Pupils moving to and out of Kuopio

Kaksi alakouluikäistä oppilasta tekee koulutehtäviä koulussa.

Moving to Kuopio


If a pupil moves to Kuopio in the middle of comprehensive school, the guardian must contact the principal of the local school indicated by their address and agree on practical details with them. If the guardian does not know which the local school based on their address is, they can contact the principal of the nearest school to check. The school’s e-mail address is in the format schoolname(at)kuopio.fi. You can also contact the Basic Education Support Services to ask about the local school based on your address: Eila Kumpulainen, Coordinator, eila.anneli.kumpulainen(at)kuopio.fi, +358 44 718 4001.

The former municipality will send the documents of the pupil moving to Kuopio to:
City of Kuopio
Service Area for Education and Learning
Basic education / Pupil affairs
Suokatu 42, PL 1097, 70111 Kuopio
70110 Kuopio
For more information please contact: Anni Hartikainen, Administrative Secretary, 044 718 4211, Suvi Nyyssönen, Administrative Secretary, 044 718 4370, oppilasasiat.kop(at)kuopio.fi

Moving within Kuopio


If a pupil living in Kuopio moves in the middle of comprehensive school within Kuopio, the pupil’s guardian must contact both the principal of the pupil’s current school and the principal of their new local school as soon as possible. As a rule, the pupil moves to the local school indicated by their new address in this situation. It is also possible for the pupil to continue attending the same school as before if the school has a place for the pupil and the guardians take care of any school travel costs. The school principal makes the decision on the place of a pupil who moves to a different address.

Moving out of Kuopio


If the pupil moves out of Kuopio to another location, the guardian must notify the principal of the pupil’s current school of the move.