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Copenhagen
This page lists the 6 schools we profile in Copenhagen and compares them at a glance: curriculum, teaching languages, ages and boarding. Programmes on offer: IB, GCSE/IGCSE, French curriculum, American-style high-school diploma and host-country national programmes. All of them are day schools.
School profiles in this area
| School | Curriculum | Teaching languages | Ages | Day or boarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen International SchoolCopenhagen | IB Primary Years Programme · IB Middle Years Programme · IB Diploma Programme · NEASC-accredited US high school diploma | English | From 2 years 10 months to Grade 12 | day |
| Institut Sankt JosephCopenhagen | Danish Fælles Mål · Cambridge International in English, mathematics and science · Cambridge IGCSE · Danish FP10 in International Grade 10 | Danish · English | Grade 0–9, plus International Grade 10 | day |
| International School of HellerupHellerup | IB Primary Years Programme · IB Middle Years Programme · IB Diploma Programme · Danish STX | English in the IB programmes · Danish in the STX programme | 3–19 | day |
| Lycée Français Prins HenrikFrederiksberg | French national curriculum · Diplôme National du Brevet · French baccalauréat · Danish-French baccalaureate (DFB) | French · Danish | Toute Petite Section from 2 years 10 months through Terminale | day |
| N. Zahles SkoleCopenhagen | Danish primary and lower-secondary education · Danish STX upper-secondary qualification | Danish | Grade 0 through 3.g | day |
| Rygaards International SchoolCopenhagen | English national curriculum · Cambridge and Pearson Edexcel IGCSE | English | Reception to Year 11, approximately 4–16 | day |
Notes from the School Gates
- The Globe Was Bigger Than Every Door in the SchoolAround 1975 an American library in Copenhagen gave Copenhagen International School a floor globe the size of a small car. The history room was on the third floor.
- The Reunion Roll Call Stopped at Seventy. Then: Eighty.At Rygaards School’s 2025 reunion in Hellerup, the head asked old pupils to raise a hand for their jubilee year. The room thought it had found its oldest graduate.
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