What Are People's Experiences With Home Education?
Ask a Question
What are peoples thoughts on home education? How have people have found it that do?
It's tough. It's a lot of hard work. You need to make sure that you use the right resources and that you meet all the regulations.
I'm a teacher, I have friends who home educate and I help them with it. Its a great thing to do if you have the patience, the time and the dedication. But it is hard and very time consuming, it is a big commitment. You need to cover every subject and cover it well and make sure that all tests are up to standard.
I know someone who is home schooling her 5 children and she really does enjoy it. She goes on trips every so often and the kids are thriving.
Awww I know it works for some and not for others I personally am thinking of doing it with my son
It depends on what the circumstances are. There's some I wouldn't want home Ed but others it's lovely
My son has autism, and has high sensory problems. He has meltdowns when we attempt to go in crowded places. I have had so many mixed input. But my instinct says home Ed, thank you
I'm looking at it from a safeguarding point of view and professional point of view. You need to do what is right for you
I think that this could cause a lack of social skills as part of growing up is mingling with other people
I do take him to forest school where he can get that, which are sessions I pay for. Also we go to other sensory places locally where others attend.
Actually it doesn't. Kids in schools socialize less because they are constantly told to not chat but to be quite, listen and do their work. Home education means the child gets the days wortk done in a couple of hours and not always sat at a desk. Maths can done via teaching kids to budget and do the weekly shop or biology can be done by taking kids to farms to help out or at an alottment. These are just simple basic examples. There are communities where people home school and meet up. There's evidence that home schooled kids can be more social. I'm not pro school or home school. I'm pro what's right for every family.
We are doing it this year when my oldest one leaves primary school got everything all ready got the books from Amazon so she still doing what they would do in school and she will go going to clubs so she's still socialising
This post isn't about education but needed to post this did you see Britain's got talent with the young boy who is a magician it's a must watch just to see him you can what potential your son has we cried with joy! Sorry if it sounds daft 
rowley1943 I started watching BGT last night, but I think it’s best to record and fast forward the adverts. We watched up to the community choir but then got tired. I went to bed and saw the young boy you are talking about but haven’t watched it properly yet. After what you have said, I definitely will now.
I home schooled my daughter when she was sixteen. I got one visit from the education department at the beginning but after that no more help.
I think it's a great idea if it's done properly but it's certainly not an easy option I'm sure.
I think it can sometimes be a necessity, especially in the case of bullying. But I do wonder why it is acceptable for parents, who may be academically challenged themselves, to home school when teachers are trained to do it. My granddaughter is an English teacher with a degree and a Masters but she also does home tutoring, online or in person.
Because parents are responsible for their child’s education and a lot of children thrive better home educated , than within a school setting. Home schooling and home education are not the same. Home schooling you have to follow the curriculum, home education you don’t.
I think homeschooling during covid taught me that I could not do it without the teachers there.
Lockdown and home schooling certainly put me off the idea, but I think it can be very valuable for some children. I believe the government are bringing in new powers to allow local authorities to remove children from home schooling and place them back into mainstream school if they aren't receiving high enough levels of education.
I think this is totally wrong, but parents would get totally scrutinised if they instantly took their child out of a school that wasn’t reaching their needs
Join for free to get genuine deals, money saving advice and help from our friendly community
Chief Bargain Hunter
