International British Online School

Since 2019, Dr Farshad Mohammadi, founding principal. Previously chief inspector for the Ministries of Education for GCC countries, where he unearthed some pretty hair-raising revelations about British curriculum schools out there: ‘Some had no qu

Academically non-selective, although school interviews every prospective student and their parents ‘to make sure they’re suited to online learning and specifically our regimented, full timetable of live lessons’. Students can enter into any year g

With online schooling, it’s the nature of the beast that students come and go, although most here see the academic year out. Some previous year 11 leavers have gone onto traditional sixth forms or qualifications that aren’t part of the British cur

In 2024, 18 per cent 9-7 at GCSE; 23 per cent A*/A at A level (47 per cent at A*-B).

Daily live lessons via Microsoft Teams. Screentime galore, then, albeit with snatches of stretching which we saw teachers build into lessons to stop the dreaded screentime fatigue (not to mention a numb bum). ‘The teaching is very interactive, so

School says it can take ‘anyone from any SEND background’ – a guarantee we’ve never come across from any school ever (even special schools) and which we are very sceptical about – so be sure to do that drilling down: How exactly would they cater f

Want to just knuckle down to lessons, then sign off? No chance – clubs are compulsory after school on Mondays, with student-led clubs an optional extra on Thursday lunchtimes. Well, in seniors anyway (including sixth formers). But there’s plenty t

Witness the Fitness is the best you’ll get – an enrichment club aimed at getting students up and moving, the idea being to get the heart rate going after a day of screentime. Could the school do more by way of sports? ‘Probably, but I don’t really

Wide age range of study body allows for vertical tutoring system – one for years 1-6, the other for years 7-13. All meet for 15 minutes’ form-time three days a week (Mondays are set aside for primary assemblies, Fridays for senior assemblies) – si

Students come here for four main reasons – first, they can’t find a local school teaching the UK curriculum (or one good enough); second, they move around a lot (we spoke to a lot of those); third, they have professional commitments they need to f

Hefty admin fee of £995. Primary fees are £7,500, secondary £9,000 and sixth form £9,990. So, higher than many online schools but remember they’re running all classes live from a physical school in London. Bursaries offered at the principal’s disc

Covers the whole gamut of year groups for online teaching of the UK curriculum, whether you want to dip in and out or stay the course. Strong leadership, good quality teaching, a structured timetable (including extracurricular), exceptional safeg