Child’s Voice – Are You Listening Now?

We hear from schools, Governments and the media – but when do we here from the most important people?

This page give’s children and young people a voice.  We welcome submissions from children from any walk of life and any educational background.  They can post in here up until they have finished home ed/school/college/sixth form (eg 18/19 yrs).

Then they are welcome to post on “School Stories”.

Children are welcome to type, write, draw or send a short voice recording.  Please note we cannot accept videos.
PS – This is an excellent page to share with you MP.

Aoife's Picture - Home Education

Aoife, 5 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I love how my mummy and daddy teach me. I can go to nice places, the beach is my favourite, and the aquarium. I learned how sharks lose lots of teeth, so they have lots of shark fairy’s under the water that rescues the teeth and give the shark a pirate coin.

What makes you happy?

Having my mum and daddy teach me, going to the park, doing lots of painting! Oh and dancing and being a princess like Brave!

Have you ever been to school?

No.

Anonymous, 13 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I’m frightened about having to be forced back to school.

I’m worried for mine and my little brothers future and safety growing up with this government its not fair they make decisions for us when they don’t know us or listen to us i was bullied by teachers and children in my secondary school and it gave me bad Anxiety.

I wasn’t sleeping and cried everytime I had to go even in school teachers always said I was lying even when other children told them and writ statements to head of year teachers told other kids about my anxiety and made it worse most of the time I hid in the field behind a shed or in the toilets they kept suspending me for not being in lessons and not helping me or listening they didn’t listen to my mum either in meetings and never did what they promised to do in front of my mum when my mum left they changed and would shout i recorded the teachers and my mum kept me home we decided to home educate.

Im now safe and have friends.

Im learning more i don’t trust school or government I’m worried my mum will get in trouble and I will because I won’t go back to school it’s not safe you feel alone and they don’t listen but you have to always listen to teachers and follow rules adults in school don’t follow.

It’s to noisy and busy to learn at school.

At home is pieceful and not rushed i actually like learning now I feel calmer and happy.

What makes you happy?

Home educating
Family and friends
Animals
Makeing my own choices
People listening to me

Have you ever been to school?

Yes

Jonah, 7 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I like home educating.

I like everything about it.

I felt bossed around at school and that made me feel really sick of being told what to do.

All the teachers told me what to do. To sit at a desk and do boring work.

Learning at school made me feel stupid. I hated it.

Home education is way better. I love it more than anything.

YAY!!

What makes you happy?

Learning with my family makes me happy!

Eating when I want makes me happy.

Running round in circles makes me happy!!

Have you ever been to school?

Yes

Maddie - Home Educated

Maddie, 12 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I am scared they will force me to go back to school and I dont want to. I was dragged about by my nursery teacher in school because I wanted to play, I was 2.

I dont like school at all.
I am happy and I dont understand why we have to share so much information for it to sit and do nothing.

I also dont want to be forced to contact my dad, or keep talking about my bad experiences. I just want to live my life, do my work, have fun, maybe do some traveling.

I am thinking about moving to America when I am holder. I feel like it would be a better place to live than here.

I am 12 years old.

My government doesn’t care about me or my safety. If it did then it wouldn’t be doing things that would cause me to get upset and get scared.

My mom could go to jail because I would refuse to go to school and I kkow she would not force me to go because she knows how scared I am.

What makes you happy?

My mom
Friends
Scooting
Being able to go out to clubs during school times.
Being able to start my gcses early.
Go to meetings during school times like my film studies gcse on zoom.
I am very proud of my assignment feedbacks from my film studies.

Have you ever been to school?

Yes

Joseph, 11 Years Old - UK

I am in school.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I used to love school, primary school was fun and interesting.

Since I have started Secondary school, it’s a bit like going to a prison everyday.

The uniform is tight and I look like I’m going to work like my Dad does in a suit!

I wish there weren’t so many strict rules, sometimes I’m not sure if I’m doing something right and I am too scared to ask in case I get a strike and a detention.

What makes you happy?

Learning things I love and enjoy.

Have you ever been to school?

Yes

R, 9 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated and attend a Virtual School.

What would you like to tell everyone?

School was too noisy and too busy.

My teacher and my class were nice to me but I didn’t like school because it was too much and it made me feel really bad and I couldn’t get to sleep because I didn’t like school.

It would be good if there are schools that are more quiet and schools that understand people who are autistic.

What makes you happy?

Since being home educated I have more friends.

I like being friends with people who are really inclusive.

I love my online school and I learn better because I feel comfortable.

I see my friends at the park and at my drama group and we meet up and sometimes go swimming.

My friends are home educated and some of them do the same lessons as me.

Lots of my friends are home educated and one is at school.

I love designing comic books, playing with my friends and I especially love maths!

Have you ever been to school?

Yes

Oban, 5 - Home Educated

Oban, 5 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

This is my picture of Bridget Phillipson’s hand trying to take all the home ed children.

The children are stars and gems.

Bridget will
push them in to the green portholes which take the children to the schools.

What makes you happy?

Adventures, rockpools, ice cream

Have you ever been to school?

No

Anonymous, 5 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I went to nursery for a few months and I hated it. I don’t like the school set up. I get upset when we pass the nursery. I don’t want to go to school.

Mummy and me learn alot everyday and I’m happy with doing this.

I enjoy our trips, learning, seeing people and learning through activity.

I want to stay with mummy.

Mummy says I have something called adhd and autism and that means most schools would not support me which is why I love being home educated as we can do an learning to meet how I feel on the day.

What makes you happy?

Running, jumping, spinning, animals, baking, outdoors

Have you ever been to school?

No

Anonymous, 5 Years Old - UK

I am Home Educated.

What would you like to tell everyone?

I went to nursery and they didn’t keep me safe with my Allergies. 

I now don’t trust anyone to keep me safe around my Allergies but mum does drop me off to a group so I am with adults in a group alone do I see people still. 

These people are very good about my health and allergies.

The nursery was a bad place for me. 

I would hide upset and they didn’t know what to do to help me.

What makes you happy?

Outdoors, being able to move, seeing friends and family, learning, animals.

Have you ever been to school?

No

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