What Hellerup Skole does

Hellerup Skole is a Danish public municipal school (folkeskole) operating under Gentofte Municipality, located at Dessaus Boulevard 10, 2900 Hellerup in the Capital Region of Denmark. The school delivers the standard Danish public education curriculum across grades 0 through 9 (ages approximately 6–16), organized into three sequential programs: Indskoling (grades 0–3), Mellemtrin (grades 4–6), and Udskoling (grades 7–9). The school is described by its own website as architecturally and pedagogically distinctive. Staffing stands at 41 employees.

The school supplements its daytime academic offering with after-school care services: Fritidsordning (GFO) for grades 0–3 and Fritidsklub for grades 4–9, with the latter including a Univers offering for grades 4–6. Governance is provided by a school board (Skolebestyrelsen) with meeting minutes documented from 2021/2022 through 2025/2026, and the school maintains an active student council (Elevrådet). The school operates with no tuition fees for enrolled students, consistent with the Danish folkeskole model.

The school's underlying technology is the Aula platform, a municipal school-parent-teacher communication and administrative management platform operated at the Gentofte Municipality level. Hellerup Skole does not maintain its own proprietary technology, mobile applications, or integrations. The entity is not a commercial business: it is a government-funded institution whose revenue is sourced from Gentofte Municipality's tax base and Danish government education grants, with no independent revenue model, pricing structure, or commercial go-to-market motion. Growth, marketing, and expansion are governed by municipal planning rather than market dynamics.

Name

Hellerup Skole

Legal name

Hellerup Skole

Website

https://hellerupskole.aula.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hellerup Skole is a Danish public municipal school (folkeskole) under Gentofte Municipality, serving students in grades 0–9 (ages 6–16) at its Hellerup campus, with integrated after-school care programs and no tuition fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary and Lower Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public primary education
• Folkeskole education
• After-school care
• Lower secondary schooling
• Municipal school services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hellerup

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hellerup Skole is a Danish public primary and lower secondary school (folkeskole) that delivers free, municipally funded education to children aged approximately 6-16 across grades 0 through 9, organized into Indskoling (grades 0-3), Mellemtrin (grades 4-6), and Udskoling (grades 7-9). The school also operates after-school care services — Fritidsordning/GFO for grades 0-3 and Fritidsklub for grades 4-9 — providing supervision and recreational activities outside regular school hours.

Product overview

Hellerup Skole is a Danish public primary school offering a unified educational program spanning grades 0-9 (ages 6-16). The school provides three core educational programs: Indskoling (grades 0-3), Mellemtrin (grades 4-6), and Udskoling (grades 7-9). In addition to academic instruction, the school offers supplementary care services including Fritidsordning/GFO for early years students (0-3) and Fritidsklub for older students (4-9). The educational approach is described as architecturally and pedagogically distinctive, with focus areas aimed at academic development and student well-being in learning communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indskoling (0.-3. klasse) Early years public education program for grades 0-3, serving children aged approximately 6-9, covering basic academic foundations and social development within the folkeskole curriculum.
• Mellemtrin (4.-6. klasse) Middle years public education program for grades 4-6, serving children aged approximately 9-12, with emphasis on academic deepening and increasing independence.
• Udskoling (7.-9. klasse) Upper years public education program for grades 7-9, serving children aged approximately 12-16, preparing students for further secondary education with focus on academic excellence and personal development.
• Fritidsordning (GFO) 0.-3. klasse After-school care and recreation service for children in grades 0-3, providing supervision and structured activities before and after regular school hours.
• Fritidsklub 4.-9. klasse After-school club activities for students in grades 4-9, offering recreational and enrichment programs outside regular class hours.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Dyssegårdskolen: Public folkeskole in Gentofte Municipality offering grades 0–9 with integrated SFO/after-school care. Operates under the same Gentofte Kommune governance and Aula platform, making it a directly comparable public-school peer.
• Søllerød Skole: Public folkeskole in neighboring Rudersdal Municipality serving the Søllerød area with K–9 education and after-school services. Comparable in scale and structure though operating under a different (but adjacent) municipality.
• Ordrup Skole: Another public folkeskole in Gentofte Municipality serving the Ordrup district with grades 0–9 and integrated after-school care. Directly comparable in operating model, funding source, and Danish public-school governance structure.
• Gentofte Skole: Public folkeskole within Gentofte Municipality providing K–9 education and after-school programs under the same municipal funding regime. Closest operational peer sharing identical regulatory, funding, and curricular conditions.

Emerging players

• Copenhagen International School: Large private international school in the Hellerup/Nordhavn area offering IB-program education from early years through grade 12. Comparable as a Copenhagen-area K–12 provider competing for the same affluent catchment-area families that Hellerup Skole serves.
• Rudolf Steinerskolen i Gentofte: Private Waldorf/Steiner school in Gentofte Municipality offering K–12 alternative education. Comparable as a Gentofte-based alternative K–12 provider competing for the same local families through a differentiated pedagogical model.

Broad incumbents

• Nørre Gymnasium: Well-known private gymnasium (upper secondary) in central Copenhagen. Comparable as a Danish K–12/secondary education operator but serves older students (grades 10–12) and operates under private school regulation rather than municipal folkeskole law.
• Gentofte Kommune (School Administration): The municipal authority that owns, funds, and oversees Hellerup Skole and all other folkeskoler in Gentofte. Comparable as the institutional counterparty governing school funding, curriculum oversight, and capital investment decisions affecting Hellerup Skole.

Others

• Aula (KL / KOMBIT): National K–12 communication and administration platform provided to all Danish public schools, including Hellerup Skole. Comparable as the underlying digital infrastructure upon which the school's parent-teacher communication and administrative workflows depend.

Regional players

• Hellerup Idrætsefterskole: Danish efterskole (residential continuation school) in the Greater Copenhagen area. Comparable as a Danish post-compulsory education provider targeting youth in the same regional catchment, though operating under a different (private) funding model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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