Insane rise in home schooling?

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Has anyone else noticed a huge increase in home schooling? Someone I follow in IG has just deregistered their child and I just can’t believe how many families are choosing to do this.

Of course it is sometimes the right choice for the child but it seems that more and more children are being allowed to opt out of formal education.

Teenagers need to learn that life is hard and school will throw challenges at them. How they learn to deal with this impacts how they handle things as an adult. What happens when they enter the work place and they can’t just opt out of the difficult things? Where do they learn that resilience?

I have worked in education for 20 years and whilst I agree that some aspects of the system are broken, I don’t think home schooling is the answer to this.

The social aspect alone is impossible to replicate (walking to school together, having your first crush, a detention, school trips I could go on and on…) but I also don’t see how all of these parents can have the skills to teach their children to GCSE. I also find it so insulting to teachers who spend years learning their craft. It’s not just something you can pick up and do effectively.

Has anyone else noticed this?

But you'd be unable to do it if she was 6 and you were a single parent. No ones actually answered the question on how that works

But aren’t they going to struggle with friendships once they have colleagues? How are they going to learn how to navigate social challenges without the experience of being in these situations? When they hit the workplace, they’re going to experience bitchy co-workers, bullies, conflicts with bosses. How can they learn to navigate that being stuck at home? Education doesn’t just equate to qualifications. Social learning is a huge part of education.

This is so out of touch and I must day, your completely missing the point. People don't 'opt out' of school, school is an option, not a requirement. Also people aren't leaving school because it's 'difficult', homeschool children face challenges too, they do live in the real world too you know. Not everyone wants to institutionalise their children.

Totally agree with you.

Unfortunately the job is poorly paid

@BestBefore2000 there is better paid EOTAS/EOTIS tuition jobs out there. DS1&3’s tutors get paid far more ph than classroom teachers in school.

Because education doesn’t equate to sitting at a table with a tutor.

@Seashellshesells tuition doesn’t mean sat at a desk. EOTAS can involve being part of communities, music, debating, sports, chess, socialising, etc. and so much more. But not all of them are suitable for all DC with SEN. DC with EOTAS/EOTIS, including @hiredandsqueak’s DD, have needs complex enough for it to be inappropriate for provision to be made in a school. You are forgetting that.

I mentioned a long way up thread that although I went to school, my school was so poor that I had to research and teach myself the curriculum in the evenings. When I say poor, I mean that 5% got a C or above in English and Maths. Whole topics that were in the exams weren't even taught. My GCSEs were largely self learned.

I found a levels and degree easier than some of my privately educated friends and those that went to decent state schools because I could manage my time and teach myself. It was a new skill for them.

I can imagine the same is true, only amplified for home ed kids. Though that doesn't mean there aren't downsides of course.

Completely disagree. Have you been in a school classroom in this country recently? They are completely inadequate.

Actually school is a legal requirement in this country. Hardly think the millions of people working on different jobs and employment were institutionised by school. What a ridiculous comment. Its not communist China

As @ExistingonCoffeesays dd’s package isn’t solely tutors. I’d say dd probably does more of what you think tutoring is so sitting and doing than many others I know but that’s largely because dd actually likes to study and is good at it. EOTAS looks differently for every child as it’s based on needs interests and ability so what suits dd very likely wouldn’t appeal to another child with EOTAS

The education system is hugely outdated

My colleagues are unlikely to hold a knife to my throat whilst my boss watches, and then be redirected to see them every day for the next few years. My colleagues are unlikely to sexually assault me daily and be permitted to continue to do so.

I have had some foul colleagues and bosses, but none come coffee to the casual physical, emotional and sexual abuse I suffered at school.

Do you know how long you have to wait for support and therapy?

Believe me no one is removing their child at the first sign of stress.
We tried for years to get support and therapy for our child. We tried for years to get them the SEN support they needed.
We got nothing but severe damage to our child and trauma that will take years to recover from.
Home ed was the last resort and the only thing that kept them from a alive

No one makes the decision lightly.
But until you walk in our shoes you can keep oblivious and mistakenly believe you have all the answers

Taught yourself the whole curriculum? Oh please. You do release gcse results aren't just about the teaching from the school. The area and demographic to the school are massive factors.

@ExistingonCoffee Unfortunately not in my county and bearing in mind I was UPS after 20 plus years in.
May I ask how long the tutors you work with were teaching before becoming EOTAS? Do you use them over the school holidays?
Also, do they work with you directly or through agency?

Curriculum not system

Well they won't be working in a school so they will be fine.

They will find a job that isn't causing them daily trauma and distress.

Is it as easy as that?

There are so many good therapists around. You can get an appointment within the week. You don’t need to sit on a waiting list waiting for free therapy, There is also a huge amount of support on the internet.

I would be curious to know what severe damage has been done to your child ? I would guess this is going flto follow them through life into work etc? We have managed to access all the support we need through school and privately for our DD. Nhs waits are long but the access is there privately if you can afford to home educate then you can afford private therapy

The issue as a recent report stated parents over shouting and over stating

Wonder if all the people that behaved like that towards you changed when they grew up then?

Is this a joke ?? What a charmed life you think they will lead.

Nope education is a legal requirement

Parents get to choose / opt in to schools or provide the education themselves.

Most people opt in to a school but it's not mandatory.

Trauma - there’s a word that’s overused. Millions of men were marched over to the trenches in freezing conditions and school is causing daily trauma. Honestly.

More interested in the daily sexual assaults? Ridiculous over reacting as per

I don't know. There was a post on here a few weeks ago all about supporting their child's reading. The child was becoming bored and disengaged with the reading books that were sent home.
There were quite a few decent suggestions on that thread. I added a few based on how my children had learnt to read..
The poster decided that they needed to stick with the three letters the child had been given so far and not deviate towards offering more variety in terms of games, books etc