Online School & Homeschool in West and North Singapore

Online school in west Singapore

For Clementi, one-north, Jurong and Woodlands families: live Cambridge, IB and American classes for research, engineering and cross-border households.

Live online Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS & A Level, Pearson Edexcel, IB Diploma and American Curriculum with AP for families in west and north Singapore: Clementi and Dover, Buona Vista and one-north, West Coast and Pasir Panjang, Jurong and the Jurong Lake District, Bukit Batok and Bukit Panjang, and Woodlands and Sembawang in the north. The west is the island's research and engineering side, from the universities and one-north's biomedical and technology parks to the energy and chemicals industry on Jurong Island. Families here include researchers on fixed-term contracts, engineers on project postings and cross-border households with ties to Johor. Smartious teaches the same international programmes live, in small groups, in Singapore afternoons. For Singapore citizens of primary age, the Compulsory Education Act applies: see the note on homeschooling below.

Challenges West and North Singapore families face

Research and engineering contracts are often fixed-term, and the next post may be in another country and another school system.
Strong STEM students want Further Mathematics, a third science or Computer Science, which not every school runs for a small group.
Families in the north and west can be a long way from the international schools they would choose.
Singapore citizens of compulsory school age must attend a national primary school unless MOE grants an exemption.
Time zone: SGT (UTC+8), five hours ahead of Nairobi, fixed all year.

Why West and North Singapore families choose Smartious

Built for STEM: Further Mathematics, three sciences and Computer Science in live groups drawn from several countries, where one school cannot run the set.
Through the end of a contract: Fixed-term posts end; your child's curriculum and teachers carry on to the next country.
Close to home in the west and north: Live classes reach Woodlands and Jurong exactly as they reach the city centre.
Exams planned with you: Private-candidate entries planned early, at a centre such as British Council Singapore.
Straight about MOE: For citizen children of primary age, MOE's rules come first; we teach alongside school.

Under the Compulsory Education Act, Singapore citizens of compulsory school age (above 6 and under 15) attend a national primary school unless MOE grants a home-schooling exemption, on conditions MOE sets. Non-citizen families are not covered by the Act; permanent residents should confirm their position with MOE. Our west and north students are mostly expatriate children studying full time and citizen students adding IGCSE, A-Level or STEM subjects alongside school.

Smartious teaches Singapore families online; the live programme is complete without home tuition.

Live online classes in small groups on the Smartious platform, in Singapore afternoons, fixed all year.

West Singapore is the island's research, engineering and industrial side, and the north faces Johor across the causeway. Families here are often on fixed-term contracts or move between countries, and they come to us for STEM depth and for one curriculum that survives the move.

Family situations we work with

Research families at the universities and the one-north biomedical and technology parks.
Engineering, energy and chemicals families on project postings around Jurong.
Families with ties across the causeway in Johor.
STEM students wanting Further Mathematics, a third science or Computer Science.
Students sitting IGCSEs or A Levels as private candidates.
Singaporean families wanting an international qualification alongside school.

West and North Singapore communities and nearby areas

Clementi · Dover · Buona Vista · one-north · West Coast · Pasir Panjang · Jurong East · Jurong West · Bukit Batok · Bukit Panjang · Choa Chu Kang · Woodlands · Sembawang · Yishun

Common questions from West and North Singapore families

My child wants Further Mathematics and three sciences. Can you teach that?

Yes. Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science run as live small-group classes at IGCSE and A Level, and are sat as a private candidate at a centre we confirm with you.

My research contract ends next year. What happens to my child's schooling?

The curriculum, teachers and exam board move with you. Only the time zone changes, and we adjust the timetable for the new country.

Is online school allowed for Singapore citizens?

A Singapore citizen of compulsory school age needs an MOE exemption to be home schooled. Without one, the child attends a national primary school and can study with us alongside it.

We live in Woodlands. Does that change anything?

No. The classes are the same live classes wherever you live in Singapore.

Guides for families in Singapore

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