Hammenhögs Friskola in Simrishamn
Headmaster: Jessica Sharpe
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Why this score?
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2 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data.
When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.

Hammenhögs Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 70 pupils.
Hammenhögs Friskola is a small independent compulsory school with 70 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (60%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 70PupilsMunicipality: 1,540High reliability
- 60%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 66% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 9.1Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 9.9 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 152,220 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Simrishamn with 70 pupils.
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Skolkoll interpretation
Hammenhögs Friskola is compared here with 9 other schools with the same school form in Simrishamn municipality; it has 70 pupils versus the municipal average of 154.
Qualified teachers: 60%, 6 percentage points below the municipal average and 12 percentage points below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 9.1, 0.8 lower than the municipal average.
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School programmes
- Compulsory school
Things to look into
Worth looking into. These indicators are an attention aid, not a quality grade or risk score.
- 60% qualified teachers — more than 10 percentage points below the national average (72%).
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.
- Certified teachersP16
- Pupil-teacher ratioP88
Source: Skolverket, Swedish Schools Inspectorate.
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 Simrishamn, Ystadsvägen 45, Hammenhög
School performance
Staff
60%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 66% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
60% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 12 percentage points below the national average.
- Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
- 60%From 58% (2425) to 60% (2526)Municipality: 66% · Sweden: 72%
- Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
- 9.1From 8.8 (2425) to 9.1 (2526)Municipality: 9.9 · Sweden: 12.0
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 86%
- Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- —Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 58%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 9.8
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 93%
- Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 9%
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active casesRecently inspected
Safety & Inspection
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate. Latest decision: Regelb. tillsyn Skolbeslut Simrishamn Hammenhögs Friskola, 2014 (pdf, 1627 kB).
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 0
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Resources
152,220 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
Cost per pupil is 6% above the national average.
Who runs the school
Operator
Hammenhögs Friskola ek. för.Independent operator29 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
Hammenhögs Friskola ek. för. operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- Hammenhögs Friskola ek. för.
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 29
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
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Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Jessica Sharpe
- Visiting address
- Ystadsvägen 45, 27650 Hammenhög
- Postal address
- Ystadsvägen 45, 27650 HAMMENHÖG
- Phone
- 0414-401855
- Website
- www.hammenhogsfriskola.se/
- School unit code
36559452
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.
Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.
Daily-life profile
Everyday life at the school
Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.
Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →
Nearest and similar schools
- Gärsnäs skola6 km away· 110 pupils
- Smedstorps skola6 km away· 80 pupils
- Brösarps skola25 km away· 100 pupils
About Simrishamn municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 30
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 243.2+15.5
- Certified teachers
- 67%−7 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.7−2.3
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
School survey perspectives
Pupils, guardians and staff — same school, different answers
Survey results broken down by respondent group on a 0–10 scale. Groups can experience the same school very differently — notable gaps are highlighted below.
Text summary of the chart:
- Pupils: Safety too few responses, Study environment too few responses, Stimulation too few responses, Support too few responses, Anti-bullying too few responses.
- Guardians: Safety too few responses, Study environment too few responses, Stimulation too few responses, Support too few responses.
Results with fewer than 5 responses are shown as “too few responses”.
Automatically flagged gaps
At least one respondent group has too few responses on the overlapping measures, so gaps cannot be calculated.
Staff results are not published per school by Skolinspektionen today, so the staff view appears only when available.
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 74 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Throughput year 6 → year 9
- 17 pupils yr 6
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.
Inspections & decisions
The Schools Inspectorate has 2 decisions on record without critical findings.
Source: Skolinspektionen tillsynsregister (open data). Updated when new decisions are published. · See all decisions and review types in the data view → · Check current status at the Schools Inspectorate ↗
Explore further
More context about Hammenhögs Friskola, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Data coverage
What we do not know about Hammenhögs Friskola
Open school data is not complete. Use this as a checklist for what to verify with the school, provider or municipality.
- MediumResults and score inputsMedium data coverage: 2 of 5 score dimensions have school-specific data. When school-specific data is missing for a dimension, the neutral value 50 is used. That does not automatically lower the school, but it makes the score less informative.
- MediumEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
- 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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