Víkurskóli
Primary school, grades 8–10
Hamravík 10
112 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.
Víkurskóli school calendar
Here is the school calendar for Víkurskóli. 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 Víkurskóli
Víkurskóli, a new primary school in northern Grafarvogur, opened on August 1, 2020.
Víkurskóli is for students in grades 8 to 10 who went to Borgaskóli and Engjaskóli. Víkurskóli emphasizes innovation.
The estimated student count for the 2023-2024 school year is just over 240. Vígyn, the youth center, operates within Víkurskóli.
In the 2023-2024 school year, we will continue policy making for the school with staff, students, and parents.
School administrators
- Principal: Þuríður Óttarsdóttir
- Assistant Principal: Svava Margrét Ingvarsdóttir
- School and Career Counselor: Líney Björg Sigurðardóttir
- Head of the Support Program: Ingibjörg Gunnlaugsdóttir
- Head of IT: Vala Nönn Gautsdóttir
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 person for Víkurskóli is: Ingibjörg Gunnlaugsdóttir
- More on children's prosperity in Reykjavík
- More information about the legislation and national services
School activities
Teaching methods
What are the teaching methods at Víkurskóli? Here, you can find detailed information on the integration of courses, study blocks, and more.
Operation plan
What's ahead for Víkurskóli? You can find several items in the operational plan, including the school's policy for the previous year, teaching planning, and much more.
School council
Primary schools must have an active school council that serves as a forum for consultation between the principal and the school community on the school operation. The school council participates in shaping policy for the school and defining its unique character.
- 2023-2024 school council operation plan
- School council minutes January 23, 2024
- School council minutes November 16, 2023
- School council minutes October 04, 2023
School Council 2023–2024
Teacher representatives
General staff
Student representatives
- Sölvi Hrannar Jóhannesson Grade 10
- Júlía Mekkín Guðjónsdóttir Grade 9
- Erna Þórey Jónsdóttir Grade 8
Parent representatives
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. The role of the parent association is to enhance the school's efforts, foster student well-being, and reinforce connections between home and school. Each school's parent association defines its own rules of operation, including the election process for its board and the selection of representatives to the school council.
Víkurskóli Parent Association
- Gunnhildur Blöndal
- Ragnheiður Inga Davíðsdóttir
- Halla Magneudóttir
- Ólöf Snædís Ólafsdóttir
- Guðrún Helga Sigfúsdóttir
Víkurskóli 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 the streets in Austurbæjarskóli's school district.
Want to learn more about Víkurskóli?
This brief video provides an overview of the school's operations.