7 benefits of interactive online home-schooling

Home-schooling is on the increase. Even before the events of this last year, which saw the majority of the nation’s children being educated at home. Studies show that prior to the pandemic there was a 13% rise in children being home-schooled by parents. But is there another way? A happy medium for those who want to reap the benefits of home-schooling whilst maintaining parental autonomy?

Interactive online home-schooling from WorldClass, powered by Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools is the ideal solution and perfect educational partner to help your child achieve their full potential.

What are the benefits of an online home-schooling system? These are the seven key benefits:

  1. It keeps the parent/child relationship intact. By separating the duties and removing the sole responsibility away from the parent ensuring that the child doesn’t see the parent as their teacher and it helps to set clear boundaries, making for a clear school/life balance.
  2. Children respond better to being taught by someone outside of their family circle. That old saying ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ rings true when you’re trying to be a parent and play teacher. Whilst you may be able to separate the two, your child may not. Having an objective third party teaching them may improve their capacity to learn.
  3. The student has the full attention of the teacher, there are no outside distractions from the learning. There is also a consistency of having subject teachers who can pick up each lesson unhindered, from where they previously left off.
  4. Having the separation and access to teacher-lead online classes allows parents and carers time to themselves to work, split their time across other siblings and space away from their child during the school day. Whilst one of the perks of home-schooling is to have your children with you, it’s nice to have some time to yourself, whilst knowing that you child is learning under supervision.
  5. There really is no substitute for a qualified teacher who knows the subject and what’s better than to be able to virtually join those lessons and learn the subjects first-hand. World Class online have a whole host of education leading teachers at your disposal for a range of curriculum subjects from Year 3 right up to GCSE level.
  6. The benefit of having interactive online learning is that by logging into a live classroom environment it gives the child a structure to their day and mimics the routine of school life. Whilst home-schooling does allow for flexibility by its nature, structure can be helpful to break up the day and subjects into manageable chunks to aid focus.
  7. Having their peers around them, even in a virtual classroom, gives children support and interaction during their school day, which is invaluable for learning and development of peer-to-peer relationships.