To think a lot of children won't be going back to school?

[DearLiza]

Most people I know, with some exceptions, have been saying how much their primary-school aged children are enjoying being off. I gather they're doing a limited amount of academic work though. It got me thinking, if there is at least one SAHP in the household, maybe some people won't send their children back in when the time comes. What do you think?

As a home educator, you are not obligated to stick rigidly, or at all, to the national curriculum.

'For that reason alone the institution of school must stand. It must be the norm. It must be mandatory for all children, as it has been for the century preceding.

The idea that adults will see school as optional for their children going forward is a very dangerous territory.'

But it isn't mandatory, it is optional.