"We were talking about her decision to home school or unschool, or home educate, depending on your tribal affiliation her two children, making her simultaneously part of a broader trend and also somewhat strange to herself. The cliche of home schooling still leans on the idea of a fringe choice made by fanatical parents who produce a poorly socialised child if you said of a child: They're home schooled, you'd trigger a knowing look that implied: Say no more. Well maybe all that is changing."
"I spoke to two parents, one in London, one in Yorkshire, both of whom moved their kids to home schooling after or towards the end of primary school, both of whom are loving it, albeit sheepishly, and neither of whom believes it is prohibitively difficult. Both are atypical to some extent, since neither was acting for religious or health reasons, or in response to failures in the threadbare special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in state schools,"
Home schooling notifications in England rose sharply to about 111,700 children in 2024, with 66,000 new notifications since 2020. The increase remains a small share of roughly 9 million school-age children but shows strong regional variation, with more than tripling in the north-east and an 85% rise in the east of England. Growth now includes families without religious, health, or SEND-driven motives. Some parents who moved children at or after primary school report enjoying home education and do not find it prohibitively difficult. Public perceptions of home schooling as purely fringe or ideologically driven are shifting.
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