Located in Meilahti, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.

Contact information
Finnish, Swedish
P.O. Box 27301, 00099 City of Helsinki
Deputy principal
Mervi Matero
mervi.matero@edu.hel.fi
Deputy principal
Pertti Vainikainen
+358 9 310 86295
pertti.vainikainen@edu.hel.fi
Administrative assistant
Sanni Nuppula
+358 9 310 86648
toimistopalvelut.meilahdenala-aste@hel.fi
Principal
Tero Tatterback
+358 9 310 86538
tero.tatterback@hel.fi
School year 2025-2026
Language studies
English, Chinese
English, Swedish, German
Swedish
Bilingual education
Finnish-Chinese
Finnish-Swedish
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Location
Jalavatie 6,
00270
Helsinki
The route to the main entrance
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
- The passage has 3 consecutive steps, with handrails on right side when going up.
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 opens easily manually.
In the facility
- The customer service point has three floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair that is difficult to perceive, with little room in front of it; the door opens automatically. The floor numbers in the lift can be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (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 floor 0.
- There is a second accessible toilet on floor 2.