Considering home education for unhappy Year 7 DD.

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I think I may need to pull my Yr7 DD out of school and home educate her. I did this for 3 months at the end of Yr6 due to her simply not thriving in a school with mutliple issues. But she was keen to go to her chosen secondary last September, and it started well. She is struggling again now for similar reasons (friendship issues, disruptive behaviour, quality of teaching etc).Can anyone home educating their Yr7-11 DC offer any advice? I've looked as far ahead as taking GCSE's independently. I'm worried about the social impact as she's always been shy and reserved, but she does a lot of extra curricular activities that she will continue. This is not a decision I will take lightly. It's just so hard seeing her so unhappy

I pulled my DS out of secondary school as she was struggling, burnt out , bullied and there was no SEN support and we were being threatened with court action due to non attendance ( despite a psychologists letter. )

We combined online school with tutoring and she got enough GCSES for 6th form. (Arranged privately)

The social aspect wasn’t great. Due to bullying she had no friends from school. It was very lonely for her and she was very reliant on family. She missed the social aspects and it was pretty isolating. It was still better for her than school.

Depending on where you live there might be some homeschooling networks where kids get to meet up.

I wouldn’t pull her out if you dont have too, but the school setting just doesn’t work for some kids. If they are struggling in school and their mental health is deteriorating I learnt you need to listen to them and look at alternatives.