Kvarnens Förskola in Pajala

PreschoolOperator: Pajala Municipality · Pajala, Norrbottens County

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KVARNENS FÖRSKOLA is a small municipal preschool with 25 children.

KVARNENS FÖRSKOLA is a small municipal preschool with 25 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (37.5%) is below the national average of 44.3%.

Children
25High reliability
Municipality: 147
Share with pedagogical higher education
37.5%High reliability
Municipality: 26.7% · Sweden: 44.3%
Children per staff member
3.9High reliability
Municipality: 4.3 · Sweden: 5.1
Next steps

The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Pajala with 25 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

KVARNENS FÖRSKOLA is compared here with 6 other schools with the same school form in Pajala municipality; it has 25 children versus the municipal average of 25.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 37.5%, 10.8 percentage points above the municipal average and 6.8 percentage points below the national average.

Children per staff member is 3.9, 0.4 lower than the municipal average.

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3 values is based on a small sample

This applies only to the values listed here.

The sample is small, so the value may vary more than usual.

This affects

  • Certified teachers
  • Pupils per teacher
  • Number of pupils
  • This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies. For preschools without a compulsory or upper-secondary school, the same field instead holds the share of staff with pedagogical higher education (see the measure Share with pedagogical higher education).
  • This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies.
  • 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

  • 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 Kvarnens Förskola, 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 Pajala, Slåttervägen 21, Pajala

School performance

Staff

37.5%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 26.7% · Sweden: 44.3%

37.5% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 6.8 percentage points below the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
37.5%Municipality: 26.7% · Sweden: 44.3%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
3.9Municipality: 4.3 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No recorded deficiencies
Recently inspected

No registered inspection decisions with deficiencies.

Recorded decisions with deficiencies Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

PAJALA KOMMUN
Municipal operator

17 other schools in the municipality.

Pajala Municipality
Municipal operator:Pajala MunicipalityPajala Municipality · 18 schools in the municipality

PAJALA KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 17 other schools.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
PAJALA KOMMUN
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Municipal own operation
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
17
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Oct 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Pajala e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
SLÅTTERVÄGEN 21, 98431 PAJALA
Postal address
98485 PAJALA
School unit code
forsk-307291

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-10-05.

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

  • BACKENS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 30 children
  • JÄGARENS FÖRSKOLASame municipality
  • LILLSKOGENS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 37 children

About Pajala municipality

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

Schools
18
Avg. merit (yr 9)
221.4−6.2
Certified teachers
54%−19 pp
Pupils per teacher
8.0−3.9

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Improving

61.5% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▲ +5.9 pp over 5 years

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

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for KVARNENS FÖRSKOLA. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Enrolled children25
Children per FTE3.9municipality: 4.3, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education37.5%municipality: 26.7%, national: 44.3%

Staff educational background (2025)

Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit. The figures come from Skolverket's annual survey; staff hired after the survey appear first in the next survey.

CategoryThis preschoolMunicipalityNational
Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree38%26.7%44.3%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent47%20.3%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education0%––
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden16%––
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together16%53.1%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 22%

Preschool-teacher licence (share of full-time posts): 22% · Municipality 24.1% · National 44.7%

A preschool-teacher licence is Skolverket's proof that someone is a qualified preschool teacher; as a rule, only licensed preschool teachers may be responsible for teaching. Pedagogical higher education means a university degree with a teaching focus, with or without a licence. The measures are counted separately, so the share with a licence can be higher than the share with pedagogical higher education.

Children enrolled (2025)

ShareThis preschoolNational
Share of girls52% (exact value 52.0%)48.6%
Children with a foreign background (born abroad, or both parents born abroad) Including children who were not in the population register on 30 September of that year.Not reported (Skolverket)Not reported (Skolverket) — Skolverket does not publish this value, and Skolkoll does not estimate it.24.2%
Children with at least one parent with post-secondary education40% (exact value 40.0%)68.1%

The figures describe which children are enrolled, not the preschool's quality, and affect no rankings on Skolkoll. The shares vary a lot between municipalities and neighbourhoods; the national figure is a reference, not a norm. At a small preschool a single child can move a share by several percentage points. Skolverket does not publish a value that rests on few children, so small preschools often lack it.

Municipal preschool data for Pajala (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group10.9national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–37.8national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–57.5national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education26.7%national: 44.3%
Children per FTE (municipal average)4.3national: 5.0

National averages for group sizes and children per FTE are calculated from all 290 municipalities; the other national figures cover the whole country. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Pajala. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.

Data coverage

What we do not know about Kvarnens Förskola

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  • MissingResults and score inputsSkolkoll score is not shown for this school type or lacks enough underlying data.
  • MissingEligibility 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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