Home Eding for 2 years only -has anyone done this??

[moonmother]

A bit of background first

Last year we moved to a neighbouring town, due to being run by different council the schools where we are now are run in the lower, middle and upper scheme.

My DD although not gifted and talented is above average for her age- especially at literacy, and the catchment lower school was below average.

My Dm had also worked for a few years at another lower school in the town, and it was a lovely school, its a 20 min walk away, I applied for her to go there and she got a place, shes now in Yr4, and her school work has improved even more.

This September my Ds also started at this school in Reception, and is getting along really well.

Heres the thing.

DD is due to move to Middle School next September, our catchment Middle School is below average and the opposite side of town to the Lower school. The Middle School where she would go if we were in catchment for the lower school Dc's attends is the best in the town and is heavily over-subscribed.

So in all honesty DD stands a cat in hells chance of getting in,

There is no possible way that DD can go to catchment middle school and Ds go to lower school he attends now , as they are at opposite ends of the town

I neither want or am prepared to uproot Ds from his school just for DD to attend catchment school

so...thank you if you got this far

is it possible , with the rules and regulations of the LEA and HE for me to Home Educate DD for the 2 -3 years she would be at Middle School?

Has anyone ever done anything like this?

To be honest I think this is my only option

[moonmother]

Ohh thats good news, would there be alot of hassle with the LEA? I know they sometimes can cause alot of problems....

[AbbeyA]

I think the upside of HE is that you can do it for as long or a short a time as you wish, dip in and out as you wish.

[FILLYJONKhasayarnshopASBO]

there are a couple of HErs on here who have done this sort of thing-look out for TooTicky.

[AbbeyA]

Unfortunately I don't know whether it causes problems with LEA, I don't see why it should. I only know DCs who started, left and went back, which was successful, but I don't know if you get problems if you leave a second time.

[AbbeyA]

Sorry-I didn't read it properly, I see that you have only ever had them at school. In that case it is like people I have known, who didn't have any problems with the LEA and the school was very helpful too.

[AMumInScotland]

There's no reason why this would cause any problems - you will need to keep an eye out for the upper school open days and registration dates (assuming you still want her to go back when the time comes!) as you may not automatically be sent the information you would get through the school system. But you have the same rights and priorities when it comes to applying for a place at upper school as you would if she was at school.

You may also want to look at what your DD would have been covering in school over these two years to make sure there aren't any big "gaps" in her understanding. With HE you just have to provide her with a suitable education, so there is no requirement to follow the NC, but it may be easier for her to slot back into the school system if you don't "miss out" anything which all the others will have a firm grasp of, as it might make it harder for her to get into the right sets for subjects.

[musicposy]

There's no reason why you can't do this at all. We told the LA that DD2 was planning to return in either Y5 or at secondary (Y7) when we took her out at the start of Y4 last year. In the event she hasn't gone back because it's worked so well for us, but the LA were quite happy with the idea that she would. The only thing was, they were quite keen for us to keep up with what she would be doing in school (though they had no right to enforce that at all)!
The only thing was, we found our LA were keen that you liked HE as an idea and not that you were just trying to escape a grotty school. So for minimum fuss with the LA, I'd say you've always wanted to HE and as the school is opposite end of town, it's an ideal chance for a few years. Not that it's any of the LA's business either way - but that's just my experience!

[moonmother]

Thank You all so much for your replies, it's eased my mind abit

I would try to keep up with what she would be doing in school, as when she goes to upper school I wouldn't want her to feel she's missed out.

Hopefully she may (fingers crossed) get into the middle school we want her too, but it's now not such a scary prospect if I have to Home Ed her.

Many Thanks again