Koulutus Vantaalla

Education in Vantaa

The Info Bank Education System  page provides information about the Finnish education system.

The Info Bank Helsinki Metropolitan Area Education page contains information on children’s day care, temporary child care, basic and upper secondary education, and applying for education in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

Day care

Vantaa provides both municipal and private day care. In addition to Finnish- and Swedish-language day care Vantaa also provides day care in Russian and English.

The City of Vantaa website contains information on municipal day care in Vantaa and day care centres in Finnish , Swedish and English . An application form for municipal day care is available in Finnish , Swedish  and English .

Information concerning application for places in private day care is available from the private day care centres. Contact details are obtainable from the City of Vantaa website in Finnish , Swedish  and English .

Pre-school education

The Info Bank Basic Education  page contains general information about pre-school education in Finland.

Information concerning pre-school education in Vantaa can be obtained from the City of Vantaa website in Finnish , Swedish and English . Pre-school education application form in Finnish and Swedish .

Children of pre-school age with a foreign linguistic and cultural background may, in the first instance, apply for a preparatory class offering tuition in their mother tongue in addition to pre-school education. Further information on preparatory and pre-school education can be obtained from the regional coordinators for language and cultural groups. Contact details for regional coordinators can be found from the attachment file on the Language and Cultural Group Teaching page in Finnish .

The City of Vantaa website contains information on foreign-language pre-school teaching in day care centres in Finnish and English .

Children’s Basic Education

Principal information concerning basic education in Finland can be found on the Info Bank Basic Education page under Basic Education .

Information concerning basic education in Vantaa can be obtained from the City of Vantaa website in Finnish ,Swedish  and English .

Preparatory instruction 

Where Finnish language skill levels are insufficient for pre-school education, pupils may undergo preparatory teaching. The child’s guardians may contact a language and cultural group regional coordinator who will provide assistance in filling in the necessary paperwork and assess when the child would be ready to transfer to pre-school education.

Contact details for regional coordinators can be found from the attachment file on the Language and Cultural Group Teaching page in Finnish .

Finnish as a second language and teaching of mother tongue

Teaching of Finnish as a second language in basic education is given to those pupils whose Finnish language skills are below the level of mother tongue. Further information in Finnish .

The City of Vantaa website contains information on teaching of mother tongue in Finnish . Registration form for teaching of mother tongue available in Finnish and English .

Teaching in a foreign language 

Information on teaching in a foreign language is available from the Alternatives in Vantaa Basic Education page in Finnish .

Pupils' morning and afternoon club activities

Morning and afternoon club activities for pupils is intended for first- and second-year pupils as well as special needs pupils from other years. Preference for club places is given to first years pupils. In Vantaa, club activities for pupils are implemented almost exclusively in the afternoon. Although directed by the city, in practice club activities are organised by associations, organisations, the parish and private entrepreneurs.

Afternoon clubs are normally run on school and parish premises, and mainly take place in Finnish and Swedish. The City of Vantaa webpages contain more information on afternoon club activities for pupils in Finnish . Swedish-language activities are organised together with the Swedish schools. The International School in Vantaa hosts an English-language afternoon club organised by the parents' association. Information about the International School in English and Finnish .

Adult basic education students 

The City of Vantaa website contains information on adult basic education studies in Finnish .

Upper Secondary School

Information about upper secondary education in Vantaa in Finnish , Swedish and English . Upper secondary schools in Vantaa in Finnish .

Information concerning the IB line at Tikkurila Upper Secondary School in Finnish and English  (via the IB link).

Information about the Distance-Learning Upper Secondary School for Adults in Finnish .

Information about Vantaa Upper Secondary School for Adults in Finnish .

Upper Secondary Vocational Education

Information concerning upper secondary vocational education in Vantaa can be found on the city’s website in Finnish , Swedish  and English .

Adult education

Information about adult education is available on the City of Vantaa website in Finnish .

Career counselling

Information on career choices can be found on the Info Bank Career Counselling page.