Day Care Centres
Day Cares Centres in Grimstad are both private and municipal-owned. All children will be assigned a place at a Day Care Centre after submission of an application. However, sometimes you will have to wait for a short period of time, and you might also be assigned a place in another Day Care.
Day Care Centres in Grimstad
Application for Day Care
Primary and Secondary Schools
Primary (grades 1. - 7.) and Secondary Schools (grades 8. - 10.) are sometimes co-localised, but most of them are just one or the other. Children start school at their assigned local school. Pupils in grade one with more than two km to their local school and second grade pupils with more than four are entitled to free transport.
In Grimstad we offer foreign pupils a special program the first year they og to school in Norway. The main goal is to learn the norwegian language an keep up in different subjekts in norwegian school.
The Welcom-class is located at Jappa school, in the senter of Grimstad.
Link til Primary and Secondary Schools in Grimstad
After-School Activity Programme (SFO)
Norwegian primary schools have a relatively short school day, from first to fourth grades it lasts until around one pm. Before school begins and for the remaining part of the day, the school provides an After-School Activity Programme (SFO) for first to fourth grade pupils on the school premises. SFO usually opens at 7.30 am and lasts until 4.30 pm. SFO is also available for physically disabled children up to the seventh grade. You can get more information about SFO at the different schools.
Application for After-School Activity (SFO)