This Swedish-language comprehensive school run by the City of Helsinki has preschool, special classes and grades 1 to 9, with about 500 pupils, and has been a unified school since 1 August 2011. Finnish is taught from grade 1, English or German can start in grade 3, and English, Spanish, French or German in grade 7. Its values are summed up as GREJT: community, respect, empathy, equality and safety.
Textbooks and school supplies are free for pupils, and contact between home and school is mainly through Wilma. It is a shoe-free school, so pupils need indoor shoes. The covered entrance is lit, a wheelchair lift links the two floors, and there is an accessible toilet on the second floor.
