Réttarholtsskóli
Primary school, grades 8–10
Réttarholtsvegur 21–25
108 Reykjavík
Is your child starting primary school?
On this page, you will find useful information about starting primary school. As, for example, what the children have to take with them to school and whether the children will get food during school hours.
Réttarholtsskóli school calendar
Here is the school calendar for Réttarholtsskóli. The school calendar lists the planning days as well as other important information for parents and guardians.
Primary school meals
School meals are free for the 2024-2025 school year. However, the school still needs to track information about allergies and intolerances and limit food waste. Students must register for the school lunch program as before.
Students registered last year will be automatically enrolled. Others need to register. Change the registration at matur.vala.is.
About Réttarholtsskóli
Réttarholtsskóli is a consolidated school for lower-secondary education with about 440 students in grades 8 to 10, most of whom come from Breiðagerðisskóli, Fossvogsskóli, and Hvassaleitisskóli. We place particular emphasis on good relationships between students, parents, and staff at the school. The school has always emphasized that students feel that the staff cares for them and respects them as individuals, but at the same time, we expect a lot from students regarding their education attendance and behavior. The school's motto is respect, activity, and well-being. By emphasizing this, the school underlines the belief that well-being is the foundation of success and that everyone in the school community shows and encounters respect in all interactions. Bústaðir Youth Center offers diverse and enjoyable activities for the school's students.
Child prosperity
The Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity has come into effect. The goal is to ensure children and guardians receive the right assistance, at the right time, from the right parties. Families and children in need of early support have guaranteed access to a prosperity contact in the child's immediate environment, such as in preschool or primary school. The prosperity contact offers information and guidance on services and ensures that children and guardians have unhindered access to these services. Children, youth, and guardians can reach the school prosperity contact to request integrated services.
The contact persons for Réttarholtsskóli are: Hildur Ýr Hjálmarsdóttir and Halldóra Rut Daníelsdóttir
Réttarholtsskóli administrative team
Principal: Margrét Sigfúsdóttir
Administrative team for the school year 2023-2024
- Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, Assistant Principal
- Jóhann Gunnar Einarsson Assistant Principal
- Halldóra Rut Daníelsdóttir Head of the Support Program
- Hildur Ýr Hjálmarsdóttir School Social Worker
School activities
Operation plan
What's ahead for Réttarholtsskóli? You can find several items in the operational plan, including the school's policy for the previous year, teaching planning, and much more.
Parent cooperation
We are all in this together, and as the proverb goes it takes a village to raise a child. Reykjavík City schools make targeted efforts to consult with and increase parent involvement in school activities. All schools in Reykjavík City have an active parent association.
Réttarholtsskóli has an active parent association. The association's board meets monthly with the school's administrators and the staff of the Bústaðir youth center.
Board of Réttarholtsskóli's Parent Association
- Guðrún Elísabet Ómarsdóttir Chair
- Jón Valdimarsson Deputy-Chair
- Sigrún Jóhanna Marteinsdóttir Treasurer
- Íris Ösp Sveinbjörnsdóttir Secretary
- Sigrún Lilja Sigmarsdóttir
- Tryggvi Davíðsson
- Katrín Sif Michaelsdóttir
School council
Réttarholtsskóli has an active school council as prescribed by law. The school council is comprised of school administrators, two parent representatives, two student representatives, two faculty representatives, and one representative of the general staff. In addition, there is one local community representative on the School Council.
Réttarholtsskóli school district
There are several school districts in Reykjavík and each child has priority in their district school. Nevertheless, all parents have the choice to apply to any school in the city for their children according to the rules on school districts, applications, and admission. Here is information on which streets belong to Réttarholtsskóli's school district.
