Grinden in Gnesta

PreschoolOperator: Förskolan Grinden, Ådalskyrkan · Gnesta, Södermanlands County

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GRINDEN is a small independent preschool with 24 children.

GRINDEN is a small independent preschool with 24 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (16.7%) is below the national average of 43.6%.

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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Gnesta with 24 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

GRINDEN is compared here with 10 other schools with the same school form in Gnesta municipality; it has 24 children versus the municipal average of 43.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 16.7%, 17.8 percentage points below the municipal average and 26.9 percentage points below the national average.

Children per staff member is 4.4, 1.0 lower than the municipal average.

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School programmes

  • Preschool

Things to look into

Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.

  • 16.7% of staff have pedagogical higher education — below the national average (43.6%).

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Grinden, 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 Gnesta, Ådahlsvägen 2, Gnesta

School performance

Staff

16.7%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 34.5% · Sweden: 43.6%

16.7% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 26.9 percentage points below the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
16.7%Municipality: 34.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
4.4Municipality: 5.4 · 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

FÖRSKOLAN GRINDEN, ÅDALSKYRKAN
Independent operator

17 other schools in the municipality.

FÖRSKOLAN GRINDEN, ÅDALSKYRKAN operates this school independently.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
FÖRSKOLAN GRINDEN, ÅDALSKYRKAN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Independent
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
17
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Gnesta e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
ÅDAHLSVÄGEN 2, 64632 GNESTA
Postal address
ÅDAHLSVÄGEN 2, 64632 GNESTA
School unit code
forsk-451849

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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Nearest and similar schools

  • FÖRSKOLAN FRUSTUNASame municipality· 50 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN FÅGELDANSENSame municipality· 79 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN GLÄNTANSame municipality· 18 children

About Gnesta municipality

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

Schools
18
Avg. merit (yr 9)
228.9in line
Certified teachers
65%−9 pp
Pupils per teacher
11.5−0.5

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

69.9% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ +2.2 pp over 5 years

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

This preschool

Preschool statistics

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

Enrolled children24
Children per FTE4.4municipality: 5.4, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education16.7%municipality: 34.5%, 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 degree17%34.5%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent19%17.7%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education19%
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden46%
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together65%47.8%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 17%

Municipal preschool data for Gnesta (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group16.7national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–313.9national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–520.0national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education34.5%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)5.4national: 5.0

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

Data coverage

What we do not know about Grinden

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  • 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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