No matter how prepared you think you are for the new DfE inspection framework for online education providers, think again! For better and for worse, the DfE has decided to base their Ofsted inspection framework for online education provision on the standards written for independent schools. In order to test whether these standards are appropriate…
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Social investment providing accessible education for all

With education being disrupted across the country, Apricot Learning Online supports students with special education needs to receive high quality education experiences in ways that are tailored uniquely to them online. With a £150,000 investment from the Health and Wellbeing Challenge Fund (South West) (HWCFSW), Apricot Learning Online can grow the teaching team and reach…
Apricot's Secret Sauce

Apricot is a unique school. It is filled with passion, eagerness, and devotion. We sat down with our teachers to talk about what makes Apricot special. What is the Apricot special ingredient? “I think they find good people to teach and they encourage and allow us to be innovative – and they trust us.…
Forget what you think you know about online learning

With all the attention now being paid to digital solutions for schools and students working from home, it’s time to understand more about the options on the web being offered to you as quick fixes. These basic, static, asynchronous applications have their place and can be useful, but what if you there were a more…
Online school offers help so “teachers can keep on teaching”

With hundreds of thousands of secondary school students stuck at home from today (Friday), one online school is offering a solution to the potential education gap that may stretch until September. Apricot Online provides online classrooms to schools that allow students to continue their education normally during the shutdown. The established online education specialist has…