Welcome to Highgrove Education
An online school like no other
Our Story
Highgrove Education was founded by the core academic team behind Harrow School Online, including our Principal, Heather Rhodes, and over ten of the staff. In 2024, we supported our pupils to achieve some of the best A level grades in the UK, with 78% of A levels in 2024 awarded either A or A*. Additionally, 90% of our students secured places at Russell Group universities, including prestigious institutions like Cambridge, Oxford, and Imperial.
Highgrove Online School
Owned and run by our Principal and founding academic and support teams, we are deeply committed to the success of every pupil. With the support of educational investors, we continue to deliver exceptional online education.
As a bespoke provider of educational services, Highgrove Education offers a range of flexible, high-quality courses, including Key Stage 3, GCSEs, A levels, the EPQ, SEND support, and more. Our flagship offering, Highgrove Online School, sets the standard for excellence in online learning.
Our Principal
Heather Rhodes has been a pioneer in online education for over ten years, and is a strong advocate of the potential of technology to transform education. She was the founding Principal of Harrow School Online, the first purpose-designed fully online British education from a leading private school. Prior to this she founded an online tutoring organisation for international students wanting to improve their level of English.
Along the way Heather has gained extensive online teaching and management experience, with a deep understanding of how pupils learn best in an online environment. She is particularly interested in the potential of online education for building global communities of learning and increasing the accessibility of exceptional education.
Hear what The Good Schools Guide Says About Us
Why we think Highgrove Education is a good school
Results at Highgrove Education are head and shoulders above other online schools, partly because it’s selective but also because of the stretch and challenge, comprehensive learning packages, top-notch staff and breadth of enrichment and extracurricular which gives them the ‘whole-school’ feel.
‘My son leaps out of bed for his lessons,’ said one parent. Ideal for a bright, self-motivated youngster who is happiest learning from home.
‘My son leaps out of bed for his lessons,’ said one parent. Ideal for a bright, self-motivated youngster who is happiest learning from home.
What pupils say
As a principal, she is so approachable, open-minded, respectful and supportive! I can see that she truly cares about students and the wider community.
Indescribably passionate and determined to ensure we succeed
Kind and understanding. Always there to help.
She is always so positive and excited which is very inspiring.
Can talk about dead insects for 5 minutes and still make it sound interesting