Does anyone here flexi-school?

[HonoriaGlossop]

It's ten past midnight and I've been thinking about ds, who has gone into year one at state primary, and been agonising all evening....so i thought I'd ask here. Have been looking into various options for him.

I looked up 'small schools' and have found one fairly locally which will take children part time, they called it flexi-schooling.

This jumped out at me. Ds would love this. I would love giving him the opportunity of school but not too full on and not with 30 kids per class etc etc etc.

But I am one for getting sudden enthusiasms and I don't want to go making hasty plans - so wondered if anyone actually does this or has done, and how it worked out?

[TheodoresMummy]

"But I am one for getting sudden enthusiasms and I don't want to go making hasty plans."

• that sounds v familiar.
  
  
  I would be interested in this too. Will watch thread.
  
  The things that have made me think twice about persuing this for my DS are :
  
  

1. How would it work as the rest of the class would be following the NC ?
   
   
2. DS would be the only child P/T, so would immediately stand out as different. But sounds like the school you have found has other flexi-schoolers ?

[Julienoshoes]

I know of a couple of families who have flexi schooled their child/ren-but they were using public schools, not state schools.
I have not heard of a school that takes all children on a flexi school arrangement! It sounds well worth investigating.

I have found some sources of information about it from the home education support sites, where they are talking about flexi schooling in general-not where the whole school operates in that way;
www.education-otherwise.org/Publications%20Files/Leaflets/FlexiSchooling.htm
and
www.home-education.org.uk/articles-flexi-school.htm

and this is a link to a page where you can download an 'information pack' about flexi schooling, by someone who has flexi schooled her child successfully IIRC;
www.flexitimeschooling.info/

hth

[HonoriaGlossop]

thanks guys! Julie thanks for those links, I will have a look right now. The school I've found is a private concern, I found it under 'Human Scale Education' and they are a 'small school' - they specifically mention taking home schooled children part time, on their website.

I shall give them a ring today.

Theo it's nice to know it's not just me that gets these sudden enthusiasms

DH says I think too much. But the thing is I really want ds to not just cope at school, but to actually enjoy himself, and he just seems to be one of those children who find a class of 30 a big challenge; and he's only just turned five going into year one which is not helping him.