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The English School Gothenburg in Göteborg

Compulsory school Year 1–9 STIFTELSEN ENGLISH SCHOOL IN GOTHENBURG · Göteborg, Västra Götalands County

Headmaster: Andrew Potter

53
top 6% Near average Compared to all compulsory schools nationally
Skolkoll Score 53 out of 100. The scale goes from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). 50 is the average. This school performs near average. Better than 94% of Sweden’s compulsory schools

A composite of five open data sources — a starting point, not a grade.

What is the Skolkoll Score?

The English School Gothenburg is a large independent compulsory school with 410 pupils.

The English School Gothenburg is a large independent compulsory school with 410 pupils. The share of qualified teachers (48%) is below the national average of 74%.

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Key figures over time

Summary of the central metrics for the most recent 5 academic years. Visit each source for the full time series.

Academic year Pupils Qualified teachers Avg. grade Cost/pupil (municipality)
2526 410 48% — —
2425 — 55% 273.2 —
2324 — 50% 262.6 —
2223 — 47% 254.6 —
2122 — 45% 275.0 —

Source: Skolverket + Kolada (cost is municipal average, not school-specific).

School history

Events from Skolverket's unit register, Skolinspektionen inspections, group history, and locally-computed statistical signals are shown in one chronology. Each row states its row type, origin and data trust so authority data is not mixed up with Skolkoll's own signals.

School history

3 priority events out of 12 total: Authority record · Operator name changed; Authority record · School started; Authority record · Operating name changed.

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  1. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Pupil count: statistics vintage available

    Pupil count is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  2. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Pupils per teacher: statistics vintage available

    Pupils per teacher is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  3. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Qualified teachers: statistics vintage available

    Qualified teachers is available for 2026. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  4. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Merit rating: statistics vintage available

    Merit rating is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  5. Statistics vintage Statistics Skolverket

    Upper-secondary eligibility: statistics vintage available

    Upper-secondary eligibility is available for 2025. This is data availability, not a school event.

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  6. Computed signal Signal Skolverket

    Merit rating changed unusually much

    Merit rating decreased by 20.4 points from 275.0 to 254.6 between 2022 and 2023. This is a calculated signal, not a register decision.

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    Skolverket
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    Medium: the information is derived from several sources and should be read as context.
    What the date means
    Only the year is known, so the event is placed at year level.

  7. Authority record Name Skolverket

    Operating name changed

    From "unknown" to "The English School Gothenburg".

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  8. Authority record Name Skolverket

    School name changed

    From "The English School Gothenburg" to "Stiftelsen The English School Gothenburg".

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  9. Authority record Contact Skolverket

    Contact details changed

    From "url: http://www.theenglishschool.se, email: admin@theenglishschool.se, phone: 031-7127550" to "url: http://www.theenglishschool.se, email: info@theenglishschool.se, phone: 031-7127550".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  10. Authority record Contact Skolverket

    Contact details changed

    From "url: http://www.theenglishschool.se, email: admin@theenglishschool.se, phone: 031-298024" to "url: http://www.theenglishschool.se, email: admin@theenglishschool.se, phone: 031-7127550".

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    Skolverket
    Reliability
    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  11. Authority record Operator Skolverket

    Operator name changed

    From "Stiftelsen the English School Gothenburg" to "STIFTELSEN ENGLISH SCHOOL IN GOTHENBURG".

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    Skolverket
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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date shows when Skolkoll found the change in a data check. The change may have happened earlier.

  12. Authority record Lifecycle Skolverket

    School started

    Skolverket records 2013-10-01 as the school's start date.

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    High: the information comes from an authority source or a matched authority decision.
    What the date means
    The date is a known decision, publication or register date.

Register sources: Skolverket (fetched 4 Jun 2026), the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (fetched 31 May 2026) and group lookup from Bolagsverket/Skolkoll. Computed signals are marked separately and use year-level date precision.

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Quality data (Skolverket Statistical Database)

Costs, personnel data and school survey results from Skolverket's quality system.

Personnel

Special needs teachers qualified
0%
Permanently employed
93.6% Limited history There is still too little history to interpret the trend safely. This affects Permanently employed teachers This staffing metric is affected by FTE definitions, local reporting practices, and temporary vacancies. Read more about the method →
Senior teachers (förstelärare)
— Data missing — the Swedish National Agency for Education has not published this value.
Teacher turnover The proportion of staff replaced during a year. High staff turnover may indicate instability or recruitment difficulties. Read more in glossary →
13.5%
Certified in subject(s)
54.5% (licensed and certified for teaching subject)
Teachers (FTE)
31.1
Share of female teachers
72.7%

Source: Skolverket Statistical Database (Statistikdatabasen). Updated annually.

Demography

Pupil forecast — Göteborg

Number of children in the age group ages 6–15 in the municipality, according to SCB's forecast.

Forecast covers all children in this age group across the entire municipality — not just this school's catchment. Local enrolment depends on school choice and migration patterns.

ages 6–15 (2025) 63,028
ages 6–15 (2030) 58,992
ages 6–15 (2035) 54,683
Change 2025→2030 -6.4%

Source: SCB (population forecast for Göteborg municipality, by school-form age group).

Göteborg municipality — history (school form: compulsory school)

Municipality-aggregated key figures from Kolada over the most recent 5 years. Shown as municipality average — not school-specific values — because Kolada reports financial and pedagogical metrics at school-form level per municipality.

Measure 20252024202320222021
Pupils 54,74355,02254,82255,19254,733
Merit value yr 9 232.2228.8227.5230.6232.1
Eligibility for upper secondary 74.9%73.3%72.1%71.7%72.5%
Pupils per teacher 11.911.912.012.012.2
Cost per pupil 155,918 SEK154,061 SEK145,320 SEK137,587 SEK131,771 SEK

Source: Kolada (Swedish council for municipal analyses).

Data sources

Skolkoll is built exclusively on public data sources. Each row below shows the source, fetch date, and which metrics come from it.

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