Child asking to be home educated.

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DS (8) since returning to school in March has been displaying huge signs of anxiety around attending school.
They are fine until it's time to go in and this morning has probably been the worst experience yet. Ds had a complete melt down! He was crying, screaming and running away refusing to go in the gate. Members of staff tried to calm him down outside as did I but nothing seemed to work.
After an hour or so he was so upset that he made himself sick. He was so distressed so I took him home. Once home he seems more relaxed and has sat and read a book and done some handwriting practice after that we had a chat and he has told me that he hates being around groups of people and being in the classroom.
I am now wondering if I should try again tomorrow and see how I get on but to be honest I don't want a repeat of this morning...or should I pull him out of school and get him a tutor?

Home education is great for us overall but there have been downsides...
My daughter too attended MyOnlineSchooling but I have been very disappointed in the way they handle complaints (serious complaints at that). Tom Crombie the founder tends to gaslight parents unless they may complaints public and then he goes after them with threats of legal action. There is racism in classrooms, high staff turnovers and poor communication. Net-School has an excellent reputation - it's been recommended by previous parents of MyOnlineSchooling and we'll be starting with them in September.
My point is that not all Online Schools are good.
You need to look beneath the sparkling facade created by marketing & advertising gurus and ask parents who have direct experience!

I am frankly surprised at any child who isn't overwhelmed with the school environment and doesn't find that extremely fatiguing and a difficult environment to learn in.

We dump kids in a confined space where they have to follow a routine that isn't of their making
We cram them into this space with a bunch of other kids they can't escape from
We remove their freedom to take a break or go to the toilet when they need to
All these kids are not yet fully socially or mentally developed

It's a super high stress environment and then you add in learning.

If I did that with animals, I'd be breaking my professional bodies code of ethics for welfare!

OP - give home schooling a go and revisit anxiety and how he can mitigate that later on when he's actually in a place to think rather than panic. His stress hormones will be high, he can't process and learn when he's in that state.

It may be that he can go back with some arrangments to enter class rooms early, take breaks by himself.. or it might be that traditional schooling is not the right route for him. He is lucky that he has the choice to be home schooled!