IB Boarding School in Denmark, Europe

Herlufsholm Skole:
Herlufsholm Skole is a boys & girls boarding school and mixed day school with an International Baccalaureate department. The language of instruction in the IB-department is English & Danish. Herlufsholm aims to provide a Danish framework, encompassing Christian and democratic ideals, in a historic setting, for the optimal preparation of young people - irrespective of background and financial means - for their adult lives. It remains a boarding school rich in tradition, but it is also a modern, internationally oriented institution. Both in and out of the classroom, Herlufsholm pupils acquire the professional and personal skills required to be able to play their parts as responsible citizens making a positive contribution to national and international society.

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Herlufsholm offers possibly the most comprehensive educational programme in Denmark to boys and girls from their sixth year of schooling to the sixth form.

Junior school:
Herlufsholm has created its own educational model for the 6th to 9th grade classes, called the Junior Programme. The programme follows the requirements and criteria laid down by the Department of Education.

We call the 10th grade the Preparatory class as the teaching is designed to prepare the students for the senior school.

Senior School:
The teaching complies with the regulations issued by the Ministry of Education for Danish Senior School exams. Because of the modest size of Herlufsholm School, the choice of different lines and optional subjects may be more limited than in larger schools.

A sophisticated information technology system with many IT centres for the students and newly equipped physics and chemistry laboratories are optimal facilities for the students.

International Baccalaureate
Herlufsholm has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) since 1997. IB is a two-year course corresponding to the 2nd and 3rd year of senior school; all teaching takes place in English and the final examination is the same for students all over the world. Thus an IB examination gives access to further education at universities worldwide. In preparation for IB, we offer a Pre-IB course, corresponding to the first year in senior school, but all the teaching is in English.

The IB diploma programme is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year curriculum. At Herlufsholm Skole the IB programme is an international pre-university education anchored in Danish history and environment. Danish has a very high priority at Herlufsholm, both as a native language, as a second language, and as a beginner language. The curriculum consists of six subject groups accompanied by three other central and fundamental programmes.