Homeschooling in the UK
 

How is homeschooling viewed in the UK

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I know an Australian family, well he is an Aussie and she is English they have 4 children and she is home schooling the older ones and the younger one goes to nursery. They live in Oxford and it seems to be going very well.You have to let the local education authority know , they send an inspector to check the work you are doing with your child, and you are allowed to use the local school for some of the other activities, they worry about the social aspect (lea). The family are really happy with what they are doing and they don't seem to have any problems with any people around them regarding the home schooling.

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Home scholing is quie acceptable in the uk. I home school my son 13 years, he will go bak into the education system in year 10 which is our choice.

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I hope you don't teach him spelling :rofl:

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ditto!:rofl::rofl: cant get up!!!

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LOL
Wireless keyboards are useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am a qualified Lecturer who usually :)teaches English and History. Doesn't say a lot for the British Education System does it?

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I'm going to Uni of East Anglia later this year to do under grad edu degree, do you know if it's any good? Where are you teaching? UK or oz?
Also have to say, that since being in oz, both my boys are doing worse, I think that uk system may have faults, but levels of expectation are higher, so even those that don't do that great seem to be more intelligent than a lot of the kids I come across here. My little one is in prep here, and so far all he has done is what he done in nursery back in England.....I'm concerned that he will be behind now compared to uk standards!
A bit of a shame as now when he comes in from school, he has me on his case, doing homework, am I being paranoid?:ohmy:

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Uni of East Anglia, I am not sure about but being educated in the UK stands you in a better stead for the future (yes only my opinion.) I thought the UK education system was geting bad so went went with 4 children to NZ for 18 months. I really appreaciated what we had had. I found the education system appaling, so much so it was a factor is bringing us home. My daughter came home in july 2007 and has had to catch up 2 years work in one year, just aswell she was academic in the first place. She will take her GCSE in June and is confident to pass.

My childrem were not challenged academically at all in NZ, they spend 18 month covering work already covered here in the UK. They did learn about a different History though.
Having had experience of the two countries I feel NZ is so far behind academically. I taught with an Aussie teacher when doing my ESOL qualification in Cyprus and she also said that Australia was at least 2 years behind the UK system, how true it is I cannot say.

I feel that the emphasis on education is just not there in NZ. I taught famers how to use a new hand held computer and a lot of the attitude was, we don't need the internet, we want to stay as we are. They did not want technology, they saw it as a barrier.

I also taught Asian students (Japanese, chinese and Korean students) in NZ, who were like the British realised the importance of education and a better life. They were all degree students. I think it is about culture. I questioned myself over and over as to whether it mattered if my kids were educated in NZ,. the kiwi's seem to do alright. But i just couldn't get over that we were born into a culture where education is instilled into us from birth, where the emphasis is major, that in order for our chldren to do well they need a degree.

Paranoid, i thing we british are all paranoid, it just means getting into the aussie system and accept it or if u can't like us, move.

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Sorry forgot to answer, teahcing in Lincolnshire

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I don't think it's paranoia, it's just what we know. We are coming home in the next few months, as I want my boys to have a British education. I know that it's lovely to be relaxed but at the end of the day, children absorb so much, it seems a shame to hinder such intelligence. I've also noticed from expats in the states commenting on the education system being poor.

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Hi Jimmy,
There is a yahoo group about home-schooling, although I think it's under the title: home education in Scotland, maybe worth having a look at.

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Hi Jimmy
Have a look at educationotherwise.co.uk I use this group for lots of tips and how to do things
Good Luck

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Hi,

Netmums.co.uk has a section on homeschooling - there is a forum i think

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i dont know how relevant this is but when i was teaching in inner london we had aussie and nz teachers over on a work visa= because they couldnt get work back home..in the u.k their qualifications are not recognised so they get instructor money not paid as qualified teachers..

home schooling.-.i support a friend who is a teacher in hoime schooling her 2 children.
she has no respect for secondary education and they way they handle the young adults..this way we control what they learn and how the learn it..the children socialise with football and as they live in a small village play out with the children in their pool and on the trampoline..in our area there is a large support group for homeschooling and it is growing daily..
most of the parents have never ever had a visit from the homeschool coordinator.

hth carole

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Hi
Just as NZ teacher qualifications are not recognised here in the UK, my PGCE FE qualification was not recognised at all in NZ. I would have to do their equivalent qualification at uni, at a cost of 21,000 dollars for a one year course!!