What's happening at MVA right now

In a closing speech at the Summer Festival, Hugh Viney looks back at the journey MVA has been on in its half-decade long quest to make every child able to love school.

What happens when a group of Year 9 online classmates step away from their screens and swap their keyboards for compasses, heavy rucksacks, and hiking boots?

MVA Mum Victoria found us after a long, drawn-out nightmare with her daughter's school and local authority, in a story that is playing out far too often all over the UK. She recently took to Sky News to share that story.

GCSE home schooling has moved a long way from its old image of kitchen table worksheets and isolated study. Today, families choosing this route can give their child a genuinely structured, accredited education while still gaining the freedom that first drew them away from a traditional classroom.

Last week, more than 600 members of the Minerva community gathered in Battersea Park for an afternoon of celebration, discussion, debate, sports, activities, fun, sun, food, and entertainment.

It was an extremely exciting week last week for tennis fans at Minerva, as three MVA athletes took to the court to show off their incredible skills.

Choosing the right school is one of the biggest decisions a family makes, and for a growing number of parents, that decision now includes online school.

MVA has become the first online school to be recognised by Amazing Apprenticeships for Best Practices. MVA Careers Advisor Laura Udoh explains why.

This week saw the launch of mva:edited, our very first internal school magazine, by students and for students, filled with art, poetry, and insights into the countless clubs and events going on across the school and around the world 🌍

Minerva Virtual Academy is very excited to welcome PGA Professional Golfer Martyn Thompson as our latest MVA Athlete Ambassador.

In partnership with 8billionideas, MVA is proud to be launching a fully recognised International GCSE in future-ready skills, powered by OxfordAQA, as well as a full suite of skills-based courses through the 8billionideas Online Academy platform.

Learning from home offers freedom, flexibility and a calmer pace, but it also asks something of young people: the ability to focus, self-regulate and stay motivated without a classroom full of peers around them. For online learners, the screen can be both a window to the world and a source of distraction. This is where mindfulness comes in.