Staff stability
Improving
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
OTTERBÄCKENS FÖRSKOLA is a small municipal preschool with 23 children.
OTTERBÄCKENS FÖRSKOLA is a small municipal preschool with 23 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (16.4%) is below the national average of 43.6%.
- 23ChildrenMunicipality: 161High reliability
- 16.4%Share with pedagogical higher educationMunicipality: 38.7% · Sweden: 43.6%High reliability
- 4.2Children per staff memberMunicipality: 4.3 · Sweden: 5.1High reliability
The most important facts in 3 points
- Preschool in Gullspång with 23 enrolled children.
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Skolkoll interpretation
OTTERBÄCKENS FÖRSKOLA is compared here with 2 other schools with the same school form in Gullspång municipality; it has 23 children versus the municipal average of 54.
Share with pedagogical higher education: 16.4%, 22.3 percentage points below the municipal average and 27.2 percentage points below the national average.
Children per staff member is 4.2, 0.1 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.
- 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
Signals from the School Inspectorate and reporting channels
- 16.4% of staff have pedagogical higher education — below the national average (43.6%).
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 Gullspång, Väderkvarnsvägen 4, Hova
School performance
Staff
16.4% Share with pedagogical higher education Municipality: 38.7% · Sweden: 43.6%
Staff
16.4%
Share with pedagogical higher education
School environment
Safety & Inspection
No active cases Recently 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: 19 Jun 2026
Who runs the school
Operator
GULLSPÅNGS KOMMUN Municipal operator 7 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
GULLSPÅNGS KOMMUN
Municipal operator
GULLSPÅNGS KOMMUN is the operator. The municipality has 7 other schools.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- GULLSPÅNGS KOMMUN
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Municipal own operation
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 7
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 20 Jun 2026
Next step: Apply for a place
Apply through Gullspång e-service for preschool application.
Contact and address
- Visiting address
- BOX 100, 54221 Mariestad
- Postal address
- BOX 100, 54221 Mariestad
- School unit code
forsk-332847
Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-06-20.
Nearest and similar schools
- GULLSPÅNGS FÖRSKOLA Same municipality · 68 children
- HOVA FÖRSKOLA Same municipality · 70 children
About Gullspång municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 8
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 179.1 −48.5
- Certified teachers
- 77% +4 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.5 −3.5
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
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In-depth metrics
Preschool statistics
Key figures for OTTERBÄCKENS FÖRSKOLA. 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 education preschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree | 16% | 38.7% | 43.6% |
| Upper-secondary qualification for work with children childcare assistant training or equivalent | 73% | – | 15.4% |
| Some pedagogical training for example parts of a pedagogical education | 0% | – | – |
| Other education other education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden | 11% | – | – |
| Other educational background (combined) comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together | 11% | – | 40.2% |
Of which preschool-teacher degree: 16%
Municipal preschool data for Gullspång (2025) (5 metrics)
National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Gullspång. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.
Inspections & decisions
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