Home educating for Gcses

[coccyx]

Not sure if there is a homeeducation page??
Would I be insane to home educate my son when we return to the UK. He would be going into year9.

Why do you want to HE your DS? Have you been listening to scare stories about British schools; I hear they get a bad press abroad. Why not visit some schools to get a feel for them?

Yes i suppose I have!!
We have been away for 5 years and the school here follows a British Curriculem. We are going back to our home town and choice of senior schools is the grammer and the comprehensive. He is average ability.
We do have friends in area and one of them has a daughter who hates it there!
Going to have a good look round in April

Am in the same position coccyx, as we are returning to UK after 14 years abroad and eldest will be in Yr 9. Don't have a school yet but he will definitely not be HE. I anticipate an awful lot of support work at home to catch up esp on the continual assessment stuff he will have missed though.

I am hoping that making new friends (for all my kids) will be part of the settling in process and that ultimatley he/they will be a lot happier at school than at home.

Think i am panicking. I have 3 other children to consider and never crossed my mind to home educate them. !!!!

Sparklyjewlz

Home ed forum is here.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/home_ed

Ask you question there, I am sure someone who has taken the GCSE route will come along to answer your questions.

There's a thread around halfway down the 1st page re.GCSE.

We HE in Cyprus and are returning to England in a few weeks. DD is still a way off GCSE but we plan to continue with HE when we return.

thank you

Don't panic! Go and see the schools and talk to them. Just because one girl hates her school doesn't mean that anyone else (especially a boy) will.

Also, on the bright side, year 9 is an excellent point to join the system. It gives your DS a whole year to settle in, make friends, get a feel for different subjects, catch up, etc before beginning GCSEs in year 10.
It would be more difficult for your son to make friends on his return to the UK if he is HE.

We HE'd our daughter for the best part of a year and although I enjoyed it thoroughly, my daughter missed having friends around. Can't say our local HE group were particularly welcoming. It was lovely to go back to the school community. Friends in abundance!!!

Coccyx, GCSE options for HE students are becoming quite limited with controlled assessments (which has replaced coursework) in the new GCSE specifications (syllabuses) - basically coursework has to be done under controlled conditions in a classroom environment and there are very limited opportunities for private candidates to do this - just something to think about!