Online School & Homeschool in Trondheim

Online school and homeschool in Trondheim

For Trondheim families — full international curriculum access in Norway's technology capital, where NTNU and SINTEF draw a global research workforce and international secondary provision thins exactly when it matters.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge A-Level, Pearson Edexcel International, IB Diploma Programme, and American Curriculum with Advanced Placement (AP) for Trondheim families. Trondheim is Norway's technology capital — NTNU, the country's largest university, and SINTEF, Scandinavia's largest independent research institute, anchor a research and deep-tech ecosystem that recruits globally, on contracts that are frequently fixed-term. Birralee International School serves the international community through the lower years; dedicated international secondary provision is thin, historically pushing research families toward the Norwegian system or out of the city. Smartious closes that gap live, from primary through to A-Level, under Norway's notification-based framework.

Challenges Trondheim families face

International secondary provision thins exactly where IGCSE and A-Level begin — Birralee carries the community through the lower years.
NTNU and SINTEF recruit globally on frequently fixed-term contracts, making curriculum portability essential.
The municipal tilsyn framework applies as nationally.
Time zone: Trondheim shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer) — 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Why Trondheim families choose Smartious

Fills the post-Birralee gap directly: Trondheim's international provision thins exactly where the examined years begin. Smartious continues live through IGCSE and A-Level.
STEM depth worthy of a technology capital: Cambridge A-Level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science — led by a founder with a BEd in Mathematics and Physics — suit NTNU and SINTEF families precisely.
Built for fixed-term research contracts: The curriculum transfers cleanly to the next institution or country, without a repeated year.
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 Trondheim.

The national framework applies in Trondheim: written notification before starting, municipal tilsyn with a first visit within three months, education equivalent to public grunnskole. Smartious supplies the live curriculum and documentation — and continues unchanged when a research contract moves the family on.

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

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

Trondheim is Norway's technology capital — NTNU, the country's largest university, and SINTEF, Scandinavia's largest independent research institute, anchoring a deep-tech ecosystem that recruits globally on frequently fixed-term contracts. Birralee International School serves the community through the lower years, and dedicated international secondary provision is thin. Trondheim shares CET (UTC+1) / CEST (UTC+2 summer), 1-2 hours behind Nairobi EAT.

Family situations we work with

NTNU academic, doctoral, and visiting-faculty families.
SINTEF and deep-tech research families — a genuinely global workforce.
Tech spin-off and startup families in the Trondheim ecosystem.
Birralee families needing secondary continuation.
Norwegian families in notified home education adding an internationally examined track.
Teenagers past grunnskole taking the voluntary-videregaende window to full A-Levels.

Trondheim communities and nearby areas

Trondheim centre · Gloshaugen (NTNU) · Tyholt · Byasen · Ranheim · Heimdal · Malvik

Common questions from Trondheim families

Our child finishes at Birralee — what then?

This is Trondheim's defining gap: international provision thins exactly where the examined years begin. Smartious continues live through Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level, with exams at authorised Norwegian centres confirmed per session.

We are at NTNU or SINTEF on a fixed-term contract — is that a common profile?

It is exactly Trondheim's international population, and portable curriculum that transfers to the next institution or country is the main reason research families choose us.

Where do Trondheim students sit Cambridge examinations?

At Cambridge/Edexcel-authorised Norwegian centres, confirmed per family per session, with travel planned where needed.

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