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The English School
- Service location
The English School provides basic education for grades 7-9 in Finnish.
Visiting address
Mäntytie 14
00270 Helsinki
Accessibility information
- 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 customer service point has 6 floors.
- For moving around, there is a lift that is difficult to perceive; the door is heavy. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers.
- The facility has thresholds over 2 cm high.
- The facility has a ramp under 6 m long.
- The facility has a wheelchair lift.
- The doors in the facility are hard to perceive.
- The facility has an accessible toilet on floor 1.
- The entrance is hard to perceive but illuminated
- The entrance has a ramp under 6 m long, with handrails on both sides.
- The doors connected to the entrance are hard to perceive. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
- The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
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Text edited by: Education Division, Helsinki
Updated: 1/6/2023