Advice about home school please?

[RSD19]

Hello,
Looking on some advice and opinions on home school? Am based in Liverpool and my daughter is in year 5 (she’s 9 but nearly 10).
In all honesty she’s had a terrible time in school with bullying, I’ve tried every thing to resolve it I’ve had countless meetings with the school, spoke to the child’s mum but absolutely nothing is getting done it’s unbelievable how the school have not been able to help at all.

My daughter is a very friendly, very sweet child who does not want to argue/fight/conflict, she used to love school and was so confidant but now it’s just anxiety and stress and I genuinely don’t feel like my daughter is going to a safe place when she’s at school, it’s causing a lot of distress and worry for me as well as her.

ive tried looking into different schools and the 3 I have enquired are all full. I think my next option is to homeschool, I am feeling a lot of mum guilt with not knowing if it’s the right step for my daughter? Would love to hear any type of experiences or just any type of information at all? Thank you.

[Rysimo]

I'd be looking at deregistering her and home educating at this point. I'm sorry you are both going through this.
I had a similar issue with my DS. We have been homeschooling for nearly 4 years now and haven't looked back.
If you are on Facebook there will be lots of local groups you can join for support and advice.
It's daunting for the first few weeks but you and your DD will soon get into the swing of homeschooling and she will no longer have the anxiety that going to school is causing her. If you are able to do it then I'd go for it.

[extrastrongmints]

Ask the school for their formal complaints policy and the contact details of the head of governors. Tell them if they don't deal with the bullying you will be making a formal complaint to the governors and directly to Ofsted. You may find that you then see some action.
Otherwise, if the school still won't deal with it, then yes - withdraw and home school.

[Saracen]

After "countless meetings" and no change, the school is not going to see the light and fix things now. Every day your daughter stays is another day of fear and unhappiness. I would pull her out immediately if I were you. Give her her life back.

You can figure out your educational approach as you go along: you don't have to have it all planned out. With one-to-one attention, it's easy to experiment and adapt. For example, if you don't know just at first how you want to do maths, you can put that subject on the back burner and start with other things until you find a maths curriculum you like (or maybe decide to do child-led informal learning like I did with my kids). It isn't as if there's a risk of your daughter getting left behind while the rest of the class moves on!

Remember this doesn't have to be forever. You can keep your child on the waiting lists for other schools. You can certainly send her to high school in 18 months. Even if you and she don't love home education - and maybe you will! - it's bound to be better than carrying on at her current school.