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Copenhagen offers IB, British, French and Danish routes. Check the child’s later qualification, actual campus and CPR-related fee rules before comparing schools.
Copenhagen’s options lead to different qualifications.
Copenhagen International School in Nordhavn offers the full International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum and limits any one nationality to 25% of enrolment. International School of Hellerup, or ISH, offers IB and a separate Danish STX route. Its older pupils attend Præstøgade in Østerbro, not the younger campus in Hellerup.
Rygaards International School follows the English curriculum to IGCSE at 16. It has no Diploma years, so identify the 16–19 destination. The Danish school sharing the site has a separate admission route.
Lycée Français Prins Henrik in Frederiksberg follows French education to the baccalaureate. Institut Sankt Joseph offers a Catholic Danish route and a bilingual Danish-Cambridge route. N. Zahles Skole provides Danish private primary and STX education.
At ISH, Rygaards and Prins Henrik, Danish registration and subsidy rules can materially change fees. The reviewed ISH document had conflicting 2025 and 2026 references. Prins Henrik’s pages differed between 2 and 5 September 2026. Ask the finance office for the deadline that applies to your child. A CPR number alone may not satisfy every funding condition.
Some 2026–27 entry points at Sankt Joseph and Zahle were already full or closed. Request current availability rather than relying on the old notice. Use the correct programme’s fee schedule and add care, meals, registration and support where excluded.
Test Nordhavn, Hellerup, Østerbro, Frederiksberg and the central addresses separately. Also compare the local folkeskole if Danish education is realistic.
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CIS is Copenhagen’s large, established full-IB day school. Its Nordhavn campus offers the PYP, MYP and Diploma in English, but admission also depends on language readiness, support capacity and a nationality limit whose wording differs between two official sources.
CopenhagenInstitut Sankt Joseph is most distinctive for its Danish–English bilingual route: about half the timetable follows Danish national goals, while maths, English and science follow Cambridge programmes in English. It requires real Danish as children get older.
HellerupInternational School of Hellerup offers the full IB continuum in English across campuses in Hellerup and Østerbro. Its Østerbro high-school site also houses a separate Danish-medium STX programme. The school publishes detailed fees, but its 2026–27 documents contain conflicting years in the CPR-subsidy rules, so families near the deadline should obtain a written fee decision.
FrederiksbergLycée Français Prins Henrik follows the French national curriculum from early childhood to the baccalauréat. Older pupils can pursue the Danish-French baccalaureate, which preserves access to both systems. The 2026–27 rules distinguish the school’s 2 September CPR submission deadline from the fee table’s 5 September subsidy date.
Start with the qualification your child would actually receive. Then check its subjects, language demands, and recognition in the countries where they may study next.
7 minStart with your child and the family's likely plans. Define the non-negotiables, verify the school's claims, compare three realistic options and visit with specific questions.
7 minTuition is only one line of the budget. Separate charges from advance payments, record what each figure includes, and ask the school to confirm your calculation in writing.
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