Private and state schools

Private and state schools

Lead-in paragraph

There are 12 are so-called contractual schools that have an agreement with the City to provide basic education as a municipal service. There are also 15 private and government-funded schools in Helsinki.

Contractual schools and other private schools

A private school operates as an independent education provider and is independently responsible for its activities.
A contractual school operates as an independent education provider which has a cooperation agreement with the City of Helsinki regarding student intake, for example.
Private basic education providers in Helsinki that are not listed below on this page are not officially authorised to provide education. Education provided by such organisations is comparable to home-schooling.

Contractual schools (private schools that provide basic education as a municipal service)

Apollo School(Link leads to external service)

Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Helsingin Uusi Yhteiskoulu Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Helsingin Yhteislyseo Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Herttoniemi Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Kulosaari Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Lauttasaari Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Maunula Secondary School(Link leads to external service)

Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu(Link leads to external service)

Oulunkylän yhteiskoulu(Link leads to external service)

Pohjois-Haagan yhteiskoulu(Link leads to external service)

Töölön yhteiskoulu(Link leads to external service)

Private and government-funded schools

Elias-koulu School(Link leads to external service)

The English School of Helsinki(Link leads to external service)

European School of Helsinki(Link leads to external service)

Helsingin Juutalainen Yhteiskoulu School(Link leads to external service)

Helsinki Christian School(Link leads to external service)

Helsingin Montessori-koulu School(Link leads to external service)

Helsinki Normal Lyceum(Link leads to external service)

Lycée franco-finlandais d’Helsinki, Helsinki French-Finnish School(Link leads to external service)

Helsinki Rudolf Steiner School(Link leads to external service)

Deutsche Schule Helsinki, Helsinki German School(Link leads to external service)

Viikki Teacher Training School of the University of Helsinki(Link leads to external service)

International School of Helsinki(Link leads to external service)

Marjatta-koulu School(Link leads to external service)

Финско-русская Школа, The Finnish-Russian School(Link leads to external service)

Valteri School(Link leads to external service)