Here is another article showing Home education as a viable alternative. These are still all coming on the back of the Primary education report from Cambridge.
This time they say it is rising due to fear of crime in the schools. I personally don't know too many who list this as a reason, but I'm sure there are many. And if you count bullying in 'crime' then yes, there are many families doing it for that reason.
They are trying to argue that home education is 'dangerous' due to being too unregulated in the article, however their solution is not to regulate it more!
The government is caught in a catch 22 situation from what I can see. They want to regulate home education so they know what is going on and to stop the tiny minority of children who are at risk and slip through the cracks. But if they regulate home education then they will simply be validating it as a viable alternative! Something they certainly don't want to encourage! LOL!
At least all this press is getting the message out there that home education is legal - is a viable option - and can be done! That's got to be a good thing! | 
