Ranum Efterskole College

With 400+ students, Ranum Efterskole College is one of Denmark's largest general efterskoles. Students live on the campus, which is a small town in it own right. The school campus covers four main houses: Kærhuset, Seminariehuset, Lien and Ranumhus. In this way, we have many small communities which together form one large community.

We are a modern and independent efterskole, where the school year and content are formed by students and staff in collaboration. We are continuously pushing ourselves towards new goals and challenges.

We offer activities for personal and professional developement and a safe framework focussing on the well-being of all students. Here you will find high quality of life, a healthy lifestyle and have a challenging and different year. Everyone interested in- and who have the courage for- new adventures are welcome at our school.

The purpose of Ranum Efterskole College is to operate a self-governing, independent international boarding school within the framework of existing rules on private boarding schools in Denmark.

This obliges us to provide development for everyone through challenging activities in a safe setting, focusing on both the academic content and the personal well-being. Students are encouraged to maintain a balance between learning and a wide range of extra-curricular subjects and activities, with sporting and cultural achievements valued equally. It is a primary objective to ensure that students develop a healthy and quality based lifestyle.

Nature-sports are a concatenation of nature experience and sport in nature, in the wild. Nature becomes the learning environment, and sports the subject in which the student develop a set of general competencies and skills. Imagination is a general expression for creativity through an imaginative learning. Imagination is an educational process that provides insight into life, and puts the contemporaries in relief.

The school is obliged to provide classes in the compulsory subjects that are connected to the Danish 9th and 10th end of school examinations. The teaching of these subjects is in the context of the activities that are characteristic for the school, so that practice and theory are experienced coherently. It is a priority that each student receives the best possible exam in all subjects, both in the oral and in the written disciplines.

The everyday life of the efterskole should seek to create a 'free room' for the students' personal development and strengthen their social and democratic competences. The school must be an integral part of the local community and have close cooperation with relevant local educational institutions and associations.

The idea behind these focuses is that sports and imagination are seen as a key interface between creativity, art, culture, sports and nature. The school regard this interaction as a training and development process, in which the students ultimately will dare to seek own boundaries and to express themselves as an individual in the community.

It requires knowledge, imagination, courage and tolerance to navigate in a complex and ever-changing world. The interaction between nature sports and imagination creates a vibrant and spirited learning environment that can help to provide the individual with the social and academic skills that are needed for success in a dynamic global society.

At Ranum Efterskole College you can combine the best of Efterskole with an international IGCSE Examination. This is a perfect opportunity for Danish students who love English and would like to challenge themselves in the 9th and 10th grade, as well as international students living abroad, who would like to experience the Danish efterskole, without compromising their international education.

You get the best from the efterskole; the community, 450 new friends, the profile subjects, the travels and all the other exciting things – while also getting an international exam.

IGCSE 9th grade students will have 5 IGCSE subjects + Danish as well as prepare to complete school-leaving examinations (of the Danish Folkeskole FSA).

IGCSE 10th grade students and international students will have 5-6 IGCSE subjects + Danish as 1st, 2nd or foreign language.