Staff stability
Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
PILTRÄDETS FÖRSKOLA is a medium-sized independent preschool with 60 children.
PILTRÄDETS FÖRSKOLA is a medium-sized independent preschool with 60 children. The share of staff with pedagogical higher education (25.4%) is below the national average of 43.6%.
PILTRÄDETS FÖRSKOLA is compared here with 144 other schools with the same school form in Västerås municipality; it has 60 children versus the municipal average of 52.
Share with pedagogical higher education: 25.4%, 15.1 percentage points below the municipal average and 18.2 percentage points below the national average.
Children per staff member is 3.1, 2.1 lower than the municipal average.
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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 Västerås, Loftbodsvägen 5, Västerås
Municipality: 40.5% · Sweden: 43.6%
No open remarks from the Schools Inspectorate.
Source: Schools Inspectorate + Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
247 other schools in the municipality.
STIFTELSEN KÄLLAN operates this school independently.
Source: Skolverket · Last updated: 5 Jul 2026
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forsk-408461Source: Skolverket School Unit Register · Pipeline-fetched on 2026-07-05.
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Source: Skolverket (aggregated school statistics).
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Source: Kolada (municipality-aggregated certified teacher trend).
Key figures for PILTRÄDETS FÖRSKOLA. Compared to municipal and national averages.
Skolverket's mutually exclusive categories for staff in the preschool unit.
| Category | This preschool | Municipality | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedagogical higher educationpreschool teachers and others with a Swedish higher-education degree | 25% | 40.5% | 43.6% |
| Upper-secondary qualification for work with childrenchildcare assistant training or equivalent | 26% | 17.0% | 15.4% |
| Some pedagogical trainingfor example parts of a pedagogical education | 39% | – | – |
| Other educationother education, including foreign qualifications not validated in Sweden | 9% | – | – |
| Other educational background (combined)comparison row for the two categories that municipal and national statistics publish together | 48% | 42.5% | 40.2% |
Of which preschool-teacher degree: 21%
National average calculated from all 290 municipalities. Municipal data is aggregated and applies to all preschools in Västerås. Source: Skolverket preschool statistics. Updated annually.
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