Funny you should say that about Home Schooling Dubsyd.....we have our interview with BOSTES this afternoon. Is either home school or jump to yr 11. I don't think I would get maths on line. We were lucky to use it when Macdonalds was sponsoring it. We paid for one year after that and DD didn't use it. There are lots of free options and apps that are worth exploring if your DS was keen at some point. I only mentioned it as it one way over getting the info you sought.
We asked loads of times about achievement testing when DD was younger because we wanted to answer that exact question....what work is the right work? Schools gave us blank stares for the most part. One school in Canberra was awesome, the rest not so much.
When he is ready, DD loved the humor of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton for reading. You could start by reading those to him. Easy but fun, if somewhat gross in a little kid way.
