Does anyone know how homeschooling works?

Hi I home-schooled for a little while after covid found it incredibly hard but I know it works well for some people but found a lack of structure hard and went back to do gcse yrs. In regard to deregistering all you have to do (legally) is send an official email to your school. I hope this helps

Best of luck

Thank you so much xx
I was thinking flexi schooling like homeschooling but then exams at school but yh idk i think its not worthwhile and ur probably right about the structure being messed up to be fair

I am only saying that to make you aware of the realities I experienced but if that's an option I would 100% recommend trying it at least bc then you know for yourself and can see for yourself if it works or option 2. go back to school of your own free will with renewed enthusiasm.

Would be glad to know about anyone's experiences and the process of home-schooling and whether or not it is worthwhile please...
(At GCSE level btw)
Would appreciate any help

I've been homeschooled my whole life - never been to a school, and I'm in year ten. I'm averaging 4s and 5s. I'll be honest, it's a lot of work. I wouldn't recommend it unless school really is hell for you and you're able to put in more than double the effort of anyone in school. You have the option to pay for tutoring, obviously, but if that isn't viable there's resources on the internet and CGP has loads of good books. Some subjects will need to be taken as IGCSE's to substitute the NEA aspects of them. You'll also need to pay for exams. Where I live, 9 GCSES is going to cost around 1.6k, so there's a monetary aspect too.

oh dear - that sounds pretty daunting.
Can you do less than 9 GCSEs though?
Also, are IGCSEs harder than GCSEs?
Also, does home schooling limit your chances of getting into a university?

Yes, you can do less than 9, but that's like the average amount so you'd want to do 7-9 gcses. IGCSE'S are generally harder than GCSES, but you only need to do IGCSE science and english language because of the practicals and the speaking assessment. For university, I don't think it does, as long as you get good a levels and gcses - I'm applying to sixth forms though, so I'd advise you to do the same if you choose to be homeschooled.

Would be glad to know about anyone's experiences and the process of home-schooling and whether or not it is worthwhile please...
(At GCSE level btw)
Would appreciate any help

hey i've been homeschooled since 2017
my parents taught me most stuff for primary level, then for gcses, i did online classes and did a lot of self-studying. i do find homeschooling to be effective, if you're motivated enough, and really fun.
because of where i live, i did igcses, except for where igcse wasn't an option.
classes online can cost a good bit tho.
ig u can try homeschooling, if it works fo u, if it doesn't, you can go to school out of your own choice.
(a bit element of homeschooling is choice actually. you can choose to do whatever the hell you want, given it's allowed by ur parents lol. it can be bad, if u don't know what to study, when, what, etc... but i like it)
anyway good luck ☘️

hey i've been homeschooled since 2017
my parents taught me most stuff for primary level, then for gcses, i did online classes and did a lot of self-studying. i do find homeschooling to be effective, if you're motivated enough, and really fun.
because of where i live, i did igcses, except for where igcse wasn't an option.
classes online can cost a good bit tho.
ig u can try homeschooling, if it works fo u, if it doesn't, you can go to school out of your own choice.
(a bit element of homeschooling is choice actually. you can choose to do whatever the hell you want, given it's allowed by ur parents lol. it can be bad, if u don't know what to study, when, what, etc... but i like it)
anyway good luck ☘️

Would be glad to know about anyone's experiences and the process of home-schooling and whether or not it is worthwhile please...
(At GCSE level btw)
Would appreciate any help