Leading head speaks out against monitoring home ed for child protection
Dr Bernard Trafford, head of Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School, a former chairman of Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) and a former home educator...
Category : Home Education
SEND Children in Home Education – The Elephant in The Room (The Learning Curve)
by dan
The Learning Curve on the way in which families whose children have special educational needs or disabilities are failed by the system, have no option...
Why ‘deschooling’ is a valid part of education
by dan
Katherine Norman, a volunteer with Education Otherwise, writes on the misunderstanding around what it means to ‘deschool’. Trustees at Education Otherwise have approved her article....
Jaz: first-class degree from London College of Fashion, despite dyslexia
by dan
24-year-old Jaz graduated with a first-class degree in Fashion Visual Merchandising and Branding from London College of Fashion. She is dyslexic, although because of the...
12-year-old home educated Alex shares his memories of his two years of school
by dan
Alex* joined school in reception but after two years was taken out to be home educated. The negative effects and memories have stayed with him...
Suky
by dan
Suky talks about home educating her six-year-old daughter, who has a rare syndrome and additional needs. We home educate our nearly six-year-old daughter and have...
Home Education UK (website)
by dan
Home Education UK is the UK’s premier source of free support since 2000. With over 200 pages providing support and information, for home educating parents...
Mum, Emma “I have taken my kids out of school to keep them alive”
by dan
“It has been bloody awful. I think myself and my husband cried as much as my son. I should actually thank my daughter because without...
Education Otherwise (organisation)
by dan
Education Otherwise (E.O.) is a membership-based charitable organisation that provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, and for those...
Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needs
by dan
Stella talks about her experience of home educating two of her children. They have recently withdrawn nine-year-old Tobi and 12-year-old Poppy from school. Both children...