International high school

Silvia-Jolene · Post by **Silvia-Jolene** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:01 pm

Hello!
I'd be happy if you can tell me is there an english/international school in Helsinki or somewhere close , 9-12 grade where you study mainly in english?
I heard of one but the expectations there are extremely high. I suppose it's like that in all the schools tho...
I'd like to enroll myself in such a school where there are all kinds of people from different countries but also learn better finnish.
Thank you!

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foca · Post by **foca** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:09 am

Basically you talking about what is called Lukio here, and it is 10-12 grade. There is a number of ib schools - Ressu, Kulosaari (not ib , provides a-levels ) , syk, vantaa international and the English school which are free , there is also the international school of Helsinki which is not.
All schools follow the Finnish curriculum plus some extra depending on whether it is an ib school or not .

foca · Post by **foca** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:03 am

I believe that Eiran is more for adult education. If you wanna stay with your peers try the lukios that I mentioned.

foca · Post by **foca** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:57 pm

The best way to learn about lukios - try the open days. All schools have them in January- February .

TimoR · Post by **TimoR** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:24 pm

foca wrote:There is a number of ib schools - ... and the English school which are free , there is also the international school of Helsinki which is not.

Couple of corrections concerning The English School in Meilahti, Helsinki:
TES - The English school is private school. This year the tuition fee is 673€ for the whole school year + registration is 50€ (once in the three years I believe).
TES is not (at least currently) an IB school. See more from http://www.eschool.edu.hel.fi/high_scho ... chool.html.

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