Parent
We have a student attending this institution, and the secondary program is a significant concern. When substitute teachers are unavailable, the school's own teachers seem unaware of the appropriate procedures. Prior to Christmas, students were required to retake the math B-test three times because the original test was generated using ChatGPT. Our attempts to address these issues with management have been unsuccessful. Currently, another B-test is scheduled, and the same chaotic situation persists.
Since the change in management some years ago, the school's quality has consistently declined. Appointing a physical education teacher to run the school seems to have contributed to this decline. Each time we provide feedback, we are reminded of their communication policy and assured that feedback is handled effectively. I am surprised that these issues are not more widely known, as parents in all the Facebook groups I belong to are voicing similar complaints, yet it does not appear to be reaching the public sphere.
Enrolling our children here was our biggest mistake. One of our children will complete their studies this summer, and we are actively seeking a new school for our primary-aged children due to the ongoing conflicts and bullying. The combination of unqualified teachers and poor management is detrimental. Consequently, qualified teachers are unlikely to apply here, which explains why a Scottish teacher is reportedly teaching Danish to students. This concludes my observations.
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Parent
This school offers a comprehensive and rigorous education to students. The quality of instruction is super high - and the teachers are talented, hardworking and committed. Every day, the kids enter an almost UN-like atmosphere, with pupils from ALL over the world, whose parents are largely from abroad or Danish students with one international parent, or who have returned to CPH after living abroad. So if you want your child to develop an outward-looking worldview - that is still embedded in positive Danish values - this school fosters that.
It offers a very inclusive environment, where bullying or tomfoolery are not tolerated. The size of classes in Secondary is not too big - which means kids develop close ties and welcome one another. There's also a strong emphasis on the Sciences. The school campus was made possible thanks to an 88 million DKK grant from the Novo Nordisk Fou... read full review
Parent
Simply a fantastic school that combines danish pedagogical approaches with high academic standards in an international atmosphere. The large majority of the kids come from multi-lingual families from all over the world and the school provides them with a secured place to embrace their culture and diversity, and to strengthen their language skills from a very young age. So all in all a really great international school at no cost. We definitely recommend it.
Parent
The school started very strongly and despite facing multiple challenges always managed to give the children a good experience. However, a change in school leadership changed all this to the worse. The school now has an insane teacher turnover which often leads to the situation that they do not have teachers qualified to teach the assigned subject or have teachers with poor language skills teaching the kids. For the most part, the teachers seem unmotivated and not interested in the pupils. The academic level overall is low, which caused us a lot of concern. The communication between the school and the parents is basically absent now. There were multiple incidents of drug and alcohol consumption on campus and the school did nothing about it.
Cannot recommend the school to anyone at this point.