 19 pp from 38% to 57% between 2024 and 2025. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Computed signal Source: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Confidence: medium Date precision: year Method: skv4-metric-signal-thresholds-v1 Severity: positive
  2. Signal Pupils per teacher changed unusually much

    Pupils per teacher decreased by 21% from 12.1 to 9.5 between 2023 and 2024. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Computed signal Source: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Confidence: medium Date precision: year Method: skv4-metric-signal-thresholds-v1 Severity: positive
  3. Signal Pupils per teacher changed unusually much

    Pupils per teacher increased by 21% from 10.0 to 12.1 between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Computed signal Source: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Confidence: medium Date precision: year Method: skv4-metric-signal-thresholds-v1 Severity: signal
  4. Signal Qualified teachers changed unusually much

    Qualified teachers increased by 15 pp from 29% to 44% between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

    Computed signal Source: Skolkoll calculation from Skolverket history Confidence: medium Date precision: year Method: skv4-metric-signal-thresholds-v1 Severity: positive

Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 27 May 2026), Skolinspektionen (fetched 3 May 2026), and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are tagged with source "Skolkoll calculation" and have 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.

Personnel

Permanently employed
56.4% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Permanently employed teachers This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies. Read more about the method →
Senior teachers (förstelärare)
Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties. Read more in glossary →
9.6%
Pupils per counsellor
2,300
Certified in subject(s)
57.3% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
7.2
Share of female teachers
66.5%

School survey (agree, %)

Safety, year 5
89%
Safety, year 8
68% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Safety year 8 The 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
80%
Study peace, year 8
50% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Study environment year 8 The school survey relies on voluntary responses and results can vary substantially between years for small samples. Read more about the method →
Anti-bullying, year 5
68%
Anti-bullying, year 8
56%
Stimulation, year 5
69%
Stimulation, year 8
36%

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

Operator finances

Operator finances — Josua Education AB

Key figures from the operator's most recent annual report (period ending 2024-12-31).

Figures are for the operator (Josua Education AB), which may run several schools — not for this individual school.

Revenue 10,770 TSEK
Net income -35 TSEK
Equity ratio 6%
Employees 18

Source: Bolagsverket (annual report, period ending 2024-12-31).

Demography

Pupil forecast — Västervik

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) 3,882
ages 6–15 (2030) 3,668
ages 6–15 (2035) 3,272
Change 2025→2030 -5.5%

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

Västervik 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.

Measure 20252024202320222021
Pupils 3,5033,4653,5033,5283,450
Merit value yr 9 220.2215.5213.9217.4216.6
Eligibility for upper secondary 66.2%66.2%66.9%67.2%68.1%
Pupils per teacher 10.610.410.711.010.7
Cost per pupil 150,291 SEK145,115 SEK140,592 SEK132,375 SEK127,901 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

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