New Year, new start. Could online schooling be right for your child? How to decide what’s best for your family

As a parent, choosing the right education for your family is a deeply personal, and sometimes difficult, decision. A supportive environment where kids can thrive King’s InterHigh teachers use a mix of interactive tools like quizzes and virtual reality to bring lessons to life Online schooling provides an alternative option to the standardised approach offered by the traditional school system. Now she gets up in the morning, she’s bright, she’s chatty, she’s engaged, she’s looking forward to the day.” When it comes to children with special educational needs like Helen’s daughter, online schooling can provide a supportive environment they might not be able to access in traditional education. While the traditional classroom can be overwhelming due to sensory overload, rigid schedules, or the social complexities of physical schools, online schools like King’s InterHigh provide an alternative learning environment for students to reset, re-engage, and thrive. “My husband is the one who came up with online schooling,” says Sharmila, but she wasn’t fully convinced at first, thinking initially of the distance learning experience her children had during the pandemic.