Located in Katajanokka, our school is a primary school that includes grades 1-6. The teaching language is Finnish.
Contact information
Finnish, Swedish
P.O. Box 16301, 00099 City of Helsinki
Deputy principal
Leena Suominen
+358 40 175 8425
leena.suominen@edu.hel.fi
Administrative assistant
Emilia Lindroth
+358 9 310 24610
toimistopalvelut.katajanokan.ala-aste@hel.fi
Principal
Marko Sirén
+358 9 310 22848
marko.siren@hel.fi
School year 2026-2027
Language studies
English
Spanish, French
Swedish
Available: hall
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Location
Laivastokuja 6,
00160
Helsinki
The route to the main entrance
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
- The route to the entrance is smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.
The main entrance
- The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
- 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.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
In the facility
- The customer service point has two floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair that is difficult to perceive; the door opens easily manually. The floor numbers in the lift cannot 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 facility has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The indoor walkways have a ramp under 6 meters long, with handrails on one side.
- The doors in the facility stand out clearly.
- The facility has an accessible toilet on the entrance floor.