Um - I feel I should offer my own neck up here, as Emma seems to have been named by Lizzie by something I said ... although I put my point badly.

My personal (personal) opinion is that, if kids are educated at home, that should be noted down somewhere. Call that a 'register' if you want. I don't have kids myself and have always assumed that there would be some sort of 'learning landmarks' for kids educated outside the state school system. And that about all I'm saying. I certainly don't want to cause any major thread drift into a debate on home schooling.

My badly made point is, indeed, that parents who home educate should in no way be marked down as potential problems.

sian