Online School Offers Help so “Teachers Can Keep On Teaching”

By Amy Smith, BA, M.Div., CPE, S.T.M, PGCE
April 24, 2023
3 min read

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 been providing such services for many years to schools and local education authorities to help students who cannot attend mainstream school due to mental or physical health issues. Now it’s opening its doors to all schools and students during the Covid-19 health crisis.

“With modern technology such as this, there is absolutely no reason why every student’s education cannot continue normally,” says MD Amy Smith. “Using Apricot’s online classrooms, teachers and students can interact normally; and for kids, the online realm is a familiar one! Teachers can keep on teaching, students can keep on learning, and normal education can continue despite the crisis. We just do things a little differently from now on.”

Recent from Ripe Thinking

Discover more stories, insights, and updates from the Apricot Learning community

February 19, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions About Apricot Learning

Whether you are a school leader exploring alternative provision, a commissioner seeking accountability and quality, or a parent looking for stability and hope, you deserve clear answers and honest guidance.

Blog
June 25, 2025

Student Spotlight

Asher, in KS4, has written a beautiful, evocative short story full of imagery and clever sentence structures. We felt it was so good we had to share it!

News
June 25, 2025

Madness Took Me – A Novel by David Bignell

Fans of Monty Python and Stanley Kubrick will not be disappointed when they find the comedic and surreal novel ‘Madness Took me’ on their bookshelves.

Blog