Children involved in the virtual school - known as Notschool - have gone on to get much higher academic qualifications than they had been expected to, said Professor Heppell.
Icann, which awards domains based on applicants' qualifications and plans for using the domains, is expected to begin evaluating the applications next month.
Radebe, who is in his testimonial year, is however expected to continue working with the youngsters at Leeds as he attempts to gain his coaching qualifications.
They are expected to outline a rise in the number of children a child minder can care for and changes to their qualifications in an attempt to improve the number of child minder places at the same time as maintain a high level of quality, sources say.