Education File: Home Education

Editor's note: This article was written specific to homeschooling in London and surrounding environs.

With the imminent set-up of an ethnic homeland, some members have wondered if their children can somehow avoid the conditioning suffered in the enemy's schools. This is the moment then to seriously consider home education. Here are the important points:

• The 1944 Education Act says: it shall be the duty of the parent of every child ... to cause him to receive efficient full-time education ... either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. So yes, it is legal.
• Having decided upon home education (HE), you review your situation:
• Case 1: You have to remove the child from school.
• First, you must inform your LEA (London Education Authority); they will send an inspector to judge your teaching arrangements. If he finds them satisfactory then the child can be de-registered. If not, then a court order under section 37 of the Act may follow, ordering you to send the child to school.
• Case 2: the child has not yet started school.
• You are not legally bound to tell the LEA, but if they discover the situation somehow then the process of case 1 will be activated. While statist socialist LEA'S are the least sympathetic to HE, others are more helpful ...but remember, it is perfectly legal so don't be intimidated by anyone.
• HE children are also exempt from the national curriculum. While you can, theoretically, stray from current school subjects, this is unwise; and, although not obliged to assist, many LEA advisers will help you get started. Fortunately, it is not necessary to be a trained teacher; and it is of particular interest to our plans, that it is also legal to teach other people's children. Most HE groups function more like clubs than schools and are not full-time; so it is generally unnecessary to register as a school: Most LEA’s accept this situation.
• It is often thought that HE children become social misfits. In fact, they seem to flourish, are more polite, have better concentration and greater maturity. One school of thought (ho! ho!) has it that they are all the more civilised for avoiding the usual comprehensive school thuggery.
• As the children get older, equipment may be needed for practical work. Some parents pool or borrow resources. My own solution would be to take GCSE and A-level subjects part-time at a local college.
• When the time comes for the children to take exams, the evidence is that they tend to do very well in those subjects that have aroused their natural enthusiasms and less well in the others. This specialisation of interest and independence of character make it unlikely that repetitive jobs or pure materialism will interest them. Nevertheless, when their minds are involved they show superior concentration to any activity and, consequently, are typically a success in their chosen