The number of home educated children in the South East has risen by nearly 80 percent since 2020.
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Kellie Milano, who home educates her 13 year-old autistic daughter, said: "She was anxious going into school, she didn't want to be there."I would end up with a little girl in the back of the car crying," she said. She said: "Numbers are massively increasing, there are always parents discussing the options of home educating."in Autumn 2023 shows that whilst the biggest known reason for moving to elective home education remained philosophical , mental health came a close second
The national charity Education Otherwise said it was also aware of more families who felt their children's special educational needs were not being met in school. Government plans for a register of out-of-school children were put on hold when the Schools Bill was scrapped in 2022. A Conservative Party spokesman said: "English children are now the best readers in the Western world, and we have risen up the international rankings to 11th in the world for maths. We support the right of parents to choose to education their children at home, many of whom do so very well.”
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