Wolsey Hall

Focus

Online homeschooling

Day fees

Arranged per pupil

Ages

4–18

Academics

41.8 per cent of IGCSE results are 7–9 grades (2022).

29.3 per cent of A-Level results are A* or A grades (2022).

Spear’s Review

Founded in 1894, Wolsey Hall Oxford is one of the longest established and most respected home study and homeschooling online providers, offering learning across primary, secondary, IGCSE and A-Level subjects to students in more than 120 countries.

The flexibility of the curriculum allows children to discover their potential and skills via Wolsey Hall’s online learning platform, with help from a tutoring team. Mobile families, such as those taking time out to travel extensively on a yacht, for example, or touring musicians, who wish their children to continue their educations while travelling, are particularly catered for. Only a stable internet connection is required.

Alumni include Nelson Mandela, who studied for his London University law degree with Wolsey Hall while in Robben Island jail.

Head teacher

Principal Gavin McLean joined Wolsey Hall from Hudson Global Scholars, a provider of online and distance learning education, in October 2023. He has a long career in international education, including as a publisher for companies including Macmillan. He also ran international business development for National Geographic Learning before moving into online schooling, first with Edmentum and then with Hudson. 

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