See what teaching looks and sounds like before you apply.
Selected lesson excerpts help families look beyond the phrase “live lessons” and examine explanation, interaction, subject knowledge and classroom culture.
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Knowledge · dialogue · feedback · mastery
What to Look for in a Lesson Sample
Knowledge · dialogue · feedback · mastery
Notice how the teacher explains new material, checks understanding, invites participation and responds when students need another route into an idea.
Live Interaction, Not Passive Content Delivery
The purpose of the virtual classroom is not simply to broadcast information. Students can listen, answer, discuss, ask questions and receive guidance during the taught lesson.
Samples Are a Window, Not the Whole Programme
A short excerpt cannot show assessment, homework, tutor contact, pastoral support or progression over time. Families should consider samples alongside the school day and curriculum.
Meet the People Behind the Lessons
An open event or admissions conversation gives families an opportunity to ask how teaching changes by age, subject and individual need.
Selected Live Lesson Excerpts
These existing iBOS recordings show teacher explanation, questioning and pupil participation across different ages and subjects.
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Year 7 English · Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
See how the teacher uses movement, questioning and follow-up prompts to encourage fuller answers.
Year 8 History · The Origins of Ancient Rome
Watch discussion, praise and confidence-building within a live History lesson.
Year 10 Mathematics · Expanding Expressions
See targeted questions being used to check understanding while simplifying algebraic expressions.
Year 3 Science · Forces and Magnets
An interactive Primary lesson exploring magnetic materials and scientific thinking.
Do not take one page, or one claim, on trust.
Follow the questions that matter, compare the evidence and decide whether the complete school model fits your child.
01 · PathwayPlace This Within Years 1–13
Understand what comes before, what follows and where qualifications begin.
02 · ExperienceSee How Live Teaching Works
Look beyond a subject list to questioning, feedback and participation.
03 · OutcomePlan Assessment and Examinations
Connect subject choices to specifications, exam entry and later destinations.
See this part of school in the wider iBOS journey.
Curriculum, teaching, pastoral support, evidence, fees and Admissions stay connected, so no important decision sits in isolation.
Explore the complete school experienceThe next useful page depends on your question.
Bring the pupil’s story into the conversation.
Talk through stage, current context, time zone, goals and any support needs with the school.