Naturförskolan August in Karlstad

PreschoolOperator: Personalkooperativet August Ek. För. · Karlstad, Värmlands County

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NATURFÖRSKOLAN AUGUST is a small independent preschool with 20 children.

NATURFÖRSKOLAN AUGUST is a small independent preschool with 20 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (40.0%) is below the national average of 43.6%.

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The most important facts in 3 points

  1. Preschool in Karlstad with 20 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

NATURFÖRSKOLAN AUGUST is compared here with 76 other schools with the same school form in Karlstad municipality; it has 20 children versus the municipal average of 58.

Share with pedagogical higher education: 40.0%, 20.5 percentage points below the municipal average and 3.6 percentage points below the national average.

Children per staff member is 4.0, 1.2 lower than the municipal average.

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School programmes

  • Utepedagogik

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 Naturförskolan August, 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 Karlstad, Lomvägen 5, Skattkärr

School performance

Staff

40.0%
Share with pedagogical higher education

Municipality: 60.5% · Sweden: 43.6%

40.0% of staff have pedagogical higher education — 3.6 percentage points below the national average.

Share with pedagogical higher education Reliability: High reliability.
40.0%Municipality: 60.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
Children per staff member Reliability: High reliability.
4.0Municipality: 5.2 · 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

PERSONALKOOPERATIVET AUGUST EK. FÖR.
Independent operator

154 other schools in the municipality.

PERSONALKOOPERATIVET AUGUST EK. FÖR. operates this school independently.

Operator Reliability: High reliability.
PERSONALKOOPERATIVET AUGUST EK. FÖR.
Operating form Reliability: High reliability.
Independent
Other schools in municipality Reliability: High reliability.
154
High reliability — Current data from Skolverket and Bolagsverket.

Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026

Next step: Apply for a place

Apply through Karlstad e-service for preschool application.

Contact and address

Visiting address
LOMVÄGEN 5, 65671 SKATTKÄRR
Postal address
Lomvägen 5, 65671 SKATTKÄRR
School unit code
forsk-230326

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 transportLOMVÄGEN 5, 65671, SKATTKÄRRSource: 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

  • ALLERGIFÖRSKOLAN RÖNNENSame municipality· 17 children
  • ALSTERS FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 85 children
  • BACKA FÖRSKOLASame municipality· 29 children

About Karlstad municipality

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

Schools
155
Avg. merit (yr 9)
232.2+4.5
Certified teachers
80%+6 pp
Pupils per teacher
12.3in line

Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).

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In-depth metrics

Staff stability

Declining

80.4% qualified teachers in municipality (2025) ▼ 1.1 pp over 5 years

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

This preschool

Preschool statistics

Key figures for NATURFÖRSKOLAN AUGUST. Compared to municipal and national averages.

Pedagogical profile:
  • Utepedagogik
Enrolled children20
Children per FTE4.0municipality: 5.2, national: 5.0
Share with pedagogical higher education40.0%municipality: 60.5%, 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 degree40%60.5%43.6%
Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent60%15.0%15.4%
Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education0%
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 together0%24.4%40.2%

Of which preschool-teacher degree: 40%

Municipal preschool data for Karlstad (2025) (5 metrics)
Children per group15.1national: 15.0
Children/group, ages 1–312.0national: 12.2
Children/group, ages 4–516.8national: 16.1
Share with pedagogical higher education60.5%national: 43.6%
Children per FTE (municipal average)5.2national: 5.0

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

Data coverage

What we do not know about Naturförskolan August

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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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