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Jeremy Poynton's avatar

One of my sons has two autistic kids. Both very functional in reality. But they are home schooled as the state system is a disaster for such.

My four kids (with my ex) all in their forties now, spent much of their education at Steiner schools. We lived in Oxford; the primary schools were fine, but as soon as we looked that the middle schools (still used then in Oxford), and knowing quite a lot about Steiner schools, we upped sticks and bolted to Bristol, where the first non straight fee paying Steiner school had been running for some years. The first inner city one as well.

We sent them there as the model of child development that Steiner described was how we saw it, and diametrically opposed to orthodox education (even more so now). No regrets at all. The core of this mode of education is to produce "free and responsible adults"

None went to Uni on leaving school (one a mature student later at 28, Royal Academy of Music). All gainfully employed in no time at all, self-supporting at 21 with no debts.

Worth a crack. There's MUCH more home schooling going on now, and lots of supportive organisations.

No way I'd send my kids to a state school were I a new parent...

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Patricia's avatar

I agree. I home schooled my two kids back in the 1990s. One of my grandchildren is currently home schooled with another two expected to follow before they go to senior school. The remaining one says he doesn't believe a word the teachers tell him so we do not need to worry. It is very important that parents and grandparents are awake to what is being taught in schools today across the UK. If you start to dig it will shock you. I was very concerned when I found out critical race theory being taught in the local junior school so I wrote to my MP about it. My email spelled out what children are being taught and is on the 'Don't Divide Us' website:

https://dontdivideus.com/2023/04/12/letter-from-a-concerned-grandmother/

They are organisaton worth supporting.

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