Kottby Primary School

This comprehensive school offers tuition for grades 1-6 and is located in Käpylä. Tuition at the school is in Swedish.
Backasgatan 84
Photo: Karin Fougstedt

Contact information

Mäkelänkatu 84, 00610 Helsinki Show accessibility information View location on service map
Finnish Swedish
P.O. Box 60301, 00099 City of Helsinki

Deputy principal
Satu Wendell
+358 9 310 38781
satu.wendell@edu.hel.fi

School secretary
Karin Fougstedt
+358 9 310 28401
karin.fougstedt@hel.fi

Principal
Heidi Dufva
+358 9 310 36785
heidi.dufva@hel.fi

School year 2024-2025

Language studies

Finnish
English, German

Available: hall

Location

Mäkelänkatu 84, 00610 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.

The main entrance

  • The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
  • In connection with the entrance, there are 3 consecutive steps.
  • The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
  • The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.

The entrance ""

  • The main entrance parking spaces may be used for this entrance as well. The distance from the parking spaces to the entrance is over 10 m.
  • The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
  • The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated. There is a canopy above the entrance.
  • The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
  • The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
  • The customer service point is located on the same floor as this entrance.

In the facility

  • The customer service point has two floors.
  • For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
  • The doors in the facility stand out clearly.
  • The facility has an accessible toilet on the entrance floor.
  • The service point has a fixed induction loop in the lecture room and also a portable induction loop.