A FORMER teacher has voiced doubts about scores of Stockton youngsters being educated from home.
Many parents had to get to grips with virtual lessons during the pandemic – and tried their hand at helping out in lockdowns.
About 180 youngsters in the borough are now electively home educated out of a total of around 30,000.
Former primary school teacher Barbara Inman was concerned about the quality of education they were getting at the latest Stockton children and young people select committee.
The member for Roseworth said: “There is no way I would want to home-school. The amount of stuff you have to go through.
“Those children who are home-schooled can’t possibly be getting the same as they would get if they were in a school situation.”
A community of home educators has taught children from home for many years in Stockton, and a past review by the select committee uncovered a big rise in the number of youngsters being home-schooled.
Stockton children’s services director Martin Gray said there were people home educating who were…
