Herlufsholm School 2.22

Herlufsholm School and Estate is a private day and boarding school by the River Suså in Næstved, about 80 kilometers south of Copenhagen. Herlufsholm was founded in 1565 as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men" by Birgitte Gøye and her husband Herluf Trolle on the site of a former Benedictine monastery from the 12th century.Herlufsholm has been co-educational since the 1960s for day students, as of 1985 for boarding pupils, and is the only school in Denmark with a compulsory school uniform. The student body currently exceeds 600 students, of which approximately 275 students are boarders who lived in the dormitories. The pupils follow a 10-day programme with lessons on Saturdays followed by 3-day weekends. The school offers a range of education: from 6th grade in the Danish lower-secondary school; the optional 10th grade; the three grades in upper-secondary school, more commonly known as the STX; and the international programs: a preparatory class with IGCSE exams and the International Baccalaureate Programme .