Online School & Homeschool in Lausanne & Vaud

Online school and international curriculum in Lausanne

For Lausanne and Vaud families — the canton that long led Switzerland in home education, and is tightening like the rest.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Lausanne and Vaud families. Vaud runs the Lake Geneva arc: EPFL and the University of Lausanne, the International Olympic Committee and the sports-governance cluster, world-leading hospitality schools, and a corridor of research and multinational offices running from Nyon to Montreux. It has also been, historically, the canton with more home-educated children than any other in Switzerland — one of the few that worked on notification rather than authorisation. That position has been tightening, in Vaud as across the country, which is exactly why we describe the current landscape carefully and default to the supplementary configuration.

Challenges Lausanne & Vaud families face

Vaud has historically been among the most open cantons, but rules across Switzerland have been tightening and the position should be checked currently.
International school fees along the lake arc are at the top of the Swiss range.
Research and sports-governance contracts are often fixed-term and internationally mobile.
Switzerland recognises no constitutional right to home education — the canton decides.
Time zone: Vaud runs CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer) — 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Why Lausanne & Vaud families choose Smartious

Structure behind an existing home education: Vaud families already teaching at home get what is hardest to build alone: live subject specialists, assessment, records, and external Cambridge examinations.
STEM depth for an EPFL canton: Cambridge A-Level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics — led by a founder with a BEd in Mathematics and Physics.
Built for elite sport: Live classes plus unlimited recordings suit the training and competition calendars that the Olympic capital's families actually run.
Honest about the tightening: Vaud led Switzerland in home education and rules have been tightening nationally. We describe the landscape as it is and tell families to confirm the current cantonal position.
Timezone that lands in the school day: Vaud is 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Vaud has historically sat at the open end of the Swiss spectrum — among the few cantons operating on notification rather than authorisation, and consistently reported as having more home-educated children than any other. Two cautions belong beside that. First, Switzerland recognises no constitutional right to home education: the Federal Supreme Court confirmed in 2019 that cantons decide, and that even restrictive rules are lawful. Second, the national trend has been toward tightening, including in previously liberal cantons, so a family should confirm the current Vaud position with the cantonal authorities rather than rely on its historic reputation. Whatever the arrangement, cantonal curriculum expectations apply, and our role is the same: live subject teaching, assessment, records, and external Cambridge examinations, alongside whatever the family has agreed locally.

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

Live online via Smartious LMS, landing inside the Vaud school day on the 1-2 hour offset, with every session recorded — which suits athletes' training and competition calendars.

Vaud runs the Lake Geneva arc — EPFL, the IOC and sports-governance cluster, world-leading hospitality schools, and a multinational corridor — and has historically had more home-educated children than any other Swiss canton, in a national landscape that has been tightening. Vaud runs CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2), 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

EPFL and University of Lausanne research families.
IOC and international sports-federation staff families.
Hospitality-sector and multinational corridor families from Nyon to Montreux.
Families already home educating in Vaud who want structured curriculum and external examination behind it.
Students past compulsory schooling running the full A-Level phase.

Lausanne & Vaud communities and nearby areas

Lausanne · Nyon · Morges · Vevey · Montreux · Rolle · Yverdon-les-Bains

Common questions from Lausanne & Vaud families

Is Vaud really the easiest Swiss canton for home education?

It has historically been among the most open and has consistently had the largest number of home-educated children in Switzerland. But rules have been tightening nationally, including in previously liberal cantons, and Switzerland recognises no constitutional right — so confirm the current position with the cantonal authorities rather than relying on reputation.

We already home educate in Vaud — what does Smartious add?

The parts that are hardest to build alone: live teaching by degree-qualified subject specialists, continuous assessment, documented progress, and external Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level examinations that any university reads.

Where do Vaud students sit Cambridge examinations?

At authorised centres confirmed per family per session, with Geneva-area options nearby.

Guides for families in Switzerland

What parents say

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