“The decision to home educate was the best decision we have made”
Home educating parent Kirsty reflecting on the journey of home education and on her now happy daughter This photo is such a special one to...
Category : Personal Stories
Monitoring “will do the children themselves a huge injustice”
by Rose Arnold
Writer Esther Jones home educates her three children through an unschooling approach. She writes about their life and about home education and unschooling more widely...
Personal accounts: home ed and academic success
by Rose Arnold
While academic success should not be the only measure of a successful education it is useful to understand that home education is certainly no barrier...
Ex SENCO teacher Sarah home educates her children
by dan
Sarah taught in primary education for 10 years before leaving to be a full-time parent. For the last four years of her career she was...
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...
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...
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 They have recently withdrawn nine-year-old Tobi and 12-year-old Poppy from school.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...
Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustrator
by dan
15-year-old Lola, is High Functioning Aspergers with Severe Dyscalculia. She left school this year. Is home education your choice or did your parents make that...