The Team

Koa’s dynamic educators have teamed together to create a school that offers a learning experience which combines the best that modern education has to offer.

  • “I wish I’d attended a school like Koa! I’m really inspired by these kids and I can’t wait to work with them as they each discover their future path. We are Koa!”

  • “I truly believe that I was born to work in education. I find a deep sense of satisfaction in seeing learners under my care ignite their own love of learning. Koa works on principles of best educational practices in the online space. At Koa we are not preparing learners for the 4th Industrial Revolution, we are living it with them.”

  • “Being involved in education is about having an opportunity to impact lives. My motto is, ‘Educate all children as you would want someone to educate your children’. Koa provides learners with the opportunity to work in a flexible space in which they feel safe, while learning to be both independent and engage actively with others.”

  • “I am convinced more than ever that no matter what the age, learning happens best when there is a high sense of engagement. At Koa, we have a team of people who are committed to bringing the best that online learning has to offer to individual families.”

  • “As an educator, I’ve seen first hand how powerful the right access can be in learning. It’s time for that access to be brought to school. I am excited for our children to get creative and enjoy learning in a way that makes sense to THEM!”

Our teachers are all SACE registered, highly skilled and love what they do!

Our Mission

Do you also get the sense that we’re on the edge of something new in education? For decades, we’ve been longing for the way that our children learn to match what is happening in the real world. No more punch-card, conveyer-belt approaches to how we teach. Enough with over-testing and under-experiencing!

That’s why at Koa we’re on a mission to build the type of school which brings joy back into learning, creates space for out-of-the-box thinkers, rewards real growth and is rooted in meaningful social engagement.

Children are powerful. Our job is to help them realise that.

Far more than simply presenting a traditional school model on a screen, we have redesigned the entire learning system from the ground up, with one simple goal: to be an online school with a strong sense of community.

It all starts with our Pods. This is the heart of what makes Koa Academy different. Each child is in a group of no more than 8. That’s right - 8. We’ve always wanted smaller classes, and now we have them! This means that the children really get to know each other. Everyone has an opportunity to be heard and to really hear others.

Each Pod is led by a trained and passionate Koa teacher. Gone are the days of our teachers focusing purely on content delivery. Now the children have someone whose goal is to guide them through world class resources as they explore, learn and grow. This gives the children opportunities to discover what they love to do and pursue their passions.

We have been imagining this type of learning for a long time. If the same is true for you, then Koa Academy is a good fit for your family!

Our Investors

Koa Academy is thrilled to have investors who have a passion, not only for the success of the organisation, but for the families that make up the school. Enygma Ventures is a R120m Venture Capital fund that is investing in women-owned businesses across the SADC region of Africa. They believe that education is ripe for reinvention and that we should be preparing our young people for the world as it is, and as it is becoming.

“Now is the time for us to reimagine the future and what education needs to look like to prepare the next generation. We are excited to be backing Koa Academy to create, reimagine, and develop new ways of educating. We are excited to be part of the revolution that is afoot!”