Online School & Homeschool in Jerusalem

Online school and international curriculum in Jerusalem

For Jerusalem families — an internationally examined record for children who may study abroad, taught in your own hours.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Jerusalem families. The city holds national institutions, the Hebrew University and one of the deepest academic sectors in the region, and an unusually large English-speaking and French-speaking olim community — families who arrived from London, New York, Paris, Toronto or Johannesburg and who frequently want their children to keep a route back to universities there. A few long-established international schools serve part of that need. For everyone else, an internationally examined track alongside the Israeli one is the practical answer, and we teach it live in whichever hours suit.

Challenges Jerusalem families face

A large olim community with more demand for international qualifications than local places.
Children arriving mid-curriculum from several different national systems.
Families wanting to retain a route back to universities abroad.
Home education requires an annual Ministry permit and the child must meet system standards.
Time zone: Israel is one hour behind us in winter and exactly level in summer.

Why Jerusalem families choose Smartious

A route back for olim families: Cambridge A-Levels are read natively by UCAS and directly by American, French and Canadian universities — the destinations Jerusalem's olim community most often has in view.
French kept as an examined subject: For the substantial French-speaking community, Cambridge French runs alongside the English-medium core and French universities read the record routinely.
Continuity for a mid-curriculum arrival: A child who has just changed country, language and school system does not need a fourth disruption. One pathway, taught live.
The closest clock we have: One hour behind in winter, level in summer — our whole teaching day is available.
Honest about the permit: We cannot obtain or influence a home-education permit. That is between the family and the Ministry; we teach the subjects.

The national framework applies in Jerusalem. Education is compulsory under the Compulsory Education Law of 1949 and its amendments, from age three to fifteen inclusive or until completion of ten years of schooling beginning at the latest at age five, with free education continuing beyond — confirm the boundaries for your own child with the Ministry. Home education is permitted by annual permit: the Director General's directive holds that students of compulsory education age belong within the institutional educational framework, a permit runs for one school year only, and an approved child must meet the standards set by the educational system. In practice the Ministry approves the great majority of applications, and policy since 2009 has allowed home education where the family fulfils state requirements, which the Supreme Court noted in a decision applies to most families who request permission. Families have reported being summoned to Ministry tribunals over concerns including socialisation, with the possibility of permission being revoked, and we report that neutrally so that families understand a permit is reviewed rather than granted once. Smartious is not a Ministry of Education recognised institution, issues no Israeli qualification and does not teach toward the Bagrut — the permit and the Israeli record are matters between the family and the Ministry, and what we provide is the internationally examined track alongside them.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS across our full teaching day, with every session recorded so that a missed class is never a lost one.

Jerusalem holds national institutions, the Hebrew University and one of the deepest academic sectors in the region, alongside an unusually large English-speaking and French-speaking olim community whose children frequently keep university options abroad. Israel runs IST (UTC+2), moving to IDT (UTC+3) in summer.

Family situations we work with

English-speaking and French-speaking olim families.
Academic, research and university-sector households.
Families whose children may apply to universities in the UK, US, France or Canada.
Students who arrived mid-curriculum and do not want to restart.
Families holding a current home-education permit who need subject teaching.

Jerusalem communities and nearby areas

Rehavia · Baka · Talpiot · German Colony · Beit HaKerem · Mevaseret Zion · Modiin

Common questions from Jerusalem families

We made aliyah mid-schooling — what happens to our child's record?

They keep an internationally examined pathway rather than restarting inside a new system. Cambridge A-Levels are read natively by UCAS and directly by American, French and Canadian universities, so the route back to where you came from stays open.

Can our children keep French formally?

Yes — Cambridge French runs alongside the English-medium core, which matters for Jerusalem's substantial French-speaking community and keeps French university routes open.

Do you handle the home-education permit?

No. Permits are granted annually by the Ministry of Education and no provider can obtain or influence one. We teach the subjects.

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