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'If I had stayed in school I would be dead.... I would have killed myself'

The number of children being home-schooled has risen by about 40% over three years, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has found.
In Scotland, 0.1% of children are home-educated, 969 in total.

On our phone-in we asked Would you consider home schooling your children?

17 year old Esme joined us with a very frank account of her experience. She has been home schooled for the past 8 years and told us that if she had stayed in school, she would have killed herself.

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