Online School & Homeschool in Dubrovnik & the South

Online school and international curriculum in Dubrovnik

For Dubrovnik and southern Dalmatian families — one of the most visited cities in Europe, with international schooling in none of it.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Dubrovnik and southern Dalmatian families. Dubrovnik draws visitors from everywhere and keeps a permanent population small enough that the ratio is famous — a hospitality, yachting, and second-home economy of international scale run by a community that lives here year-round. Add the Pelješac and Konavle hinterlands, the islands, and a growing number of families who moved south and kept international careers, and the schooling gap is stark: there is no international provision, and Zagreb is a flight away. Smartious delivers the pathways live across the south — supplementary during the compulsory primary years, and the full pathway after them.

Challenges Dubrovnik & the South families face

No international schooling in the south, with Zagreb a flight away.
A tourism season that runs the whole household from spring to autumn.
Primary attendance is compulsory for resident children — the supplementary configuration carries those years.
Island and hinterland geography makes any campus option impractical.
Time zone: Dubrovnik shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer) — 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Why Dubrovnik & the South families choose Smartious

The complete option where no campus exists: Identical live delivery from Cavtat to Korčula — the international pathway the south never had.
Built for a six-month season: Live classes plus unlimited recordings hold the academic year together when the whole family works from spring to autumn.
The law stated before anything is sold: Primary attendance is compulsory in Croatia; we run supplementary alongside your enrolment and reserve the full pathway for after primary school.
The window after primary school: Secondary education is not compulsory — the A-Level years run at the family's choice, delivered to the island or the hinterland.
Timezone that lands in the school day: Dubrovnik is 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

The national framework applies in the south: primary education is compulsory for resident children and fulfilled through regular attendance, so the supplementary configuration carries those years — the local enrolment holds the obligation while the Cambridge or IB track runs live alongside, with the recorded library carrying the season. The health-based nastava u kući provision is stated factually and never marketed. Secondary education is not compulsory, so the full pathway opens from about fifteen, which for island and hinterland families is frequently the strongest academic option available.

In-person tuition supplementation in the south is subject to associate availability; the live online programme is complete without it.

Live online via Smartious LMS, landing inside the local school day on the 1-2 hour offset, with the full recorded library carrying the six-month season.

Dubrovnik runs a globally scaled hospitality, yachting, and second-home economy on a small permanent population, with the Pelješac and Konavle hinterlands and the southern islands behind it — and no international schooling anywhere in the region. Dubrovnik shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2), 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

Hospitality, hotel, and yachting business families.
Second-home and lifestyle-migration families with international careers.
Returning diaspora families along the southern coast.
Island and hinterland families with no local international option.
Students past primary school running the full A-Level phase.

Dubrovnik & the South communities and nearby areas

Dubrovnik · Cavtat and Konavle · Pelješac · Ston · Korčula · Mljet · Metković and the Neretva valley

Common questions from Dubrovnik & the South families

Are there international schools in Dubrovnik?

No — the country's international provision sits in Zagreb, a flight away. Live online delivery is the complete option for the south, supplementary during the compulsory primary years and full-time after them.

Our whole family works the summer season — can schooling fit that?

It is built for it: live classes with a complete recorded library, so the academic year holds together through the busiest months.

Guides for families in Croatia

What parents say

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