Philip transitioned from boarding school to homeschooling in Botswana with Wolsey Hall Oxford when his boarding school in South Africa switched to home study and he became frustrated with the pace of learning. He sat his IGCSEs last summer and achieved some very impressive grades.
Ayesha started homeschooling in Dubai with Wolsey Hall after completing Year 9 in a traditional school. She completed half of her IGCSEs in summer 2021 and achieved some excellent results.
Thirteen-yearold South African homeschooler Saffron, is half Scottish and half South African, and has been homeschooling for just over three years. After spending time in mainstream and Montessori schools, she found she wasn’t stimulated by the educational resources and wanted more time to pursue her extracurricular passions.
Sisters Demi and Angie have both thrived through homeschooling in Tanzania where they live on a wildlife reserve.
Seventeen-year-old Shona started homeschooling in Portugal at the start of her A levels so that she could concentrate on her love of music.
This is Ombewa’s story of how the flexibility of homeschooling has helped them transition into their new life. The family, originally from Kenya, moved to Kazakhstan with their two children, Sally and Eddy. Both children have taken courses with Wolsey Hall. Here, mum Serah, shares her thoughts on her family’s homeschooling journey so far and how homeschooling flexibility helps let her family take charge of their day.
