Changes to Lincolnshire Home Education Protocol

home educating families and the local authority special needs department

home educating when school is not the best place for a child with special needs

I am currently writing up the results of a survey into home education and special needs. Many parents say this is not true “elective” home education.

I felt forced into HE as a last resort to save my child’s sanity

forced to home educate because of child’s special needs

It’s called “elective home education” but where a child has special needs, parents may feel the choice has been forced on them, and however much parents go on to devote themselves to home education and however positively it turns out, parents remain absolutely clear that their children have been badly let down.

survey home education and special needs closes end October 2015

My survey on home education and special needs closes midnight October 31st 2015. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENandhomeed2015

There have been 162 responses so far. Over two thirds of parents cite the child’s unhappiness at school as a reason for home education, half say that anxiety prevented the child from attending school, and over a third said their child was not making progress at school or was being bullied.

what parents are saying about home education, special needs, and local authorities

Quotes – with permission – from my ongoing survey of home education and special needs (closes end October 2015)

survey home education and special needs Autumn 2015