Sophia High School online learning vs Netschool and Interhigh

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Has anyone got experience of using Sophia High School online learning? Looking at different online schools and liked the team at Sophia High but the fees are higher than others so wondering if worth the extra cost. I am looking for small classes and would like to see enough progress in my child's learning to be able to not worry about having a private tutor on top of the school fees to bridge any gaps. Thank you in advance

Interested in this too. I've spoken to Sophia High School and feel positive and quite impressed. I tried to arrange a chat with Kings Inter High but they didn't even turn up to the video chat and didn't respond to my email until more than 3 weeks later.

Any updates on the school? I’m also looking at Minerva online school. Would love to know if anyone has any feedback

I've also come across Minerva in my research and I think it looks good. I've downloaded a prospectus but haven't spoken to anyone yet. Will update when I do.

Another school I’ve added to the list to look into is Portland place a hybrid school. Does anyone have experience with them. Tia

Portland Hybrid is closing down as the school is now part of the Inspired group. Dukes Hybrid is starting in September 24 and is led by the same person behind Portland Hybrid.

Minerva don't know their a** from their elbow. It was disastrous for us and we had to pull out at great cost and it set us back a year and damaged my DC's confidence, which put our family in a terrible place which we still haven't recovered from.

I very strongly advise against Minerva therefore, as I believe they have 0% integrity. They weren't even interested in receiving my feedback and I felt truly scammed. My blood still boils.

Friends have good things to say about Kings InterHigh since new management.

Apricot learning is also good for SEN.

@thisiscreative Hi, can you provide more info on Minerva and what happened? Feel free to PM if preferred. Thank you

Hello. Just to update on my end. Had registered with Sophia High in December after a call and some emails, then once I registered they stopped contacting me. I emailed them twice in January, they replied saying they'll be in touch, and then nothing. By March I decided to cancel my daughter's enrolment and look elsewhere. Despite the lack of communication and ignoring my emails, Sophia High refused to refund the registration fee.

That's shocking. Are you going to take them to small claims court to get your money back? (I think that process goes by a different name now, I can't remember.) I haven't gone through that myself, but I understand it is pretty straightforward to do.