Additional Needs Student Stories

Homeschooling in Botswana

Mmakgosi is an elite athlete homeschooling in Botswana. She recently won the award for Botswana Sports Woman of the Year with a Disability. She was the youngest nominee in the awards. Mmakgosi has

Home education in Australia

Seventeen-year-old Henry is homeschooling in Australia and has been studying with Wolsey Hall for eight years, starting on our Lower Secondary courses. Henry has been able to achieve a high quality education while swimming competitively for Australia in the Deaflympics.

Homeschooling skater

15-year-old Jed is an elite figure skater training at an academy in France and travelling often to compete. Homeschooling fits around his hectic schedule as Jed is currently studying for his IGCSEs with Wolsey Hall.

Dyslexia and homeschooling

Dyslexia and homeschooling are subjects close to Joah’s heart. Since swapping mainstream school for homeschooling, 16-year-old Joah has become happier and loves the flexibility that means he can follow his passion for fishing.

Homeschooling with autism and OCD

Sixteen-year-old Lily turned to homeschooling after struggling with her autism and severe OCD in mainstream school.

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