Skoolio vs Outschool

Outschool connects children with live human teachers for classes on almost anything. Skoolio is an adaptive system available whenever your child is. Many families use both.

What Outschool is

Outschool is a marketplace of live, small-group online classes taught by independent teachers, covering an extremely wide range of subjects and interests. Children join scheduled sessions with a real teacher and other children. The variety is its great strength.

Best for: Children who thrive on live human interaction, want to go deep on an unusual interest, or benefit from the social side of learning with other children.

Where Outschool is better than us

If one of these is what matters most to your family, choose them. We would rather you had the right thing than ours.

  • Live human teaching, which no adaptive system replaces
  • Social learning with other children in real time
  • Extraordinary subject variety, including niches no curriculum covers
  • Enthusiasm — teachers choose their own subjects and it shows

Where Skoolio is different

  • Outschool runs on a timetable. Skoolio is available whenever your child is ready, which matters for children with irregular energy or attention.
  • Outschool classes are booked individually; Skoolio provides continuous curriculum coverage.
  • Quality on a marketplace varies by teacher. Skoolio is one consistent system.
  • Skoolio builds a cumulative picture of your child across everything they do.

Choose Outschool if

  • •Your child is motivated by live teachers and other children
  • •You want depth on a specific interest rather than curriculum coverage
  • •Scheduled commitments help your family rather than hinder it

Choose Skoolio if

  • •Fixed class times do not work — a common issue for anxious or neurodivergent children
  • •You want consistent curriculum coverage rather than assembling classes yourself
  • •You want one continuous record of what your child understands

Cost

Outschool is priced per class, so cost depends entirely on how many your child takes. Skoolio is a flat £29.99–£99.99 per month by number of children. Many families use both — Outschool for social and interest-led learning, Skoolio for the core.

Pricing checked July 2026. Prices change — please confirm on their site before deciding.