Home Schooling

I have to admit that when the concept of InterHigh School was designed back in 2003/2004 the idea was not conceived specifically with Home Educators in mind. However, as soon as the school opened in 2005 many enquiries were received from the HE community. The online school tended to be of most interest to those whose children were now getting to the stage of possibly sitting formal public exams (GCSEs) and really needed extra resources to help them achieve this across a range of core subjects. In some cases it might be that a home educating family have several children and the task has become too overwhelming.  Two of the key attributes of the school from the onset have been flexibility and accessibility. Our Home Educators have been able to take advantage of this as the technology makes the learning in the classroom time much shorter, and the formal school day much more consolidated.

It was through the very positive feedback from Home Educators that we developed the Lesson Library. The continued growth and refinement of the Library has been crucial to maintain organised flexibility. A store of Schemes of Works, Lessons, Homeworks, Recordings, Videos and all sorts of Resources for a student’s stage in the curriculum is invaluable and we now offer InterHigh Library Cards (Library only places) to Home Educators.

Thankfully, InterHigh continues to attract HE families who require structured timetables and learning for core subjects, allowing much of the day for individual pursuits. A proportion of the HE students at InterHigh do require more support in their learning but the nature of the learning platform itself greatly assists here. Technology helps to provide consistency. Clear notifications and using graphic displays to help children monitor their own achievements are just some examples of this.

Interestingly, the exam pass rate for IGCSEs for HE students is extremely high, 80% A* to C.