A British school, without walls.

Richmond Online School brings a British education to students anywhere in the world. Expert UK teachers and patient AI tutoring, delivered in live, small classes.

Countries served
30
University recognition
1,400+
Lessons taught live
100%
A Richmond pupil and her mother at a kitchen table during an afternoon lesson
01A Richmond family at home.
01Our Story

A school built for the way children actually learn now.

Founded in October 2025 with one conviction: geography should never limit a child's potential. Everything that followed — the small classes, the live lessons, the patient AI tutor — comes from that sentence.

A Richmond teacher delivering a live lesson
iA Richmond teacher, mid-lesson.
Students in a live online class
iiA Year 10 class.

Richmond Online School was founded by a group of British educators who had watched traditional schooling struggle to reach the children who needed it most, such as families abroad, children with exceptional needs, pupils whose ambition ran ahead of their local syllabus.

We didn’t want to just give your child another library of videos to watch alone. We wanted to give them a real school community. That means live lessons with teachers who actually know their face and name, small classes where they won’t get lost in the crowd, and a world-class British curriculum you can trust. Most importantly, it means you’re never left out of the loop—because we believe a child’s education works best when their family is part of the journey.

We take the old idea of the small English classroom — the attention, the rigour, the patience — and we carry it to wherever a pupil happens to be.

The Staff TeamRichmond Online School
02How We Got Here

Our first year, four quiet turning points.

Richmond did not arrive fully formed. It was built slowly, in conversation with the families who trusted us first. Here is the short version.

  1. October 2025The beginning
    Richmond Online School founding

    A school opens.

    Richmond Online School opens its virtual doors with a handful of founding families in Europe.

  2. December 2025A British home
    One-to-one tuition with a UK teacher

    HQ moves to the UK.

    We moved our headquarters to the United Kingdom and introduced Tutorial College — one-to-one online tuition with specialist UK teachers.

  3. January 2026Patient AI
    Student using AI tutor

    Launching the AI study partner.

    We built a calm, curriculum-aligned AI study companion for every pupil — because a child with a question at midnight deserves an answer, and we cannot all be awake.

  4. May 2026Four continents
    Students collaborating globally

    Across four continents.

    Word travelled. Pupils now log in from four continents — and we rewrite our timetable around their sunrises.

03What We Stand For

Four values that shape how Richmond works day to day.

Our values shape how we teach, how we support families, and the kind of community we build.

01Every decision, every time.

The pupil comes first.

When we are uncertain, we ask one question: what is best for the pupil in front of us? It is a short question, and it settles most arguments.

02Live, live, and live.

A school, not a platform.

Richmond is a school in the old-fashioned sense. There is a timetable, there are teachers who know your child, and there are classmates who notice when they are absent.

03Quality over quantity.

Small, by conviction.

We keep our classes small. Not for effect — because it is the number at which a teacher can actually see everyone in the room, and still teach.

04High standards. British manners.

Rigour with warmth.

We hold the line on academic rigour, and the English line on kindness. Children do their best work when they feel known, and challenged, at the same time.

05More than qualifications.

Curiosity & Love of Learning

We want students not only to gain qualifications but also to enjoy learning. Interactive lessons, rich resources and regular academic follow-up help students become curious, reflective and independent learners.

06Learning with the world.

Global Citizenship

Our students learn with peers from around the world. We encourage them to value different perspectives, communicate respectfully, and contribute positively to their communities—locally and globally.

07School and home, together.

Parent Engagement

We believe education works best when school and home work together. We communicate clearly, share progress, and listen carefully to families so we can provide the right support at the right time.

04Come and See

The best way to understand a school
is to visit it.

Book a free live class with our teachers, meet a few of our pupils, and ask us anything.