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Thousands more children are homeschooled
The number of children being homeschooled has risen by about 40% over three years, the BBC has found. Across the UK 48,000 children were being home-educated in 2016-17, up from about 34,000 in 2014-15.
Concern over monitoring of home-schooled children in the city
The current homeschooling laws have created a “hidden population” of children which is impossible to monitor, officials in Glasgow have warned. Under the current law, parents are not required to register their children for homeschooling.
From home school to university
A YOUNG MATH whiz who excelled at A-level in the subject last year has now been accepted to pursue a university course. Speaking exclusively to The Voice last year, the two proud parents of Esther Okade, from Walsall, West Midlands, shared their joy when their daughter passed the exam – usually sat by 18-year-olds – with an incredible B grade.