United Kingdom Student Stories

Swimmer Jack Brown

Jack’s storyFifteen-year-old swimmer Jack Brown is also a gifted student who had achieved three GCSEs and one A level by the age of 12. Due to his higher learning abilities, his experience in

Homeschooling elite golfer

Chloe Tarbard, a homeschooling elite golfer, is homeschooled through Wolsey Hall Oxford. At the age of 14 she is already a champion golfer!

Studying a supplementary subject in the UK

Jimmy is flexi-schooling in the UK. He decided to take A level Computer Science with Wolsey Hall while completing 3 additional A levels.

Homeschooling while recovering from illness

Robin’s storyRobin has been homeschooling while recovering from illness.Robin achieved excellent exam results last summer after studying for her A levels with Wolsey Hall:Geography –

Studying with Wolsey Hall – by skater, Phebe Bekker

Sixteen year old British ice-skating champion, Phebe Bekker, is currently in the USA training with the hope of competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In this blog post she shares what it’s like to homeschool with Wolsey Hall and how homeschooling has enabled her to follow her dreams without compromising her education.

Homeschooling due to ill health

Charlotte plans to attend university and go into midwifery. After struggling with health problems, she enrolled on three A Level courses with Wolsey Hall in order to get closer to her goals.

Homeschooling performer

Nine-year-old Lucy regularly performs in shows meaning attending auditions and rehearsals made mainstream school life difficult. Lucy’s mum, Clare explains “Wolsey Hall offered security and a knowledge that her education would continue despite everything going on in the world!

Homeschooling supplementary subject

Eighteen-year-old Ariana chose to study IGCSE Latin as a homeschooling supplementary subject to widen her choice of university options. Ariana shares her experience of combining this course while also studying her A Levels.

Skater – Phebe Bekker

Fifteen-year-old skater Phebe Bekker is already a two-times British Champion ice skater. She’s now busy training with the hope of competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with her ice dancing partner James Hernandez. Wolsey Hall is sponsoring Phebe and James to help them progress in achieving their dream.

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After studying for her A Levels in the 1970s, Paddy has recently returned to Wolsey Hall to continue learning in her retirement.

Tarun has been doing Year 7 and 8 English, Maths and Science with Wolsey Hall. He is enjoying his courses and loves the flexibility the whole homeschooling program brings. He is able to plan his learning at his own pace, and plan his day well to accommodate his other interests of playing the Violin and Piano, reading and playing games. The online material in terms of textbooks, videos, the course plan and support from his tutors is helping him get past his studies with ease. During the peak Covid times when amazon deliveries were stopped the online virtual library of Wolsey was a boon to him as he loves to read.
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Deepali Patel, Secondary Parent

India

I must say enrolling Nicole at Wolsey Hall has been one of the best decisions we ever made. At school, Nicole's progress remained extremely limited due to lack of support with her learning difficulties. Since being at Wolsey, Nicole's English has come on leaps and bounds, from her spelling, to grammar, to organisation and formats of essays. The amount of time and support Nicole's tutors, Pat and Michelle have invested in Nicole has been fantastic. Nicole's academic knowledge and confidence has soared since being at Wolsey and I am extremely grateful to you all. (Nicole has segmatic pragmatic disorder high functioning autism, as well as suspected dyslexia).
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Michelle Rudge – IGCSE Parent

UK

I have just finished consulting with Michelle about Truman and his studies. She is really an amazing asset to your organization, her ability to understand children really blew me away. She has recommended several methods for us to ensure that Truman enjoys and succeeds in his education through Wolsey Hall. We’re really excited to get started.

Rebecca Atkins – Homeschooling Three Children

Italy