HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO HOME EDUCATE?
The first thing to understand is that there is no financial support from the government. You will be considered to have turned down your place in the state system and be ‘privately’ educating, so all costs are borne by the family. The good news is that in general it only needs to cost as much as you want it to. Many families who are withdrawing children from school, feel at first a need to be quite structured in their approach and will go out and spend lots of money on books and materials. Try and resist this urge. As time goes on, families realise that there are very many free and inexpensive resources available. This is where contact with long-standing home educators is useful for picking up hints and ideas. Libraries are of course a great resource and the fact that you don’t have to follow the NC means that you will be able to get hold of books that aren’t being covered in the local schools, as well as being able to use the libraries when they are not busy. Librarians are usually ve
