>>In addition Graham Badman, the child protection expert who led the review, said they had found strong evidence that child protection concerns are more common among home-educating families.
A small number of serious case reviews, ordered in more extreme cases of child abuse, were where the children had been home-educated and 'out of sight' <<

That is probably a very small % who spoil it for genuine parents who find that the school system is not able to provide the right form of education for their children. Very often special needs children suffer very badly from bullying whilst in mainstream schools and this leaves parents with no other choice but pull them away from such schools.

Likewise schools are so hell bent on results, they very often forget that special needs children also need to learn basic skills to ensure they can survive in life as and when they have to face the big cruel world on their own.

I have often thought of pulling my special needs daughter out of mainstream school and educating at home, because all they are really interested is teaching her weird and wonderful information that may or may not get her through the exams and will make the school look good if she passes, but will fail in society becuase she hasn't got the street cred basic skills to survive in life.