Compulsory School in Iceland: Understanding Grunnskóli Across Primary and Lower Secondary Education
A common educational foundation generally serving children from the beginning of compulsory schooling through age sixteen.
In Iceland, Grunnskóli is the local term for compulsory school, an education choice that spans both primary and lower secondary education. It provides the common foundation of education and generally serves children from the beginning of compulsory schooling through age sixteen. The schools connected with this choice offer a way to understand where this locally defined educational scope is represented across Iceland.