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| Schooling 'does not work for us' | Schooling 'does not work for us' |
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| By Alison Smith BBC News education reporter | By Alison Smith BBC News education reporter |
| Special needs, bullying, personal beliefs or dissatisfaction with a particular school offered are all reasons for families choosing to home educate their children. | |
| Parents and children talk about why they have chosen this option. | |
| 'SCHOOL PAYS FOR ME TO BE TAUGHT AT HOME' | |
| Jamie McDonald's mother June founded a home education group in Bedford which was the first to obtain any form of state funding. | Jamie McDonald's mother June founded a home education group in Bedford which was the first to obtain any form of state funding. |
| Six years ago, her group decided to collaborate with a local secondary school to use the resources of school but keep the autonomy of home education. | Six years ago, her group decided to collaborate with a local secondary school to use the resources of school but keep the autonomy of home education. |
| The only condition of joining the group is that the children sit national exams. | The only condition of joining the group is that the children sit national exams. |
| Her son, now 18, was one of the first to go through the project and describes how he found it. | Her son, now 18, was one of the first to go through the project and describes how he found it. |
| Click here to read about Jamie's unconventional schooling | Click here to read about Jamie's unconventional schooling |
| BULLIED AT JUNIOR SCHOOL | |
| Callum enjoyed infant school, and his school successfully implemented a detailed plan to support him. | Callum enjoyed infant school, and his school successfully implemented a detailed plan to support him. |
| Asperger's Syndrome means he has some communication difficulties and cannot always see the relevance of what he is asked to do. | Asperger's Syndrome means he has some communication difficulties and cannot always see the relevance of what he is asked to do. |
| Once in primary school, his mother Sheila says, the bullying began and the school did not give Callum the support he needed. | Once in primary school, his mother Sheila says, the bullying began and the school did not give Callum the support he needed. |
| She described the stress of watching her child crying and begging not to go to school, before deciding neither of them could take any more. | She described the stress of watching her child crying and begging not to go to school, before deciding neither of them could take any more. |
| Click here to read Callum and Sheila's story | Click here to read Callum and Sheila's story |
| NO SUITABLE SCHOOL PLACE | |
| Holly O'Toole questioned how any child could learn in the school allocated to her son Harry. | |
| A school where only 8% of children achieve five good GCSEs and almost half have some kind of special educational needs was not a school where her son would thrive, she said. | A school where only 8% of children achieve five good GCSEs and almost half have some kind of special educational needs was not a school where her son would thrive, she said. |
| When no other school place could be found, she and other parents in the same situation decided to go it alone - and won compensation from their county council. | When no other school place could be found, she and other parents in the same situation decided to go it alone - and won compensation from their county council. |
| Click here to read Holly and Harry's story | Click here to read Holly and Harry's story |