Språkskolan in Umeå
Headmaster: Ann Britt Walderhaug Sedic
52
Skolkoll Score 52 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. Better than 50% of Sweden’s compulsory schools.around the national midpointShows where a school sits within a comparison group. Percentile 80 means the school ranks above roughly 80 percent of that group.Compared to all compulsory schools nationally
A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.
The score reflects results directly. Given the pupil intake, the school still performs in line with expectations — see value-added.
Data coverageMedium3/5
Why this score?
Skolkoll score is Skolkoll's composite indicator based on available data sources. It is not an official quality measure and should be read together with the underlying data.
3 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.
Results in line with the pupil intakeA statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →What is value-added?The school's own contribution given its pupil intake (Skolverket's SALSA model) — not a quality guarantee, and not comparable between years.
Språkskolan is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 180 pupils.
Språkskolan is a medium-sized independent compulsory school with 180 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (71%) is below the national average of 72%.
- 180PupilsMunicipality: 13,370High reliability
- 71%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 80% · Sweden: 72%High reliability
- 11.4Pupils per teacherMunicipality: 12.5 · Sweden: 12.0High reliability
- 131,657 SEKCost per pupil (municipal avg.)Sweden: 144,179 SEKLimited history
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The most important facts in 3 points
- Compulsory school in Umeå with 180 pupils.
- The latest inspection (2023) has no recorded deficiencies in our data.
- Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.
Skolkoll interpretation
Språkskolan is compared here with 63 other schools with the same school form in Umeå municipality; it has 180 pupils versus the municipal average of 209.
Qualified teachers: 71%, 9 percentage points below the municipal average and 1 percentage point below the national average.
Pupils per teacher is 11.4, 1.1 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.
- Merit value is 29 points lower than expected given pupil composition (SALSA score: -29.0).
School profile
The school's strengths compared with all primary schools nationally.
- Certified teachersP39
- Pupil-teacher ratioP59
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 Umeå, Skärvstensgatan 6, Umeå
School performance
Staff
71%Qualified teachersMunicipality: 80% · Sweden: 72%
Staff
71%
Qualified teachers
71% of teachers hold a pedagogical degree — 2 percentage points below the national average.
- Qualified teachers Reliability: High reliability.
- 71%From 66% (2425) to 71% (2526)Municipality: 80% · Sweden: 72%
- Pupils per teacher Reliability: High reliability.
- 11.4From 11.8 (2425) to 11.4 (2526)Municipality: 12.5 · Sweden: 12.0
- Permanently employed Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 81%
- Senior teachers (förstelärare) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- —Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
- Pupils per counsellor Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 633.3
- Certified in their teaching subject Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 66%
- Teachers (FTE) Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 16.2
- Share of female teachers Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 85%
- Teacher turnover Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 12%
Moderate reliability — Mixed sources: certification + student/teacher ratio reported directly to Skolverket; other personnel fields from Skolverket's annual Personal report (1-2 year data lag).
Value-added / SALSA
-29.0SALSA residualModel prediction: 225.0 · Actual outcome: 254.0
Value-added / SALSA
-29.0
SALSA residual
The school performs below what the student composition would predict.
- Model prediction Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 225.0
- Actual outcome Reliability: Moderate reliability.
- 254.0
Moderate reliability — SALSA models have natural uncertainty for small schools.
School environment
Safety & Inspection
1 openRecently inspected 2023Safety index: 75 / 100
Safety & Inspection
1 open
Recently inspected 2023
1 open remark(s) from the Schools Inspectorate.
- Latest inspection decision Reliability: High reliability.
- 2023-05-15 — Riktad tillsyn Uppföljning skolbeslut Grundskolan Umeå Språkskolan, 2023 (pdf, 172 kB)
- Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
- 1
- Safety index Reliability: High reliability.
- 75 / 100Safety: 88% · Study peace: 60% · Anti-bullying: 75% · Staff: 70%
Safety index
75/ 100(High data coverage)
- Safety88%(national 78)
- Study peace60%(national 56)
- Anti-bullying75%(national 56)
- Staff70%(no national figure)
School Survey — all perspectives
| Dimension | Pupils (åk 8) | Guardian | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 8.8 / 10 | — | — |
| Study environment | 6.0 / 10 | — | — |
| Anti-bullying | 7.5 / 10 | — | — |
| Stimulation | 6.3 / 10 | — | — |
| Support | 7.1 / 10 | — | — |
Scale 0–10 (rescaled from Skolverket's 0–100). Guardian and staff perspectives are often not in open data.
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
Resources
131,657 SEKCost per pupil (total)Sweden: 144,179 SEK
Resources
131,657 SEK
Cost per pupil (total)
Cost per pupil is 9% below the national average.
Limited history — Cost data updated annually by Kolada/SCB.
Who runs the school
Operator
SPRÅKSKOLAN I UMEÅ EK. FÖR.Independent operator199 other schools in the municipality.
Operator
SPRÅKSKOLAN I UMEÅ EK. FÖR.
Independent operator
SPRÅKSKOLAN I UMEÅ EK. FÖR. operates this school independently.
- Operator Reliability: High reliability.
- SPRÅKSKOLAN I UMEÅ EK. FÖR.
- Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
- Independent
- Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
- 199
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
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Contact and address
- Headmaster
- Ann Britt Walderhaug Sedic
- Visiting address
- Skärvstensgatan 6, 90656 Umeå
- Postal address
- Skärvstensgatan 6, 90656 UMEÅ
- Phone
- 090-2010800
- Website
- www.sprakskolan.com/
- School unit code
55815397
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
15 min by bike
School
Support and inclusion
Support and student health
This panel shows sourced support-resource data where available and marks the rest as missing or uncertain. These fields do not affect score or ranking.
Missing or uncertain support-resource fields
- MissingStudent health teamIs there sourced information about student health functions at the school?
- MissingSpecial educatorIs special-education competence reported separately?
- MissingSpecial needs teacherAre special needs teachers reported separately?
- MissingSpecial education competenceIs there a verifiable aggregate metric for special education teachers?
- MissingSchool nurseIs there sourced information about school nurse resources?
- MissingPsychologistIs there sourced information about psychologist resources?
- MissingStudy and career guidanceIs there sourced information about study and career guidance?
- MissingLanguage supportIs there sourced information about language or mother-tongue support?
- MissingAdaptations and special supportIs there verified process information for adaptations and special support?
- MissingAccessibilityIs there sourced information about physical or pedagogical accessibility?
- MissingContact routeIs there a verified contact route for support questions?
Privacy rule: no individual pupil health, diagnosis, support decision or personal case data may be stored.
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
- Mariehemsskolan1 km away· 190 pupils
- Ersängsskolan F-63 km away· 200 pupils
- Berghemsskolan1 km away· 230 pupils
About Umeå municipality
School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.
- Schools
- 200
- Avg. merit (yr 9)
- 221.6−6.1
- Certified teachers
- 82%+8 pp
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.5+0.5
Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
Similar schools
The 5 most-similar compulsory schools based on student count, geography, teacher certification and pupil composition.
SALSA result
−29.0A statistical model that compares schools’ results with what is expected given the student composition.Read more in glossary →Performs as expectedThe residual is actual minus expected merit value; positive means the school lifts pupils more than the model predicts.
How should SALSA be read?
SALSA is a statistical comparison metric, not a school rating. Small cohorts and individual year groups can create uncertain signals, so read it together with pupil counts, survey data and other sources.
Source: Skolverket/SALSA · See the full comparison table →
Pupils per year
Number of pupils per year group (total 183 pupils). Latest available year from Skolverket (SIRIS).
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In-depth metrics
Staff stability
Declining
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Safety and study environment (SkolenkätenThe Schools Inspectorate’s survey sent to pupils, parents, and staff about safety, classroom order, and teaching.Read more in glossary →)
The school survey shows pupil experience where responses are available. Read values together with year, response coverage and unknowns.
Coverage: 2 displayed year groups · year 2026.
Strongest (Year 5)
- Safety: 78 (national 82)
- Support: 70 (national 74)
Weakest (Year 5)
- Anti-bullying: 40 (national 65)
- Study environment: 47 (national 57)
Support-needs policy · School-choice guide
Source: Skolinspektionen Skolenkäten 2026. Updated annually. · See all years and dimensions in the data view →
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
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 Språkskolan, its municipality, operator and similar schools.
Compulsory schools in UmeåSee all compulsory schools in the municipality with results and comparisons.Schools in UmeåOpen the municipality page with all schools, rankings, and local aggregates.Språkskolan I Umeå Ek. För.See all schools, municipalities, and core metrics for the same provider.Västerbottens länCompare municipalities and school patterns across the whole county.Merit value year 9Compare year-9 merit values across municipalities and school environments.Certification vs Merit valueSee how merit values and upper-secondary eligibility move together.School size by school typeSee how school forms and unit sizes are distributed nationally.School type distributionCompare how school forms are distributed across municipalities and operators.
Data coverage
What we do not know about Språkskolan
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: 3 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.
- PartialSupport resources and student healthSome support-resource fields have sourced statistics, but several parts are still missing or reported only in aggregate.
- PartialSafety and study environmentThe school survey is shown where available, but not every grade and perspective is always covered.
- 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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