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‘He felt absolutely lost’: the crisis behind the rising number of UK children being homeschooled

‘He felt absolutely lost’: the crisis behind the rising number of UK children being homeschooled



Anxiety is the most common reason why parents choose to take pupils out of schoolSteve Bladon has been a headteacher for a decade. Yet when he found himself temporarily home educating his 11-year-old daughter, who had such severe anxiety that she couldn’t leave the house, he admits he felt “absolutely lost”.“Initially we had no idea what to do,” he said. “All we knew was that she needed time and space, so we weren’t compounding her anxiety.” Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/sep/21/crisis-uk-children-homeschooled-parents-pupils-schools

Author : Anna Fazackerley

Publish date : 2024-09-21 13:00:15

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