Ahh that is a really nuanced situation. I guess the fact that your daughter loves school at least buys you time to get everything figured out. Finances is a big one, indeed. We really rely (too much) on my Husband's income, but I do hear of a lot of single parents who make home ed work. Facebook groups would be a good place to connect with other single parent home ed families and get different ideas of how they make it work. Best wishes to you and your daughter 💟

Wow. That’s amazing. Good for you! What GCSE are you taking?

I just started homeschooling and I haven't started getting directions. With online work, I bought books maths and English for year 7, and his doing loads off sports. Swimming, basketball, and football, tution. I spend over 300 pounds every month.

@@christinesoames8809 well I do online schooling it costs about 200 and something pounds and more including books which are essentials for the gcse online school creates a more easier structure than you doing everything I’m doing my gcses at the moment but yeah it consists of a lot of stress hard work and money haha

Thank you so much for sharing your story here. This is a story I have heard too many times. I hope your son is doing ok now, and good for you for taking a stand and doing what you feel is best for your son. I’m sorry you weren’t supported more by the school 💜

Thank you so much; sorry for my slow reply. I think a report video is becoming my most requested video, so I will work on it soon! Hope you're doing well!

Hey! Thank you so much for continuing to watch. Wow, that's exciting and so great to hear you have stood with your convictions to not apply for school. I meant to get this vid out before the 15th but the editing took me soooo long. Congrats on passing school application deadline 😄👍. I def remember it starting to feel more real after that, and liberating!!

Aww thank you! 😊 I feel like it’s come round so quick though! Looking forward to your report video and i was thinking maybe a video on your top home ed supplies. 🥰🙌🏻 xx Congrats on very very nearly hitting 1k Subscribers!!! 🎉

Thank youuuuuu

Ahh, that's exciting and great that you've been able to start looking into it while your child is still young and get a feel for everything! Very happy to hear the vids have been useful for you. Good luck with everything! :)

You're so welcome; thank you for your comment and feedback on content. Report video is definitely on the agenda 💟

ahh thank you so much! It was nice to see this morning because the edit for this vid took me HOURS and nearly defeated me! Just waiting for people to unsub and knock me back under 🤣🤣

@@nurturingdiscontent The editing is awesome - it’s become super slick! The time it took was obviously worth it 👌

@@YesYouCanHomeEducate Thank you 🙏 I hope you and your crew are doing well!

You're welcome 😊

Ahhh fantastic! Welcome to the world of home ed. You are not super far from us! I bet there is a lot going on in your area for home edders.

I could've written this! I too have a 4year old who will reach school age in September. We are also in WS. 🙂

@@anabluecordeiro ahh that's exciting! Once you start unearthing the world of Home Ed, you will find Home Edders everywhere 😄

So pleased that it's been helpful to you! It's great you're able to start looking at home ed so early. I've found most home edders at meet-ups are super welcoming to parents whose children are below school age and happy to share experiences. You might even find in your area there are a few home ed parents with kids a similar age and going through the same wobbles that would like to get together. I hate to say, I'm not sure those wobbles ever go away but maybe you just learn to process them better 😄 There is also a FB group called "Home Education as First Choice Education" you might like to join for people with a child under 5 not in school. Wishing you all the best over the next few years, and thanks for being here!

😆 I hadn't thought about it like that, but you're right - it is rare, and sometimes the best method! It's a bit sad isn't it how normalised it is for kids to leave their parents so young now, even though I know it's a necessity for some! How old is your child at the moment? Are they coming up to compulsory school age?

Yeah, 1 & 3. Already had a lot of attention regarding the fact they haven’t been and won’t go to nursery. There has already been comments to my eldest “Oh! You’ll be starting reception soon!” Neither of us being any the wiser as to what reception was (I’m from NIreland and we didn’t have reception in my toddlerhood!) One person kept saying “I can see him at school” when I said I wanted to home educate. I was like “good for you, I can’t” (in my head) 😂 There was a recent article in the German news (we are a mixed family) about how nurseries should be better preparing children for the workforce. WHAT?!? 😅

Welcome! Thanks for being here! I can understand it's overwhelming. Do you think there is anything in particular that is concerning you? I presume your 7 year old is already in school? With regard to your 3 yr old, just keep doing whatever you do now, nothing needs to change for them right now unless you particularly want it to. Feel free to ask any extra questions you have!

@@nurturingdiscontent my 3 year old is amazing and I'm confident that he lives a full and happy life and is constantly learning but I haven't been happy with my daughters school since day 1 really and have never quite had the confidence to remove her . We are hoping to gather lots of info and deregister her when she finishes for the summer in July and start afresh with them both from Sept. I'm just worried I won't be able to forfil her needs as a 7 year old as it seems abit more daunting then for my younger child.

Sounds like a good plan to finish at summer to give yourself time to get your head around everything if your daughter is happy to keep going until then. If your 3 year old leads a fulfilled happy life then there is absolutely NO reason why your 7 year old won't be the same. She can still do so much learning through play and living everyday life with you, attending home ed meet-ups etc. If you want to take a more structured approach to learning there are plenty of resources out there too, and may even be tutoring groups in your area. Here's hoping she already has a foundation of the basics from school, which you can expand on. Then let her explore her interests and see where you go from there. Think of yourself as her facilitator rather than teacher and it will seem less daunting. But don't get me wrong, there will of course be time where you doubt your decisions and feel like you're failing your child. We all go through that and it's good to know it's going to happen ahead of time 😊

You’re welcome!

Ahh thank you so much for such a kind comment. Excited for you and your home ed journey. The forest school sessions together sound great! You can definitely already count yourself ad home educators :) My youngest will turn 5 in Sep 2025 so not far apart in age!

@@nurturingdiscontent aww you’re welcome. Always love your videos 🥰 I’m so excited too, I cannot wait for forest school I think he’s going to love it and I love the woodlands myself. Aww bless him. Dexter turns 5 in the may so really not that far apart at all. 🥰

@@Livingthefreelife what's hard to get your head around is, even though there are only 4 months between them, your son would start school a year earlier than mine, just because he's born in September!

@@nurturingdiscontent it’s absolutely insane isn’t it, I think every day… he’d be starting reception this year and there is just no way he is ready for it 🙈 I know home educating him is going to be such a huge benefit for him in so many ways 🥰

It’s not your job to tell the LA that he’s not going to school after nursery but you may find it’s passed on from the nursery. I think that’s what happened with us for my twins. They can find out other ways too though, so I wouldn’t let that influence your decision too much if you think nursery would be good otherwise (which it absolutely can be!). Always recommend deschooling for the adult if you went to school, to change our expectations of what “real learning” looks like. Whether your son needs it would depend how school-like the nursery setting is I suppose. Hope that helps a bit. It’s great he is only two and you are getting ahead of things 😊 it wasn’t even on my radar when my twins were that age

Ahh fab! Is there anything you feel is holding you back from doing it?

Ahh of course, it's a really requested vid so I will make soon! Will have to do my research on Scotland as the rules may be different to England where I am. Have you joined the H.E.F.A Facebook group? If you are already being asked to provide info I'd suggest having a look on there as there is a wealth of knowledge in the comments and Files sections and admins are so helpful. I will work on a vid too :) Try not to panic with it, there is plenty of help out there! Best wishes to you and your family! 💛

Yes joined local and national on fb thanks for all advice

Welcome to the world of Home Ed! How old is your son? There are lots of stories like this I hear from parents of school children :(

Hey, it's a great question, thanks for asking. Firstly, there is no legal requirement for you to inform them. If you are deregistering that's the schools responsibility, and if your child has never been to school, well, also you don't have to. Whether it's problematic sort of depends on what your LA is like, and your personal views really. There are LA's that will pretty much leave you to it and just ask for an annual report on your child's progression, but there are also LA's that really overstep their remit and try to ask for all sorts of things that they aren't entitled to (like home visits, speaking directly to you child, asking for samples of work etc) and can be hard to satisfy. It's worth asking on your local home ed facebook group what your local LA is like if you don't know already. I can also really recommend the book *Reality vs Expectation: The Home Ed Guide You Didn't Know You Needed* by Elen Morrigan, that has a great chapter about local authorities. Are you currently home educating or thinking about it?

Hello, sorry your son has had such a bad experience at school! Obviously there is a lot more to it and individual circumstances, but your first step will be to deregister him from the school by sending a deregistration letter/email. I have no personal experience of this as my children have never been to school, so I highly recommend joining Home Education For All (H.E.F.A) UK facebook group as they have templates available for you to use. Once you have sent in the instruction to deregister he no longer needs to attend and your Home Education journey can begin!

Ohh I don’t know too much about Elon Musk’s learning system. I think I heard he runs a sort of mini-school at his office but didn’t know it’s something you can buy. I will have to look into it more. Is there anything holding you back from starting to homeschool do you think? Thanks for your comment!! 💜

@@nurturingdiscontent thank you for replying and your videos. Astra is about $100k per year. We're in the UK. I'm going to look at the UK curriculum and go from there. I'll report back! Thank you again! ❤️

Oh wow. Yes that’s definitely out of my budget 🤣🤣. Just a reminder that you don’t *have* to use a curriculum if you home educate in the Uk. Although many choose to, it’s far from a legal requirement. I haven’t used one as of yet.

So sorry to hear your daughter is going through this and the school isn't doing anything. That's completely unacceptable for your family. As to how much it will cost, it's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' scenario, and will vary from family to family. You can absolutely Home Ed on little to no budget, it's really up to you how much you would want to spend and there is SO much out there for free. The biggest impact financially is usually if one caregiver has to give up or reduce their working hours and whether you can get by on 1 salary. Please let me know if there is anything else I can answer to help your decision, and don't hesitate to join the big FB groups for advice before you officially are home educating; everyone is very friendly. Best wishes to you and your family. 💜

Hey there. Sorry I'm not 100% familiar with what trust schools are, so don't want to give you any wrong advice. Does your child have SEN? As far as I know the only time you need approval for home ed is when your child is in a special school. I can highly recommend asking on the H.E.F.A facebook group, because there are loads of amazing admins there. I know it's hard not to panic when someone at a school with supposed "authority" is telling you these things, but in a lot of cases, schools don't know the correct procedure to follow. Again, if your child isn't in a special school you don't have to provide plans. If you haven't already, join H.E.F.A facebook group and ask there, I'm sure one of the admins will be able to put your mind at rest. Best wishes to you. Keep us posted how you get on 💟

@@nurturingdiscontent Hi Failing to get into FB HEFA what do i answer this for admins question {What is the PASSWORD in the group rules? DO You agree to read the GUIDES and FAQ's when accepted onto group? **if you haven't answered the questions fully all parts 1-3 you will not be accepted onto group**) can u help me out here...thanks for all the info its very helpful

@@shakubhat650 hiya, it should just be a case of ticking that you agree to read the guides etc, no? And answering the questions. I wasn't aware of a password. Is it asking you to enter a password?

Yes, Elin. I do mean eligible 😂

I really like HEFA, and local home ed groups 💜