Finnish Education Model
Experience the world‑renowned Finnish early education system, designed to nurture curiosity, creativity and independent thinking in young learners.
Bringing Finnish early childhood education to your city — proven across 35+ countries, trusted by educators worldwide.
I was looking for a curriculum that can make a positive impact to the local community. After learning more about HEI Schools, I feel confident this is great choice for us.
Mr. Permkiat Ketkul, a highly experienced school owner for one of the largest private school companies in Thailand.
Five compelling reasons to bring world‑class Finnish early childhood education to your community.
Experience the world‑renowned Finnish early education system, designed to nurture curiosity, creativity and independent thinking in young learners.
Benefit from a pedagogical approach developed with the University of Helsinki, focused on how children learn through play, exploration and real‑life experiences.
The HEI approach supports academic, emotional and social development, helping children build life skills such as empathy, collaboration, creativity, and problem‑solving.
Join a worldwide network of HEI Schools, where educators and students connect across countries to share knowledge and best practices.
HEI learning spaces follow Nordic design principles, creating calm, inspiring environments with high‑quality learning materials that support children's curiosity and well‑being.
Our unique concept offers an easy start for operators and school owners to open a kindergarten/k12 school of their dreams.
When you license the HEI Schools® concept, you also get the rights to use HEI Schools® brand. We provide the HEI Schools operators with detailed brand guidelines for using the HEI Schools® brand.
The HEI Curriculum is inspired by Finnish early education guidelines with an emphasis on play and inquiry-based learning. HEI Curriculum includes everything from age-specific learning objectives to monthly themes, lesson plans designed by Finnish teachers, tutorial videos, and printable materials. Our Curriculum is researched-based and designed together with our co-founder, Professor Lipponen, from the University of Helsinki. Updating the curriculum based on the latest research and future needs is close to our hearts. We strive to provide the world's best early education curriculum!
Training the teachers is a core part of the Learning Center concept. The training happens in three phases: 1) Local training for the entire teaching staff 2) Mentoring and co-teaching by a Finnish teacher at the local HEI Schools kindergarten 3) Ongoing teacher training on HEI Schools digital curriculum platform.
A well-designed learning environment supporting the HEI curriculum and pedagogy is one of the key elements of HEI Schools concept. Our space design concept is based on research and it is designed to optimize children's learning and well-being. Natural materials and harmonious colors are proven to reduce children's stress. It is easy to implement everywhere and it makes you stand out in the local market.
The ongoing support from the HEI Schools HQ team includes project consultancy support in the set-up phase, monthly pedagogical support to principal and lead teachers and marketing support for reaching your enrolment targets. We also provide you an extensive marketing kit with ready-made marketing assets. We conduct an annual quality assurance together with your team and work in cooperation with you to ensure the development areas are tackled. Our bi-monthly Partner Talks offer plenty peer-to-peer learning opportunities, as well as our other community events and 1:1 sessions with other operators or principals.
HEI Community consists of passionate educators implementing Finnish early education around the world. You will have a chance to interact and learn from other HEI Schools partners in multiple different ways. Children at HEI Schools also greet and meet with each other through HEI Connect monthly!
Let's review your plan and return on investment (ROI) expectations together!
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HEI Schools connects its partners around the world in many ways. All HEI Schools centers use HEI Schools Hub, a digital curriculum platform that includes all curriculum and ongoing training materials and that allows HEI Schools teachers to connect with each other. Partners also meet during Management Training and other community events. HEI Schools also creates many ways for partners to learn from each other and share best practises.To learn more about the other operators of HEI Schools around the world, check out our case studies!
Yes, when you license the HEI Schools Learning Center concept, you will receive an extensive marketing kit that includes a website template, social media templates, ready-made brochures, business cards, posters and other promotional materials. Furthermore, our marketing coordinator will hold regular calls with your marketing team to ensure that you have all the tools you need for successful marketing.
HEI Schools around the world are either full international kindergartens or bilingual kindergartens. The HEI model is built to be implemented with local teachers and the partner can then choose to hire native English speaking educators to offer a full international kindergarten experience. As part of the HEI Schools Early Years concept, HEI Schools provides a mentor teacher to co-teach with the local team when the kindergarten opens.
At HEI Schools, children learn all the same academic skills as elsewhere, but with better, researched-proven methods. In addition, the HEI Curriculum, like the Finnish National Core Curriculum, focuses on transversal skills, also called as the 21st Century Skills, which refer to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits, and character traits. Children learn to connect their knowledge throughout different subject areas and they acquire skills like communication, collaboration and multi-literacy. These competencies also contribute to children's sense of identity, participation and agency and prepare them for the future.
Mr. Permkiat Ketkul, a highly experienced school owner for one of the largest private school companies in Thailand.
The HEI Curriculum provides learning objectives for different age groups and those learning objectives can be matched with the local learning objectives.As many of our kindergartens are based in APAC, we offer as part of the Curriculum a Pre-Primary Package that allows students to reach the level required by many international schools in Asia.