What overall are the pros – and cons of Home Education?
It’s free, it’s legal, it works excellently well as shown by research – and it’s fun! Home educated young people overwhelmingly report they are glad they were home educated and generally the whole family enjoys it too as a positive lifestyle. The commonest problems are that some LEAs are unsympathetic and need a lot of letters written to insist on the proper legal situation (but all Home Education organisations help with this); there is no public funding; some exams may not be possible though most and ensuring you as the parent don’t try to do too much! More information on Home Education. Home Education and the law FIRST COLLEGE UK AND HOME EDUCATION First College UK is like a kind of halfway house between school and Home Education. We have three important aims: to ensure students are confident and happy young people, to inspire and expand their joy in learning, and to help efficiently but individually around the issue of exams. To ensure students can be happy and confident we need cou
