I took my little ones out of school. I have 4 dc, my middle two boys have hfa and school was horrendous we had tried a town school it was awful and then a small village school which was marginally better.
My eldest dd 9 broke down in tears last week about how badly the boys were treated by pupils and staff, I was shocked by what she told me and she said she only now feels she can talk about it. She even refuses to see other girls who I assumed were her friends, she says that is not how it works and she was not really friends with them.
We see other home ed families and dd now has 3 friends who she sees often and refers to them as friends and she is so happy and coming on great. When I took her out of school in October she couldn't do her times tables, knew no geography, had a limited knowledge of history and her spelling and grammar was poor. She is now able to do her times tables, her spelling and grammar is great and she's honestly flying and I'm so proud of her. We are excitedly doing about Shakespeare on her insistence, she chooses what she learns and I try to weave it into the curriculum.
My two boys are happy and confident and yes we still have sleep issues and the odd aggressive outburst when there are misunderstandings but they are so few compared to when they were in school. My younger one knows his letters, his speech is improved and he's starting to read, he can count and knows his numbers. The other little guy is more confident with reading, maths and spelling. They are both investigating things that interest them and again I'm weaving this into a curriculum.
My youngest who is 3 is never going to school, he's learning with everyone else, he's counting and recognising letters and sounds. I now have happy confident kids. I never planned to home ed but it's been the best thing for our family. I can't believe how defeated and crushed school had left them.
I wish school was a good place for my dc this wasn't this wasn't our plan but it's brilliant.