Application process

Application process

Timetable

Sat 22 Nov 2025

From 10am to 2pm Open Doors Day to everyone interested in applying to our middle school. The event will be arranged in the school building. During the day, you can attend lessons and explore our school facilities. We will host two presentation and briefing sessions for 6th graders and guardians starting at 10am and 12pm.

Tue 9 Dec 2025

At 6pm to 8pm a presentation and briefing sessions for 6th graders and their guardians. The event will be arranged in the school building.

Fri 1 Jan 2026 - Fri 16 Jan 2026

Application period. Application guidelines:
Those from Helsinki:

  • Fill in the application form in Wilma by 16.1.2026. It is available in English. Please note that the form doesn´t work on a mobile device.
  • You can choose a maximum of 5 different options. Mark the alternatives in your order of preference so that option number 1 is your primary application option.
  • The options will be processed in the given order of preference.
  • If the student is admitted to option number 1, they will not be considered in the admission for other options.
  • Once submitted, the options and their order are binding and changing them after the application period has ended is not possible.

Those who are not currently studying in Grade 6 at a municipal school in Helsinki:

  • The form for application to grade 7 is for students who live outside Helsinki or go to a private school will be updated as soon as the application process starts. Use it only if you don’t have access to the Wilma form Transition to Grade 7 2025 through your own Wilma.
  • The form does not require a Wilma username and password, but a valid email address is required. Write your email address in the field and click “Lähetä varmistusviesti”. Then, go to your email and click on the link in the email that you received from the system to proceed to the form. Once you are there, the form has instructions both in Finnish and in English.
  • Fill out the electrical application form in Wilma by 16th of January 2026.

Thu 29 Jan 2026

Entrance test for the bi-lingual programme will be on Thursday 29th of January 2026. Students will be tested in both English and Finnish. Both tests will be conducted on the same day. More information on both tests will be shared during the info sessions.

For the ones interested in the bi-lingual science and technology class a test will be taken on this same day. To take part in that test contact richard.cousins@ksyk.fi. (Please note the science and technology line is not part of the application process. It is only an internal offer.) Please contact middle school principal Richard Cousins for more information: richard.cousins@ksyk.fi

Timetables will be announced on this website later on.

Fri 6 Feb 2026

Entrance test for the English programme will take place on Friday 6th February 2026. Students will be tested in English only.

For the ones interested in the English science and technology class a test will be taken on this same day. To take part in that test contact richard.cousins@ksyk.fi. (Please note the science and technology line is not part of the application process. It is only an internal offer.) More information on both tests will be shared during the info sessions. Please contact middle school principal Richard Cousins for more information: richard.cousins@ksyk.fi

Timetables will be announced on this website later on.

Wed 25 Mar 2026

Letters to the accepted students will be sent on Wednesday 25th of March 2026.

Mon 11 May 2026

Presentation and briefing session evening for the newly selected grade 7 students and to their guardians will be held on Monday 11th of May 2026 from 6pm to 8pm.

Timetable