Wey Education launching online language school

The AIM-traded company said the new language school - to be called ‘Quoralexis’ - would initially offer tuition in English as a foreign language (EFL), but was intended in due course to expand the offering into a range of foreign languages.

Its board said Wey had “considerable experience” in teaching EFL to secondary school age pupils attending its online schools, but the new offering would create a new profit centre within the group and facilitate an expansion into teaching all age groups, rather than just secondary school pupils.

It would be available on a global basis.

“The company has developed considerable experience of teaching foreign languages at iGCSE and A level online, where in addition to modern European languages such as French, German and Spanish, the company has offered more exotic choices such as Latin,” Wey’s board said in a statement.

“The company believes that there is an attractive opportunity to provide interactive online language teaching to students of all ages, either seeking an academic qualification or a better working knowledge of the relevant language.

“The business will be operated from the company's existing offices with a dedicated general manager, using the company's existing systems and resources.”