Online School & Homeschool in Amman

Online school and international curriculum in Amman

For Amman families — Cambridge and IB taught live on exactly your clock, at any hour of the day that suits you.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Amman families. The capital is a regional headquarters city — home to one of the largest concentrations of UN agencies, international NGOs and development organisations anywhere in the region, alongside a corporate and professional sector and a deep international school tier priced at the top of the regional market. It is also, uniquely in our coverage, on exactly our clock: Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and so do we, so every hour of our teaching day is available to an Amman family, permanently and with no seasonal drift.

Challenges Amman families face

International school fees in Amman sit at the top of the regional market with competitive places.
Development and diplomatic postings arrive and depart on programme timelines rather than admission cycles.
Basic education is compulsory and administered by the Ministry of Education.
We could not verify Jordan's position on parental home education from a primary instrument.
Time zone: none. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and so does our teaching base — a zero offset, all year.

Why Amman families choose Smartious

Exactly your clock, all year: Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and so do we. There is no offset at all and no seasonal drift — the first country in our coverage where that is true. Any hour of our teaching day works.
Built for a rotating sector: Development and diplomatic postings move. The curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue unchanged to the next country — which is why our development-sector families often re-enrol from a new posting.
A fee gap against a premium tier: Live small-group teaching from USD 5,076 a year against Amman international fees at the top of the regional market.
Fees that behave predictably: The dinar is pegged to the dollar at a long-standing fixed rate, so USD-quoted fees carry effectively no exchange-rate risk over a multi-year commitment.
Arabic kept as an examined subject: Cambridge Arabic runs alongside the English-medium core rather than being traded away.

Jordanian education is administered by the Ministry of Education, whose mandate is to ensure the provision of quality education from the early years through secondary education, and basic education is compulsory — commonly described as ten years, with families advised to confirm the current boundaries with the Ministry rather than take them from a provider's article. Private schools operate with Ministry licensing, and Smartious does not hold it: we do not operate premises in Jordan, claim no Jordanian recognition, and issue no Jordanian qualification. On parental home education we are going to be careful, because we could not verify Jordan's position against a primary instrument. We will not tell you it is permitted and we will not tell you it is prohibited; both would exceed what we can evidence, and a family that plans a school year on an overconfident claim carries the cost of it rather than we do. What we would add is the point we make in Panama, Guatemala and Venezuela: an absence of clear regulation is an absence of protection rather than a permission, because where a matter is unaddressed there is nothing for a family to demonstrate if the question is raised. Put it to the Ministry of Education directly and keep the answer. One further clarification specific to Jordan: the national qualification is the Tawjihi, and we do not teach toward it. Many Jordanian private schools already offer IGCSE, the IB and SAT alongside the national route, so families here generally understand the distinction better than in most markets — our track sits in that same category, alongside the Jordanian record rather than replacing it.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and our teaching base runs UTC+3 year-round, so there is no offset whatsoever and nothing drifts seasonally — an Amman family can take a class at any hour of our teaching day, at the same time every week of the year, with every session recorded.

Amman is a regional headquarters city hosting one of the largest concentrations of UN agencies, international NGOs and development organisations in the region, alongside a deep international school tier at premium fees and a constantly rotating professional community. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round — exactly our teaching clock, with no offset at all.

Family situations we work with

UN agency, international NGO and development-sector families on rotation.
Diplomatic and international-organisation households.
Corporate and professional families outside the international tier's fees.
Students needing a subject their school cannot staff for a small group.
Families whose children will apply to UK, US, Canadian, Gulf or Jordanian universities.
Households arriving mid-curriculum from another country's system.

Amman communities and nearby areas

Abdoun · Deir Ghbar · Dabouq · Khalda · Sweifieh · Madaba · Salt

Common questions from Amman families

Is homeschooling legal in Jordan?

We could not verify a position from a primary Jordanian instrument and will not guess. Basic education is compulsory and administered by the Ministry of Education. An absence of clear regulation is not a permission — put the question to the Ministry directly. Structured study alongside a school enrolment raises none of it, and that is what we offer.

Do you teach the Tawjihi?

No. We are not a Ministry-licensed Jordanian school and issue no Jordanian qualification. We teach Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel, IB and AP examinations, which sit alongside the Jordanian record — a distinction most Amman families already understand, since many private schools here run IGCSE and the IB alongside the national route.

What time are classes?

Whenever suits you. Jordan runs UTC+3 year-round and so does our teaching base — a zero offset with no seasonal drift. Jordan is the first country in our entire coverage where that is true, so the whole teaching day is genuinely open.

We are on a development posting — does the schooling follow?

Yes: the same curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue to the next country. It is the most common reason development families come to us, and many re-enrol from a new posting rather than starting over.

Guides for families in Jordan

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