De-registering today :)

[jomidmum]

I'm so excited I've been awake since 4am!! I'm handing the de-registration letter in to the school today, and DD will finish on Friday. I just hope it all stays ok with the school as DS will still be attending there. Any experience on schools reactions?
I was just going to hand the letter in on Friday, but DD wants a couple of days where she can tell her friends. As we've said to her, a lot of her friends from school she will see at brownies etc, she just won't see them between 9 and 3.30 during the week!!
Woohoo!

Fantastic!! I am delighted for you.

I think the school will be OK about it if you don't complain too much about them! It will be obvious that you don't have a huge problem with the school, as you are leaving your son in. If it's important to you to keep them (and other parents) happy then you could make lots of noises about how well school suits some children but your daughter needing a different approach at this stage.

Here's hoping your daughter's last few days go well and that she will enjoy home education!

Hi , I did it a couple of weeksago havent heard anything yet because school holidays are still on here till monday in Wales........ son hasnt been to school since april 2010 .........

Well done, hope all goes well. It's such a relief once the decision is made.

Thanks everyone!
It went so well; handed the letter in then the headteacher asked for a meeting. He said that he was fully supportive, and he would love DD to still be part of the school community in terms of any social events (school discos etc) if she wants to go along with her friends, if we need any assistance with anything then just ask, they will show us where she is up to with the dyslexic reading programme which has really helped her (if we choose to continue it!), and if it doesn't work out then the door is always wide open for her to go back (don't think we'll take them up on that offer!!). But he has no concerns that she will completely thrive and develop with home education.
He said she would be warmly welcomed in the playground when we go and collect DS from school, and to attend his assemblies etc.
I'm so relieved, as I felt it was really important to have a good ongoing relationship with the school, as DS has another 2 plus years there.

Hope you don't mind me jumping in here too, I'm new to the boards.
I home ed my 2 kids who are now 12 and 9. When I took them out of school the school said much the same as your school said but when it came down to it they were never desperately helpful. I hope yours are better!

Did you still have a child at the school?

I had a child in the nursery connected to the school, but took him out too after a few months.

DS is still in year 4 so the school are keen to still have us involved in some areas, and I'm hopeful that will work out for us.

That's good. I hope they are helpful for you. Our school had a horrible deputy head who was very anti home ed. So I think it was mostly her problem tbh.