In the first episode of a new series of the Tes International Podcast, we head to Oman to chat with Kai Vacher, the principal of the British School of Muscat, to hear about an initiative to deliver remote education to a sister school, 1,000km away.

He explains how the initiative came to life before the pandemic and grow through various lockdowns to help boost provision for students at Key Stage 3 and 4 and increase pupil numbers too.

Vacher also explains about the various hurdles and unexpected issues that can occur developing a program like this - and how to overcome them - to help any other school thinking of doing something similar get a sense of what might lie ahead, and why it's all worth it.