Online School & Homeschool in Bergen

Online school and homeschool in Bergen

For Bergen families — International School of Bergen alternative in Norway's maritime capital, where shipping, subsea, and aquaculture draw an international workforce a compact campus cannot match.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Bergen families. Bergen is Norway's maritime capital — centuries of shipping heritage now layered with subsea engineering, offshore wind, and the world's most advanced aquaculture industry, alongside the University of Bergen and NHH, the country's leading business school. The International School of Bergen anchors compact dedicated provision for an international maritime and academic population that runs considerably wider. Smartious extends full Cambridge, IB, and American delivery across Bergen and Vestland, live, under Norway's notification-based framework — planned properly, tilsyn included.

Challenges Bergen families face

Compact dedicated provision (International School of Bergen) against a maritime, subsea, and aquaculture international workforce that runs considerably wider.
Maritime and offshore contracts rotate on their own cycles.
The municipal tilsyn framework applies as nationally.
Time zone: Bergen shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer) — 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Why Bergen families choose Smartious

Fills the gap behind a compact campus: Bergen's international employment runs far wider than its dedicated school capacity. Smartious enrols immediately, live, across the whole Vestland coast.
Built for maritime rotations: Shipping and offshore contracts move families; the curriculum travels unchanged.
Sciences depth for a marine-industry city: Cambridge A-Level Biology, Chemistry, and Physics suit Bergen's subsea and aquaculture families.
Live teaching, small groups: Every Smartious class is live, real-time, in groups of 4-6.
CET/CEST timezone alignment: Nairobi EAT is only 1-2 hours ahead of Bergen.

The national framework applies in Bergen — and Bergen kommune itself states it plainly: written notification before starting, no formal pedagogical qualification required, content following the Education Act, supervision by the municipality, and school enrolment ordered if the requirements are not met. Smartious supplies the live curriculum and the documentation tilsyn draws on.

Premium tier includes optional in-person home tuition supplementation for Bergen families during examination preparation periods, subject to associate teacher availability.

Live online via Smartious LMS. Classes scheduled to land within the Bergen school day given the 1-2 hour EAT/CET-CEST offset. Recorded sessions 24/7.

Bergen is Norway's maritime capital — shipping heritage layered with subsea engineering, offshore wind, and the world's most advanced aquaculture industry, alongside the University of Bergen and NHH — drawing an international workforce served by compact dedicated provision anchored by the International School of Bergen. Bergen shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer), 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Shipping, subsea, and offshore-wind engineering families.
Aquaculture-sector corporate and research families.
University of Bergen and NHH academic families.
ISB catchment families seeking alternatives or continuation.
Norwegian families in notified home education adding an internationally examined track.
Teenagers past grunnskole taking the voluntary-videregaende window to full A-Levels.

Bergen communities and nearby areas

Bergen centre · Fana · Asane · Laksevag · Sotra · Askoy · Os

Common questions from Bergen families

How does Smartious compare to the International School of Bergen?

ISB provides established campus education for a community that outstrips its capacity. Smartious provides live online Cambridge, IB, and American curriculum from USD 5,076/year with immediate enrolment across the whole Vestland coast.

What does Bergen kommune require for home education?

Written notification before starting, education following the Education Act, and cooperation with municipal supervision — with no formal pedagogical qualification required of parents. Smartious plans the notification and supplies the documentation supervision draws on.

Where do Bergen students sit Cambridge examinations?

At Cambridge/Edexcel-authorised Norwegian centres accepting external candidates, confirmed per family per session.

Guides for families in Norway

What parents say

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“Smartious Homeschooling delivers genuinely effective one-on-one instruction. The teachers are patient, consistent, and skilled at identifying and addressing each learner's specific academic gaps. Since enrolling, our child has become more confident, enjoys lessons, and is now performing above grade level. For families in Nairobi seeking a dependable, academically rigorous homeschooling programme with personalised support, Smartious is a standout choice.” — Allan H., Google review