Online school for A-levels

[XelaM]

Has anyone done this? We're intending to move to abroad as soon as my daughter finishes her GCSES, but the only international schools where we are moving have the IB system and I think she will struggle with the switch to IB (and will most likely have to repeat a year as she hasn't done some of the IB required subjects at GCSES). The most attractive option is for us to sign her up with an online school like InterHigh, which will enable her to continue with the British system and do her A-levels. Has anyone done this successfully? Any advice or experience welcome. She doesn't have any SEN.

Bumping for you because I am also interested.

Thank you 🙏 Although I like the idea of it, I worry about how it will work in practice and whether it's possible to achieve high grades at an online sixth form. I also worry about the social side that daughter would miss out on

Sorry, double post

Where are you going? An international school offers friends and new experiences, would they work with her to acceas the IB?. I'd worry she'd be very isolated in a new country with only Internet company.

Have you reached out to the international school(s) where you're moving to? Most int'l schools specialize in transitioning students from other educational systems, and the IB tends to be very well suited to that. As long as a student is at year-level for maths, english and at least one science in the UK they should be able to access an IB program at the majority of international schools. Unlike A-levels there are options for which level you take each of the six subject choices at (higher or lower) so students who didn't take a specific subject at GCSE or score highly in it can still access it in IB. A foreign language is required but it can be ab initio, so a student doesn't need to have studied that language (or any) at GCSE.

Online schools can be a great solution in some situations, but unless your DD is needing to get out of a group setting for some reason I would really worry about the social isolation/difficulty meeting friends in a new country without school.