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Minerva's Virtual Academy fees and teaching

One price for every year, £9,365 with the deposit and subscription in it, so it is dear for Year 7 and middling for A level. The model is a few live lessons a day plus work on your own, with a mentor each week. Popular with families of anxious or neurodivergent children.

Updated

Read from minervavirtual.com on 2 November 2026. DfE accredited Jul 2024

Fees for 2026/27

StageA yearHow the school quotes it
Years 7 to 9Full timetable £9,365 per year in one payment, including the £500 deposit and £95 subscription; or £3,550 a term; or £1,100 a month for 10 months plus the deposit and subscription. VAT included (or the school absorbs it).
Years 10 and 11Full timetable £9,365 the same one fee for every year group. VAT included (or the school absorbs it).
Sixth formFull A level programme £9,365 the same one fee; the sixth form page also says "from £8,830". VAT included (or the school absorbs it).

What gets added

Registration
None
Deposit
£500. Already inside the £9,365, with the £95 yearly subscription; the site doesn't say if it comes back
Exams
Extra, paid to the exam boards: the school's own list says £200 to £450 for Year 11 exams and about £600 per A level. Year 11 can sit Pearson exams at home.
Leaving
Not published on the pages we read.
Part time
MVA Flex: one A level, £6,490 a year. Extra subjects £925 (Years 7 to 11); an extra A level £2,540.

How it teaches

Lessons
Live and recorded. 2 to 3 live lessons a day plus self-paced work, and a weekly one-to-one mentor session.
Class size
Not published
Recordings
Lessons are recorded
Ages
11 to 18
Qualifications
IGCSE (mainly Pearson Edexcel) and some GCSEs; International A level (Pearson Edexcel, OCR, Cambridge); EPQ
SEND
The school says half its pupils get SEND support and about 13% have an EHCP; cameras can stay off.
Joining
Several start points each term; fees are cut pro rata by half term.
Who can join
Families directly, and councils or schools can place pupils

DfE accreditation

Minerva's Virtual Academy is accredited under the Department for Education's Online Education Accreditation Scheme from 17 July 2024, until 17 July 2027. Read Ofsted's report (published 24 July 2024). It is listed on Get Information about Schools.

Other memberships it lists: Pearson remote invigilation partner.

Run by Minerva Virtual Academy (sister company of Minerva Tutors).

Sources

  1. 2026/27 annual, termly and monthly fees, read 2 November 2026.
  2. exam arrangements, read 2 November 2026.
  3. sixth form price "from £8,830", MVA Flex £6,490, read 2 November 2026.
  4. SEND figures, read 2 November 2026.
  5. DfE accreditation 17 Jul 2024 to 17 Jul 2027, read 2 November 2026.