Education Our Big Home Education Family
During the Covid-19 pandemic, schools closed for prolonged periods across the country, leaving parents to home educate their children. For some parents this proved difficult, with 47% of employed parents reporting their job being negatively affected by home educating.
But not all parents felt that home educating was a bad thing. The latest figures estimate that as of October 2021, there were 81,196 children being home educated across England, an increase of 5,528 (7.3%) from the previous year.
With home educating on the rise, this film pulls back the curtain on the home education community, following the stories of two families who chose to home educate their children years before the Covid-19 pandemic began. The Roberts family who live in Birmingham have five children all under the age of 10, and another on the way. Their children have never been to school. Parents Simone and Mark say they live a ‘lifestyle of learning', where national curriculum subjects such as maths and English are brought out in things that they do day-to-day, such as writing a birthday card or measuring materials for sewing.
Alice and Kaushil Khimasia who live in Coventry, have already been through the home educating journey with two of their children. They met at Warwick University where they both trained as teachers. They have four boys and have been home educating over a decade.
Like the Roberts, the Khimasia's home education method is referred to as ‘unschooling' - they don't follow a set curriculum or structure.
Trailer
Recently Updated Shows
My Life Is Murder
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.
The Block
The Block is an Australian reality television show. The show sees four couples compete against each other to renovate a home in an apartment block and sell it at auction for the highest price.
Twisted Metal
Twisted Metal is about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he faces savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
The Chicken Sisters
The Chicken Sisters is a family drama dipped in southern charm and served up with a saucy side of romance. The setting is the fictional town of Merinac, where a generations-old rift between dueling fried chicken restaurants – Mimi's and Frannie's – has left the founders' families fractured and the locals taking sides. When popular cooking competition show Kitchen Clash comes to town, this could be the recipe for ending this feud once and for all. But things are fixing to heat up both inside and outside of the kitchen as the reality show spotlight causes sparks to fly as secrets are spilled and feathers get ruffled.
Beyond the Gates
Beyond the Gates is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington D.C., and in one the most affluent African American counties in the United States. Here you'll find a posh gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions to call home. At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered. And those that live outside these gates are watching closely. These are the places where our characters live, love, work and play. Those who have "made it" and those who haven't are all trying to navigate life … and some with more grace than others.