St Joseph's School, Roskilde

Skt Josef's, Roskilde International School Sankt Josefs Skole
Location
Frederiksborgvej 10, 4000 Roskilde
Coordinates	55°38′39.6″N 12°5′3.6″E / 55.644333°N 12.084333°E / 55.644333; 12.084333
Information
School type	Elementary Private
Established	1904 (1904)
Principal	Principal: Mads Frost Hansen Head of International: Kevin Goggins
Staff	110
Grades	Year 1 to Year 11 (5-16 years old)- International Department 0.klasse to 10.klasse (6-16 years old)- Danish Department
Gender	Co-ed
Age	5 to 16
Enrolment	+1000 (2018)
Language	English/Danish
Website	http://sktjosef.com

Skt Josef's, Roskilde International School (Danish: Sankt Josefs Skole) is an independent, Roman Catholic school in Roskilde, Denmark. The school has both an International and Danish department with a total of more than 1000 pupils.

A group of Daughters of Wisdom nuns settled in Roskilde in 1901. They came to Denmark as a result of the separation of the church from the state in France. The established Skt Josef's School as well as the adjacent St Mary's Hospital in 1904.^[1]

They were also involved in the establishment of St Lawrence's Church on the opposite side of the street.^[2]

The school was initially a girls' school and all teaching was conducted by nuns. Later they began to use trained teachers and boys were accepted as pupils from 1924.^[1]

In 2012, the International Department opened with its first thirteen students.

The school has both an international and Danish department with a total of more than 1000 pupils. The Danish department covers reception class to 10th grades of the Danish school curriculum. The International department covers Year 1 to Year 11 (age 5 to 16) and is based on the Cambridge International Education programme.

• Official website