Article September 24, 2025

Hybrid learning partnerships: 3 ways to support your school’s growth

By King's InterHigh

A hybrid learning partnership can be the key to steadying, expanding, and futureproofing your international school. Delivering world-class, live, interactive teaching fully online, 2023 COBIS Award winner King’s InterHigh is a solution international schools trust. 

Meet growing demand from your local community 

A small, privately owned school in an affluent Congolese city recently came to King’s InterHigh in need of a secondary curriculum. Meeting the primary schooling needs, the school recognised their community’s clear demand for a senior and high school programme. However, student numbers were too small to justify the heavy investment and resourcing needed for a physical campus for secondary aged pupils. With King’s InterHigh’s expert teachers, students at this small Congo school can now receive a full British international education from Years 7 to 13.

Increase subject choice and student satisfaction

When BISU’s incoming Sixth Form students requested to study A Level Further Maths, the school turned to King’s InterHigh to avoid putting undue pressure on their existing teachers. A Cambridge-accredited school, King’s InterHigh is home to specialist teachers across a large range of iGCSE and A Level subjects, seamlessly broadening BISU’s subject offering for new and existing learners with bespoke timetables and speedy set-up.

Sustainable and scalable expansion 

In 2021, when a British international school on an island in the Atlantic realised the power of online learning, they decided to diversify and expand their school with a sustainable, scalable online offering. Through partnership with King’s InterHigh, they can offer a unique hybrid solution to students across their country and surrounding islands. Students follow a British International programme online, delivered by subject-specialist teachers and enhanced by in-person support and opportunities on the school’s four-acre grounds.  

Alongside helping schools to retain their students through the years, hybrid learning solutions like King’s InterHigh empower smaller institutions to expand into new year groups and larger cohorts without losing the strength of their in-person opportunities.  

Partnering with King’s InterHigh allows expansion without the added risks and capital investment required for additional classrooms and resources. With a proven record of success, King’s InterHigh is the perfect partner for your own school’s expansion needs. 

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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Technology integration fee

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