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What did you end up doing with your kids and what age did you part ways with the school?
by happytiger 3y ago
What did you end up doing with your kids and what age did you part ways with the school?
- graemep 3y agoOne at 8, the other at 9, but it was a bit more complicated with the older one because we wobbled and sent her back to school. I home educated them. We started with a focus on interesting stuff, when they were ready we started studying for GCSEs (UK exams taken in schools at 16 - roughly the same level as a high school diploma in the US) which we spread out by taking some early rather than all at once as at school. Both my daughters did/are doing very well in these. Lots of time for other interests, hobbies and socialising too. After that back to a sixth form college (a school for 16+) to do A levels (roughly equivalent level to APs in the US). Younger one has not got to that stage yet, the older one did very well (AAA*A for anyone from the UK) and is now doing a degree apprenticeship (working while studying, gets a salary plus university fees paid) in electrical engineering.