British online school:Nisai Education virtual school

What is the location of the online school?

It is based in Britain.

What is the mission statement of this accredited online high school?

None was clearly displayed on the site - if anyone finds one, please tell me and I will update this comment.

History of this Online School.

Since the company was founded in 1996 it has gone from strength to strength. And whilst they have built a reputation as an innovator in online learning solutions, their corevalues, standards and attention to detail remain central to their way of thinking.

Does this online school offer fully accredited GCSEs or iGCSEs?

They offer a wide range of academic and vocational courses that meet the criteria of thenational curriculum, including Key Skills, GCSEs and A Levels.

Their students regularly outperform their peers in mainstream education. The resultsachieved by students at the Nisai Virtual Academy are consistently higher than thenational average at both GCSE and A-Level. What is more surprising, is that theseresults are achieved by students who were often not expected to achieve anyqualifications at all.

How many students does this online high school currently teach?

No numbers are mentioned, but it does also mention hundreds are displaced from school, so who knows. I guess there are enough to run a business.

Cost per year to attend this virtual school?TYPE:

You need to see the site for complete details.

Example given

Cost for a student studying GCSE Mathematics and English.

Admin. (L40/week) + Mathematics (L40/week) + English (L40/week) = L120/week

DiscountsDiscounts are available when 15 or more students from within a local authority are enrolledinto the Nisai Virtual Academy.

Funding is available for post 16 students who, due to medical reasons, are unable to attendschool or college.

How easy is it to navigate this schools online website?

The site is flashy but does deliever most of the details you would want to find. It would benefit from a search box or site map to guide users.

It does contain lots of exam details as well as testimonials from past students.

Other useful information about this distance learning school?

Over the last four years the NVA has delivered excellent results:

2004-2005 Academic Year
- 53% of GCSEs taken were A-C grades

2005-2006 Academic Year
- 53% of GCSEs taken were A*-C grades (the national average was 51%)

2006-2007 Academic Year
- 68% of GCSEs taken were A*-C grades (the national average was 63.3%)
- 100% of A Levels taken were A-C grades (the national average for A-E grades was 96.9%)

2007-2008 Academic Year
- 63% of GCSEs taken were A*-C grades
- 100% pass rate at A Levels with 86% at A-C grade and 57% being A grades (national average for A grades was 26%)
- 70% pass rate in Key Skills Communication (Literacy) equivalent to GCSE level
- 60% pass rate in Key Skills Application of Number (Numeracy) equivalent to GCSE level

These are really impressive results! Compare them to other schools! They are certain to be very hard to beat!

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