Online School & Homeschool in Accra

Online school and Cambridge tutoring in Accra

For Accra families from Airport Residential to East Legon — Cambridge taught live in small groups, at a fraction of the tier's fees.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Accra families. Accra carries more corporate and institutional weight than almost any city in West Africa — a technology and fintech sector that has drawn continental and global headquarters, the oil and gas majors, the diplomatic and development community, and a returning diaspora from the UK and United States that has reshaped whole neighbourhoods. Its international-school tier is genuinely deep by regional standards, and its fees are at the top of the market. Under the Education Act, 2008, education at the basic level is free, compulsory and universal — so our clean default is supplementary: your school enrolment carries that duty, and we teach the Cambridge or IB track live alongside it.

Challenges Accra families face

International school fees in Accra sit at the very top of the West African market, beyond many professional Ghanaian families.
Places at the strongest schools are competitive, and the returning diaspora has increased demand.
Education at the basic level is free, compulsory and universal under the Education Act, 2008.
Corporate, energy, and development postings arrive and depart on contract timelines.
Time zone: Ghana runs GMT (UTC+0) with no daylight saving — three hours behind Nairobi EAT, fixed, so Accra late-afternoon classes fall in our evening teaching block.

Why Accra families choose Smartious

The tier's examinations at a professional family's budget: Live small-group Cambridge teaching from USD 5,076 a year against Accra international fees at the top of the West African market.
Cambridge alongside the WASSCE route: Many Accra families keep their school and its national track and add Cambridge subjects for overseas applications. That combination is the most common shape we run here.
Built for the diaspora return: A child arriving mid-curriculum from London or Maryland keeps one internationally examined pathway instead of restarting inside a new system.
Computing depth for a fintech city: Cambridge A-Level Computer Science, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics — led by a founder with a BEd in Mathematics and Physics — suit the sector defining Accra.
Honest about the clock: Ghana is three hours behind Nairobi, fixed. Late-afternoon Accra classes sit in our evening teaching block; morning slots suit full-time students. We schedule around it rather than pretending it does not exist.

Ghanaian education law is set by the Education Act, 2008 (Act 778), as amended in 2010. Section 2 provides that education at the basic level is free, compulsory and universal — the core obligation, and the reason our clean default here is supplementary. The Act also provides for the decentralisation of education, the Education Service, inclusive education, inspection and supervision through a national inspectorate function, and a National Teaching Council responsible for the licensing and registration of teachers; Ghana's pre-tertiary regulatory structures have been reorganised since 2008, and current arrangements are worth confirming rather than assumed. We are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under Act 778, and we phrase it that way rather than asserting a categorical prohibition we cannot fully evidence — a family whose plan turns on the point should confirm the current position with the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service. One further point we state as plainly as we do in Australia and Botswana: pre-tertiary schools in Ghana are subject to licensing and inspection requirements, and Smartious is not a licensed Ghanaian school. We are an internationally accredited online school delivering from Nairobi, working alongside your Ghanaian school rather than replacing it.

Smartious delivers to Accra families online; the live programme is complete without in-person supplementation.

Live online via Smartious LMS. Ghana sits three hours behind Nairobi with no daylight saving on either side, so the offset is fixed: late-afternoon Accra classes fall in our evening teaching block, and morning Accra slots suit full-time and flexible students. Every session is recorded.

Accra is West Africa's technology and fintech centre, with continental headquarters, the energy majors, a large diplomatic and development community, and a returning diaspora from the UK and US — alongside a deep international-school tier priced at the top of the regional market. Ghana runs GMT (UTC+0) with no daylight saving, three hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Technology, fintech, and corporate-headquarters families.
Oil, gas, and energy-sector families based in the capital.
Diplomatic, development, and international-organisation families.
Returning diaspora families from the UK and United States settling children mid-curriculum.
Ghanaian professional families priced out of the international tier.
Students combining a WASSCE school route with Cambridge subjects for overseas applications.

Accra communities and nearby areas

Airport Residential · East Legon · Cantonments · Labone · Osu · Tema · Aburi

Common questions from Accra families

Is homeschooling legal in Ghana?

Education at the basic level is free, compulsory and universal under section 2 of the Education Act, 2008. We are not aware of an established parental-choice home-education route under that Act, and we put it in those terms rather than asserting a flat prohibition — a family whose plan depends on it should confirm with the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service. Structured study alongside a school enrolment is unrestricted, and that is what we offer.

Is Smartious a licensed school in Ghana?

No, and we say so plainly. Pre-tertiary schools here are subject to licensing and inspection requirements. Smartious is an internationally accredited online school delivering from Nairobi and working alongside your Ghanaian school rather than replacing it.

Can our child do WASSCE and Cambridge together?

That is the most common arrangement we run in Ghana. The school keeps the national route and the daily routine; we teach two or three Cambridge subjects live alongside it for overseas applications. It is a heavier year, so subject choice has to be disciplined.

What are the class times like?

Ghana is three hours behind Nairobi and neither country observes daylight saving, so the offset is fixed all year. Late-afternoon Accra classes sit in our evening teaching block; morning slots work well for full-time students. We are honest that this is a wider gap than for our East and Southern African families.

Guides for families in Ghana

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