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Jensen Primary School in Gothenburg is described on its own website as a school that focuses on the discipline and study of peace. With a high pace, an advanced level of studies, a lot of homework and more tests than other schools, elementary school wants to be “the main option for all who want to reach their full potential.”
“Jensen isn’t for everyone, but if you share our opinion on what’s important, you usually do very well here.” This is what the principal Sebastian Nyrén Vanneryr writes in an email to the parents of his students. In the same message, describe how the school took a trip to the top. When he started working at the school himself, he was off to a bad start, he writes.
“90 percent of the students came from socially deprived areas and the environment at the school was not really characterized by the security and tranquility that we are so proud of today.”
With tough discipline and a focus on the most study-motivated students, this changed, continues the principal.
“Today, at least 90% of our students come from our immediate area and we certainly attract the most ambitious and caring students in town.”
The elementary school also has received attention for the dress code that was sent to students at the beginning of the semester, about which Göteborgs-Posten recently wrote. The description of how students should dress includes a deterrent to things that may be associated with crime or exclusion. Some examples are soft pants and a stomach pouch, also called a pelvic pouch.
A parent DN has been in contact with says the dress code excludes talented students who are having financial difficulties.
– Saying that school “is not for everyone” in combination with saying that you have to dress in a special way … You eliminate a lot of students who have drive and desire to succeed, says the father.
Hen rejects the director’s argument that proper clothing would have a positive effect on self-esteem, performance and safety.
– We live in a free country, right? You can be as smart as you want with a pair of Adidas pants. What is being said here is that you only want children from nice families.
Christian Arensberg is the director of planning for the administration of the primary school in the city of Gothenburg. It says that several parents with children at the school have contacted the administration with opinions about the principal’s actions.
– Since then, we have contacted the school principal and the Swedish School Inspectorate about this. Now it’s up to them to decide what happens next, he says.
Eva Hansson, a researcher with the Swedish School Inspectorate, confirms that a case has been received concerning compulsory school. She doesn’t want to comment specifically on the school’s description of “not for everyone.”
“The main rule is that all schools, both municipal and independent, must be open to all students who have the right to education,” he writes.
Jensen Primary School in Gothenburg is located in Viktoriagatan, not far from Vasaplatsen.
Photo: Veronika Ljung-Nielsen
DN applied for the position of principal Sebastian Nyrén Vanneryr, who forwarded questions to the principal of the primary school, Mats Rosén. He writes to DN that the dress code is a way of teaching students to make wise decisions and that he does not believe it excludes students who are having a difficult time financially.
“We want students to train for reality and adapt their attire based on different situations and make visible how the environment perceives their own attire. We want to counteract the clusters that clothing type and attributes can signify and that can contribute to an unsafe school environment. “
The wording that “Jensen is not for everyone” should not be construed to mean that some students don’t fit in at school, according to Mats Rosén.
“All students who like our concept and our rules, of course, are welcome.”
During Tuesday morning The students’ parents received an email from Principal Sebastian Nyrén Vanneryr, with information that journalists asked him questions about his views on the areas where the students come from. In the email, the principal writes that he did not intend to value the students, but to show that the quality of the school has improved by being able to attract students from all kinds of backgrounds.
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