Online School & Homeschool in Brasília

Online school and Cambridge tutoring in Brasília

For Brasília families — a capital built for rotation, where a curriculum that survives the next posting matters more than a campus.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Brasília families. The federal capital hosts one of the largest diplomatic communities in the Southern Hemisphere alongside the federal government, the courts, the regulators, and the international organisations that cluster around them — which makes it a city defined by three- and four-year postings. Its international school market reflects that, and its places are competitive. For a family who will be in Bogotá or Geneva or Pretoria next, a curriculum that continues unchanged matters more than any single campus. Brazilian law is settled on educating outside school, so we work alongside whichever school a family holds.

Challenges Brasília families face

A city defined by three- and four-year postings, so children change systems repeatedly.
International school places are competitive and fees are high.
Educação básica is compulsory from four to seventeen, and there is no right to home education.
Diplomatic arrivals rarely align with admission cycles.
Time zone: Brasília runs BRT (UTC-3), six hours behind Nairobi with no daylight saving.

Why Brasília families choose Smartious

Built for a posting cycle: The curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue unchanged from Brasília to the next capital — which for a diplomatic family is worth more than any single campus.
Enrolment on the posting's timeline: Mid-year arrivals start within a week of the assessment, with no waitlist.
Cambridge A-Levels for UCAS: A record read natively by UK universities, and directly by Portuguese, Spanish, Canadian, and American ones — useful when the destination is genuinely unknown.
A workable clock: Six hours, fixed — Brazilian mornings and early afternoons both land in our normal teaching day.
Alongside the national route, not instead of it: Brazilian law is settled; your school keeps the enrolment and the national track.

The national framework applies in the Distrito Federal, and one local detail is worth knowing here specifically: a Distrito Federal law creating home education was held unconstitutional, a decision upheld by the STF in RE 1492951, on the basis that only federal law may institute this modality. That sits within the Court's wider position from Tema 822 — no subjective public right to home education, which does not exist in Brazilian legislation. Educação básica remains compulsory from four to seventeen. Our arrangement is therefore supplementary at every age: the school carries the enrolment and the national track, and the Cambridge or IB track runs alongside. Smartious is not an authorised Brazilian school.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS on a fixed six-hour offset, landing in the Brazilian morning or early afternoon, with every session recorded — which suits diplomatic travel and mid-year arrivals.

Brasília hosts one of the largest diplomatic communities in the Southern Hemisphere alongside the federal government, courts, regulators, and international organisations — a capital defined by three- and four-year postings, with a competitive international school market. Brazil runs BRT (UTC-3), six hours behind Nairobi.

Family situations we work with

Diplomatic and consular families on rotation.
International-organisation and development-sector households.
Federal government, judiciary, and regulator professional families.
Brazilian families whose children will apply abroad.
Students who have already changed school systems twice and cannot afford a third disruption.

Brasília communities and nearby areas

Asa Sul · Asa Norte · Lago Sul · Lago Norte · Sudoeste · Águas Claras · Goiânia

Common questions from Brasília families

A Distrito Federal law allowed homeschooling — what happened to it?

It was held unconstitutional, and the STF upheld that in RE 1492951, confirming that only federal law can institute this modality. Local laws on the subject invade the União's exclusive competence over national education directives.

We are posted here for three years — does an international track make sense?

It is the strongest case for one. The curriculum, teachers, and examination board continue unchanged to the next capital, which is worth more to a rotating family than any single campus.

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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