Swedish Schools Inspectorate approves IES as operator for all new applications regarding permits to start and expand schools
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) has decided to grant IES permits for all the applications filed in the beginning of 2019. The permits are for establishment of compulsory schools in grades F-9 in Kungsbacka, Kävlinge, Partille, Sigtuna, Staffanstorp, Upplands Väsby, Vallentuna och Värmdö. An addition to existing permits have also been received regarding adding grades F-3 in Järfälla and Karlskrona. IES has previously communicated decision to start schools in Kungsbacka, Upplands Väsby and Vallentuna. Permits are a prerequisits to go futher in the process to establish a school and an evaluation is ongoing regarding the other cities.
For information about how to apply please email info@engelska.se or call 08 544 735 30
For more information about this press release please contact:
Emma Rheborg, Head of Communication and IR, IES
Telephone: +46 (0)768 511 540
E-mail: emma.rheborg@engelska.se
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the above contact, on 28 June 2019 at 13:30 CEST.
About Internationella Engelska Skolan
Internationella Engelska Skolan, IES, is one of the leading free school operators in Sweden with some 25,600 students at 36 schools, and about 3,200 students at its schools in Spain.
IES Sweden operates schools for students in grades F-12. Its main focus is grades 4-9, what is often called “middle school.” Within the compulsory school system in Sweden, IES is the leading independent operator, with 17 of the 20 largest free schools. IES’s results on the national tests in grade 9 are far above average in Sweden.
Internationella Engelska Skolan was founded in 1993 and is in its 26th year of operation. Throughout this period, its schools have been defined by the three core convictions of its founder, Mrs. Barbara Bergström:
- A safe and orderly environment, where teachers can teach and students learn.
- To command the English language − the key to the world.
- High academic expectations and targets.
Up to half of the teaching in IES schools in Sweden is in English, by native English speaking teachers. Over 800 teachers with qualified foreign teaching degrees are currently teaching in IES schools. They are mainly recruited from Canada, the USA, the UK and South Africa.
IES’s student base is in growing strongly. Over the past ten years, total operating income has increased organically by an average of 19% per year. In the most recent financial year 2017/18, which concluded on 30 June 2018, total operating income was MSEK 2,347.9, an increase of some 15% year on year. As of 31 March 2019, there were approximately 199,700 applications in the waiting list to secure a place in the Swedish schools for the current and forthcoming years.
Internationella Engelska Skolan has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap, with the ticker ENG, since 2016.
The largest (indirect) shareholders of IES are TA Associates of the US, which has close affiliations to leading universities and foundations in the US, and IES’s founder Barbara Bergström. At the end of February 2019, the 10 largest shareholders also included Paradigm Capital, Swedbank Robur fonder, the Third Swedish National Pension Fund, SEB fonder and AMF Försäkring & Fonder (owned jointly by LO, The Swedish Trade Union Confederation and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise).
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