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August 12, 2019

Game of Thrones Star and InterHigh Pupil Featured in the Evening Standard

By King's InterHigh

Fresh from shooting battle scenes in the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones, talented actress and InterHigh pupil Bella Ramsey was recently featured in an article with the Evening Standard.

Starring as Lady Lyanna Mormont in the popular series, Bella talks about the struggles of balancing her education with her dream career. The 15-year-old actress speaks about the positive effect InterHigh has had on her learning and day-to-day life.

After making the decision to leave mainstream schooling, Bella initially studied using traditional home study systems before eventually discovering InterHigh. Once she had enrolled in InterHigh, Bella reveals how the scheduled timetables and recorded lessons proved a real advantage to her learning. If she ever missed a lesson due to filming, she could simply catch up in her own time.

“It is incredibly flexible and incredibly accommodating, yet it has given me structure still, which I feel I very much need.”

Bella talks about her decision to leave mainstream schooling, explaining its tendency to “put everyone in a box,” leaving little room for individuality.

InterHigh has provided Bella with a renewed love of learning and has proven to her and her family that not all schooling systems are as limited as traditional bricks and mortar schools

“I love it and recommend it to everyone. I think it allows people to be who they truly are, and it leaves room for people to do the non-academic things they love.”

To read more about Bella’s experiences with InterHigh and how it allows her to juggle her flourishing acting career, read her Pupil Story here.

By King's InterHigh

King’s InterHigh is an independent British international online school. Offering Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form education, we cater to students from age 7 – 18 who are looking for a high quality British education delivered in a way that revolves around their lifestyle.

VAT charges explained

The UK Government has implemented a policy to charge VAT on independent schools taking effect from the 1st of January 2025. This VAT charge is payable by families who are based in, or access, King’s InterHigh from the UK. This change does not impact families who are based outside the UK and access King’s InterHigh from another country.

We understand the significant financial commitment you make in choosing our online school as well as how important it is to be able to financially plan. After careful review of the details of the legislation, we will support parents by absorbing costs ourselves, so that a slower phasing in of this unwelcome change reduces its financial impact on families.

For the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year (starting September 2024), Inspired Education Group will absorb much of the 20% VAT charge. For the Spring and Summer terms when the 20% VAT will now apply, we will only pass on 8.5% to families, taking up the difference ourselves.

To further support families with the financial implications of this change in government policy, for the 2025-2026 academic year (starting in September 2025) there will be no inflationary tuition fee increases, and that Inspired Education Group will continue to absorb costs to limit the increase to 8.5% for that academic year. Overall, this will mean we have phased in 17% of the 20% VAT cost over two years to avoid sudden increases for families and have not increased tuition fees.

King’s InterHigh is committed to offering competitive fees and accessible, high-quality independent education, along with the unique benefits of online learning. We are pleased that through careful cost control and the benefits of being part of Inspired, the leading global group of premium schools, we can significantly reduce the financial effect on families due to this change in UK VAT policy.

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