Vestre Aker skole

What Vestre Aker skole does

Vestre Aker skole is a municipal special school located at Ullevålsalléen 37 in Oslo, Norway, operated by Oslo Kommune (Oslo Municipality) through its Education Agency (Utdanningsetaten). The school serves students in grades 8-10 (ages 13-16) referred due to social and emotional challenges, operating as a city-wide (byomfattende) special school with a fixed capacity of approximately 30 main-school places plus 10 short-term placement seats. Students are organized into small age-mixed groups of 7-8 pupils, each supported by 5 teachers and 1 environmental therapist (miljøterapeut), yielding an unusually high adult-to-student ratio. The pedagogical model centers on individualized education plans (IOP) and trauma-informed care, with the explicit goal of preparing students to complete lower secondary and transition into vocational upper secondary programmes.

The school's product surface consists of two main service lines: the main school offering with four specialized working groups (Matgruppa for food/cafeteria operations, Håndverk for crafts and outdoor work, Naturbruk for nature and sustainability, Teori og Praksis for life-skills theory), and the Korttidstilbudet short-term placement programme (up to 12 weeks). A free after-school programme, 'Aktiv etter skoletid', extends the operating day to 20:00 Monday-Thursday and includes meals and transport home. All services are provided free of charge to students. The school's technology footprint consists of standard Osloskolen-managed digital tools: Skolemelding (parent communication app), Vigilo (parent portal for schedules, attendance, grades), Skoleplattform Oslo (learning management), and a network-level content filter installed on student laptops and iPads that blocks advertising, social media (lower grades), and harmful content both at school and at home.

As a government state entity, the school generates no commercial revenue; funding flows through Oslo Kommune's municipal budget, and student admissions are administered centrally by Inntakskontoret based on referrals from the student's current school and expert assessment (sakkyndig vurdering) from the Educational-Psychological Service (PPT). The school partners with Trygge (violence prevention), SaLTo/SAM-BO (child and youth welfare coordination with police), and other municipal agencies. Vestre Aker skole has been Miljøfyrtårn-certified since 23 June 2018 and operates from a building originally rebuilt in 1866 and expanded in 1916 on the historic grounds of Store Ullevål gård.

Name

Vestre Aker skole

Legal name

Vestre Aker skole

Website

https://vestreaker.osloskolen.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1866

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vestre Aker skole is an Oslo municipality special school for grades 8-10 students with social and emotional challenges, operating small groups of 7-8 pupils supported by 5 teachers and one environmental therapist per group, with free education and after-school programming under Oslo Kommune.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Special Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Charter Special Education & Inclusive Programs (EDAJACAF)

Keywords

• Special education services
• Lower secondary education
• Individualized learning plans
• Social emotional support
• Vocational preparation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

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

Core offering

Vestre Aker skole is a municipal special school that delivers tuition-free lower secondary education (grades 8–10) for youth aged 13–16 with social and emotional challenges, organized in small mixed-age groups of 7–8 students with five teachers and one environmental therapist per group. Its offering combines the main individualized school program with a short-term placement program (Korttidstilbud, up to 12 weeks) and a free after-school program (Aktiv etter skoletid, with meals and home transport), preparing students to transition into vocational upper secondary education.

Product overview

Vestre Aker skole is a city-wide special school for students in lower secondary school (ages 13-16) with social and emotional challenges. The school offers individualized teaching (ITO) throughout the school day in small groups of 7-8 students with high teacher density. The core product portfolio consists of two main service lines: the main school program with specialized group modules (Matgruppa, Håndverk, Naturbruk, Teori og Praksis) providing practical and theoretical education, and Korttidstilbud (short-term placement program) for students needing temporary intensive support. The school day runs from 09:00 to 14:20, with free lunch and school fruit provided. Additionally, 'Aktiv etter skoletid' offers free after-school activities from 14:30-20:00 Monday-Thursday including meals. All students receive an IOP (Individualized Education Plan) based on professional assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Main School Program (Ungdomsskole)
• Korttidstilbud (Short-term Placement Program)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TryggecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school partners with Trygge for work on preventing violence and threats. Trygge is referenced as the school's chosen partner for this area, indicating a structured collaboration on creating a safe school environment. Trygge (trygge.no) is a Norwegian organization specializing in safety and violence prevention.
• SaLTo (bydel Nordre Aker)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school participates in SaLTo and SAM-BO, which are municipal cooperation bodies in Oslo's Nordre Aker district focused on children and youth at risk, substance abuse prevention, and social welfare. SaLTo is a collaboration between Oslo municipality and the police.
• Police (Politi og andre instanser)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school cooperates with the police and other city agencies to build a robust support network around each student. This is part of the school's multi-agency approach to student welfare.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tonsenhagen skole: Oslo public school with inclusive practice for ungdomstrinnet pupils and close cooperation with PPT and social welfare agencies; operates under the same Osloskolen framework.
• Veitvet skole: Oslo municipal ungdomsskole providing small-group support and individualized programs for pupils with social-emotional needs within Osloskolen.
• Haukåsen skole: Another Oslo kommune byomfattende ungdomsskole within Osloskolen that serves students with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties, operating under the same municipal intake and staffing-density approach as Vestre Aker skole.
• Smestad ungdomsskole: Oslo public lower-secondary school with dedicated resources for students with social and emotional challenges; comparable catchment, governance (Utdanningsetaten), and PPT-referral intake.
• Bjørnholt skole: Oslo municipal special school for ungdomstrinnet students, offering small-group individualized instruction and trauma-informed support within the Osloskolen system; directly comparable in mandate and operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Statped: Norway's national specialist education agency providing higher-level support, competence-building, and guidance to municipal schools serving students with special educational needs, including social-emotional difficulties.
• Osloskolen (Utdanningsetaten): The Oslo Municipality Education Agency that funds, oversees, and centrally routes special-education referrals to Vestre Aker skole; sets LK20 implementation standards and houses PPT services that gate admission.

Others

• PPT Oslo (Pedagogisk-psykologisk tjeneste): Oslo's Educational-Psychological Service, whose expert assessments (sakkyndig vurdering) are a required gateway to admission at Vestre Aker skole; functionally the upstream referral partner for the school's intake.
• Trygge: Norwegian organization specializing in violence and threat prevention in schools; formalized partner of Vestre Aker skole for safety and threat-prevention work within the school's multi-agency model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vestre-aker-skole

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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