I'm looking to see if there's a Canadian or UK equivalent of the US
Calvert school (http://www.calvertschool.org). Specifically I'm
looking for:

- distance education home schooling program
- secular/non-religious
- accredited preferred

I like the look of Calvert because it provides both curriculum and
consumable supplies all in one package, however it is very US centric,
so I'd like some alternatives.

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Clarification of Question by ckclarke2006-ga on 19 Jun 2006 13:17 PDT

Anyone out there?

Dear CKClark, 

Here are several organisations/service providers. Please note, that
the term "accredited" is problematic here: the US Dept. of Education
will not accredit foreign programmes (and also has no authority to do
so). These programmes are approved by their own ministry of education.

If I understood correctly, it is extremely difficult to home-school a
child under the age of 10 in the UK, which is the reason you only have
secondary UK schools (in the UK, secondary in this case = 10-17/18, or
4-12).

First College
<http://www.firstcollege.co.uk/> - equivalent to 4-12. 

Interhigh
<http://www.interhigh.co.uk/> - equivalent to 4-10

ILC (Canada) Elementary and High-School (K-12)
<http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/COU/Students/cou_Elementary.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=8700&Lang_Sel=1>

Fraser Valley Online k-12 education
<http://www.fvrcs.gov.bc.ca/> 

School of the Air (Australia)
<http://www.assoa.nt.edu.au/> (state-school in Australia, catering to
local population that cannot attend school given the distances).

Virtual College Birmingham
<http://www.virtual-college.bham.org.uk/> 

The following are high schools

Oxford Home-Schoolling (UK)
<http://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/> 

TutorVista (UK)
<http://www.tutorvista.co.uk/> 

AMDEC
<http://www.amdec.ca> 

The Virtual School
<http://www.thevirtualschool.ca/> 

Virtual High School
<http://www.virtualhighschool.com/> 

These are American, but you might find it interesting: 
Virtual Schools in Wisconsin 
<http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/viwis.html> 

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it.

Thank you!