Aleksis Kivi Comprehensive School

Located in Alppiharju, our school includes primary school grades 1-6 and lower secondary school grades 7-9. The teaching language is Finnish.
Kuva Aleksis Kiven peruskoulusta ja piha-alueesta.
Photo: Kasvatus ja koulutus

Contact information

Porvoonkatu 2, 00510 Helsinki Show accessibility information View location on service map
Finnish, Swedish
P.O. Box 51306, 00099 City of Helsinki

Deputy principal
Heli Nieminen
+358 9 310 82321
heli.nieminen@hel.fi

Deputy principal
Ville Rosenberg
+358 9 310 72150
ville.rosenberg@hel.fi

Administrative assistant
Sari Petrell
+358 9 310 82322
toimistopalvelut.aleksiskiven.peruskoulu@hel.fi

Principal
Mikko Kytömäki
+358 9 310 82320
mikko.kytomaki@hel.fi

School year 2026-2027

Language studies

English
Spanish, French, German, Russian
Swedish

Bilingual education

Finnish-English

Weighted curriculum education

visual arts
visual arts

Available: hall

Application period for free places in bilingual Finnish-English education 1.5–26.7.2026

Application period for free places in bilingual Finnish-English education 1.5–26.7.2026

Apply and learn more on the city website: Applying to bilingual education: Grades 1–9, Supplementary Admission 1 May-26 July 2026.

You can apply in the supplementary application round for Grades 1 and 7 only if you have moved to Helsinki after January 2026. For other grades (2 to 6 and 8 to 9), anyone can apply.

Once you have submitted the electronic Wilma-application form, you will receive a confirmation email. Please note that we will not send you a separate invitation to the language test.

 

Free places in our school

We have free places to bilingual Finnish-English education as follows:

 

Language tests on Tuesday 4 August at the school

For Grades 2 to 9 an applicant must always take a language test. For Grade 1 there is no language test as the places will be drawn by lottery.

The language test to Finnish-English education will be held at our school on Tuesday 4 August at .at Töölö Primary School at Arkadiankatu 24.

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Pupil admission decisions

We will send the information about the admission decisions by secure email by 10 August 2026.

 

Enquiries

If you have questions about the supplementary admission or applying, get in touch by email at oppilaaksiotto@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program).

Location

Porvoonkatu 2, 00510 Helsinki
Location on map - Open larger map(Link leads to external service)

The route to the main entrance

  • The route to the entrance is guided, smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated and it uses movement-guiding surface material.
  • There is a steep slope on the passage.

The main entrance

  • The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
  • In connection with the entrance, there are 3 consecutive steps.
  • The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. The door opens easily manually.

In the facility

  • The customer service point is located on the entrance floor.
  • The indoor walkways have at least 4 turning steps, with handrails on both sides.
  • The doors in the facility stand out clearly.
  • The facility has an accessible toilet.
All accessibility information for the service location(Link leads to external service)