Municipal or independent upper secondary school?

Upper secondary schools can be municipal, state or independent. For municipal schools, the municipality is the accountable authority (owner). Independent schools can be run by a limited liability company, a foundation or an association.

Municipal schools

When a school is run by a municipality, that municipality's education department or education committee is the accountable authority of the school.

Independent schools

Independent schools are open to everyone, and the teaching must be on par with that provided to pupils in municipal schools. Independent schools are run by an organiser (owner) other than the municipality. The organiser of an independent school is the school board or similar.

If a school does not follow the regulations

If an upper secondary school does not follow the applicable regulations, you can lodge a complaint with the accountable authority/organiser. If this does not help, you can submit information about the shortcomings to the Swedish Schools Inspectorate. The Inspectorate can implement various measures to improve the school. In the case of independent schools, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate can also revoke their authorisation. The school will then be forced to close.