https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson has called for schools to have to teach at least 75 percent of lessons in Swedish and all teachers to require Swedish qualifications – in a clear threat to the Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) chain of schools. https://www.thelocal.se/20250925/swedens-liberal-leader-calls-for-crackdown-on-english-language-schools Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:55:27 +0200 swedens-liberal-leader-calls-for-crackdown-on-english-language-schools More than 30 language teachers at the IES school chain have lost their permanent contracts and either been made redundant or moved into other roles after Sweden's Schools Inspectorate criticised the group for its use of teachers without a Swedish certification. https://www.thelocal.se/20250609/ies-language-teachers-lose-contracts-after-watchdog-crackdown Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:21:06 +0200 ies-language-teachers-lose-contracts-after-watchdog-crackdown Parents of some of the 159 pupils left stranded by the IES school chain's decision to close its only upper secondary school mounted a protest on Thursday, calling for Stockholm City's education department to intervene to save the school. https://www.thelocal.se/20250424/stranded-pupils-mount-stockholm-protest-against-ies-school-closure Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:44:45 +0200 stranded-pupils-mount-stockholm-protest-against-ies-school-closure Parents of students left stranded by the IES school chain's decision to close its only upper secondary school have sharply criticised the move and called either for the school to reverse it or for Stockholm's city council to intervene. https://www.thelocal.se/20250303/incredibly-irresponsible-parents-slam-ies-stockholm-school-closure Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:49:30 +0100 incredibly-irresponsible-parents-slam-ies-stockholm-school-closure Stockholm's city government says it has 'no plans' to take over the IEGS international school before it closes next year, despite a petition calling for it to do so to prevent 159 students being left stranded. https://www.thelocal.se/20250228/stockholm-has-no-plans-to-take-over-international-school-from-ies Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:50:53 +0100 stockholm-has-no-plans-to-take-over-international-school-from-ies The Internationella Engelska Skolan free school chain is closing its flagship upper secondary school in Stockholm district Södermalm, leaving 66 students with nowhere to complete their International Baccalaureate. https://www.thelocal.se/20250212/ies-to-close-stockholm-flagship-school-leaving-159-students-stranded Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:47:01 +0100 ies-to-close-stockholm-flagship-school-leaving-159-students-stranded