Förskolan Ute Hjo Ek. Förening

PreschoolOperator: Förskolan Ute Hjo Ekonomisk Förening · Hjo, Västra Götalands County

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FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EK. FÖRENING is a small independent preschool with 22 children.

FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EK. FÖRENING is a small independent preschool with 22 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (60.5%) is above the national average of 43.6%.

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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Hjo with 22 enrolled children.
  2. Preschools are not covered by our inspection sync; check the Inspectorate or municipality if needed.
  3. Applying? Go to the school's application link on this page.

Skolkoll interpretation

FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EK. FÖRENING is compared here with 8 other schools with the same school form in Hjo municipality; it has 22 children versus the municipal average of 45.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 60.5%, 5.5 percentage points above the municipal average and 16.9 percentage points above the national average.

Children per staff member is 5.8, 1.2 higher than the municipal average.

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School programmes

  • Preschool

Things to look into

No clear flag.

No clear attention flags from key-figure deviations or the School Inspectorate's public register. Detailed inspection history is shown in the "Safety & Inspection" card below.

Aerial view of the school

Aerial view of Förskolan Ute Hjo Ek. Förening, orthophoto from Lantmäteriet

The school's property boundary and buildings from the Swedish Land Survey's property register. Updated 2026. Source: Lantmäteriet · CC BY 4.0

Entrances:1 Hjo, Villagatan 36, Hjo

School performance

Staff

60.5%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 55.0% · Sweden: 43.6%

60.5% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 16.9 percentage points above the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
60.5%Municipality: 55.0% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
5.8Municipality: 4.6 · Sweden: 5.1
High reliability — Reported directly by the school operator.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

School environment

Safety & Inspection

No active cases
Recently inspected

No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.

Open remarks Reliability: High reliability.
0
High reliability — Inspection register and Skolenkäten survey.

Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Who runs the school

Operator

FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EKONOMISK FÖRENING
Independent operator

22 other schools in the municipality.

FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EKONOMISK FÖRENING operates this school independently.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EKONOMISK FÖRENING
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Independent
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
22
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Hjo e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
VILLAGATAN 36, 54432 Hjo
Postal address
Villagatan 36, 54432 HJO
School unit code
forsk-316712

Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.

Everyday travelAreas that reach the school within 15 minutes.

Reachability from the school
15 min on foot
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Daily-life profile

Everyday life at the school

Everyday facts are shown with a source where available. Fields not yet collected are listed together and do not affect score or ranking.

SourcedCommute and transportVILLAGATAN 36, 54432, HjoSource: Skolverket · 2025-12-31

Not collected yet: School day times, After-school care, Profile or focus, Language choices, Food and dining, Facilities and outdoor environment, Homework and study support. Suggest an addition →

Nearest and similar schools

  • FÅGELBOETSame municipality· 19 children
  • FÅGELÅS FÖRÄLDRAKOOP. EK FÖRSame municipality· 16 children
  • FÖRSKOLAN BJÖRKDUNGENSame municipality· 52 children

About Hjo municipality

School-form averages across the municipality, with links to deep-dive sub-pages.

Schools
23
Avg. merit (yr 9)
216.9−10.8
Certified teachers
75%in line
Pupils per teacher
10.3−1.7

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Declining

75.5% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▼ 2.0 pp over 5 years

Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for FÖRSKOLAN UTE HJO EK. FÖRENING. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Enrolled children22
Children per FTE5.8municipality: 4.6, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education60.5%municipality: 55.0%, national: 43.6%

Staff educational background (2025)

Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.

CategoryThis preschoolMunicipalityNational
Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree61%55.0%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent21%10.9%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education18%
Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden0%
Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together18%34.1%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 61%

Municipal preschool data for Hjo (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group15.4national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–312.9national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–525.0national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education55.0%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)4.6national: 5.0

National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Hjo. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.

Data coverage

What we do not know about Förskolan Ute Hjo Ek. Förening

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  • MissingEligibility and goal attainmentGrades, eligibility and goal-attainment data may be missing, suppressed or available only for some grades and school types.
  • UncertainResources, teachers and staffTeacher and resource metrics do not always show subject mix, vacancies, student-health workflows or everyday staffing.
  • MissingSupport resources and student healthWe do not yet have a verified national data source for special education, student health, adaptations, language support or contact routes per school.
  • MissingSafety and study environmentWe lack current or displayable survey data about safety and study environment for this school.
  • UncertainAdmissions, placement and important datesMunicipal placement rules, queues and important dates require a local source and should be checked with the municipality or school.
  • MissingVisits, facilities and everyday environmentWe lack sourced open-house information for this school. Facilities, accessibility and everyday environment are often not open comparable data.

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