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http://www.home-education.org.uk/  - site packed with listings and useful information

Primary Home Education UK - professionally-developed course material and support for Primary students (KS1 and KS2).  Material designed and sent to students, from which parents teach their children; marking and further support available if required.  Established 5 1/2 years.  Good for people in different time zones, or for those who move about, between time zones.  Several of our students have used their materials in the past.

More links for Home Educators are here (click).                   This site's whiteboard is here.

The other six UK-based online schools / notschools: 

(please contact us or email us if you know of others !)

www.northstaruk.org - not "live" as such (uses a web-based lesson format centred on the "Moodle" virtual learning environment, similar to the simpler "Interact" used by Briteschool for Admin, Homeworks and Notices).  Christian ethos.  Wide range of subjects offered on a per-subject pricing basis for students aged 11-16.  In addition, individualised A level programmes are also offered.  Established Sept 1999.  Has had student numbers in the low hundreds.  Total cost for six IGCSEs, £3600 (for the two years).  17 full- and part-time teachers.  Well-established with a good reputation.   Good communications and responsiveness to queries.

www.interhigh.co.uk - "live" including microphone usage in secure classroom.  £2100.00 p.a. for (effectively) 6 subjects (Maths, Double Science, English, French, Geog / Hist). Opened Sept 2005.  Approx 66 students.  7 qualified teachers.  Had their first batch of students through IGCSEs this year.

www.accipio-learning.com - "live" and recorded sessions, using the same Elluminate! software as does Briteschool.  Limited range of "core-only" subjects: English, Maths, IT, Science, and Preparation For Work.  No prices visible on site, and appear to be geared to the L(E)As.  Provide ADSL, laptop and set-up if required.

www.nisaieducation.com  - "live".  A virtual academy which seems to have onboard various L(E)As, but at a price: £40 per KS3 subject per week plus £40 for administrative support (only 5 subjects offered: Maths, English, ICT, double science = £240 / week; £240 x 36 = £8,640 per year).  Becoming established, but has recently appeared to look to service L(E)As rather than individuals.  Flashy, but standardised responsiveness to queries.

www.notschool.net  - not "live", and LEA / centrally-funded for school "refusers" and some of the disaffected.  Students are "researchers", teachers are "mentors" - a very different ethos to schools.  Opened 2001.  Has had over 1700 researchers on their books.  Run by a team of 18 mentors.  Well-established.

www.firstcollege.co.uk - "live" texting, but limited microphone usage in moderately-secure classrooms.  £1782 / 6 subjects per year (I think - figures unclear).  Opened mid Jan 2006.  Approx 20 students.  4 teachers, two not fully-qualified.  Alternative ethos.

Tuition:

There are many online tutors, quite a few offering live tuition. 

This chap seems to have a nicely-detailed site, with lots of good advice and many links: www.schoolsuccess.co.uk

There's also Kumon, who offer face-to-face Maths and English Tuition for £45 each per month (550 centres in the UK), and a number of virtual tuition centres based in India, including www.heymath.net , www.tutorvista.com , who charge around £10 / hour or £50 / month, depending on which option the students chooses.

However, one of our students tried Tutor Vista and had this to say "Xxxx tried it for 1 lesson and the connection was bad and it was really hard to understand what they say.  If you try to cancel they will do anything to try and make you stay and finally after battling with them for 3 days they canceled"

US-based:

www.compuhigh.com  not "live", but individualised tuition.  The "World's First Online School", established 1994; US$ 275 / course, up to $1485 / year; 19 teachers.

There are many others in the US, mainly asynchronous, some synchronous, and many set up by regional and local areas to help students in the immediate vicinity (Pennsylvania seems to be the best developed in this respect).

Others:

A larger list of many virtual high schools around the world appears here: www.shambles.net/pages/school/vschools/ - and seems to be updated regularly.

The BRIT School, Croydon, London is an independent but free Performing Arts and Technology School.  It is NOT Briteschool !

NOTE: Parts of these descriptions of online UK secondary schools are OPINIONS, based on the experiences of two of Briteschool's teachers and five students. Two of our teachers have worked in three of the six live schools, and students at Briteschool have been to four of the six online schools.

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Commentary:

Briteschool (TM) is a live, online school following closely the British National Curriculum as a means to help students who may wish to go back into mainstream education at any time, or who wish to go on to do IGCSEs at Briteschool. At present, Exam students started the International General Certificate of Education courses (IGCSEs) in September 2007 for two years.  Places are limited to twelve students.

Students who wish to join only one or two subjects may do so, as long as there is available space in the class.  We encourage children who are having a Home Education and who want part-time extra Maths assistance to apply.  In particular, the lessons taken by children of Upper-Years Primary age are designed in this way.  This suits flexi schooled students in particular.  Students who are undertaking correspondence courses from other providers (for example, with Primary Home Education UK) may also wish for extra support for their studies.

Briteschool, the British E-school, caters for those who wish to prepare for the Common Entrance examinations.    For students wishing for post-16 / post-IGCSE provision, Briteschool plans to adopt Cambridge University's Pre-U programme from September 2008 or 2009 depending on numbers.

As well as being a virtual high school (VHS), Briteschool is a virtual primary school (VPS), and a virtual night school (VNS) - the first college in the UK to offer virtual synchronous pedagogy to this range of pupils.

Students have already started coursework for the ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence).  This means we may find some thirteen year-olds with Driving Licences !  ECDL courses have been running in the Briteniteschool since April 2007.  Registration with your local BCS centre is necessary for testing and certification - we suggest you follow the online testing regime, if it is available.

We also offer an increasing range of "extracurricular activities", including an hour a week of Japanese, a Digital Photography course, our Activities Week every December, and the students run a Newspaper and have put on short "radio" plays.  As we grow, the number of these activities should increase.

Many of the students at Briteschool are being Home Educated, and their geographic location is diverse.  A few attend for only one hour per week; other homeschooled children and young adults attend in the afternoons (GMT) for private lessons - one-to-one, or in small groups.  We hope to extend the range of subjects available to all students, and also the numbers of courses available by tuition and at the Briteniteschool Distance Learning Centre.

As well as being qualified and experienced educators familiar with the education systems in England, Scotland and Wales (as well as overseas systems, including the USA, Africa, and the Middle East), two of our teachers have been Examiners and Moderators for their subject areas; two teachers / lecturers have NVQ Assessment Qualifications, D32 and D33, for Vocational Skills Assessment; we also have a range of other qualifications including Counselling, Online Mentoring, TEFL / EFL and an MBA between us.  See our online CVs for further details.

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** NOTE: Tuition may be more than £24.50 for certain subjects or levels - "A"-level, for example, will be more than £24.50 / hour; significant discounts are available for pairs or small groups of students being taught together (four students = £8 each/hour, for example).