After a lot of pondering, research, soul-searching and then a bit more of each – we’ve decided to go down the home-shooling route with our children. Lots of reasons – academic, religious, cultural – but at the end of the day what tipped the balance was spending time with some US cousins on holiday, who have home-schooled, and hearing lots of first-hand stories.

I have a tendency towards the anarchist end of the schooling spectrum (“un-schooling”), so I was tickled to see this which rather appeals, and which, via the comments, led me to yet another Essex priest who now blogs.

For any UK readers unfamiliar with the concept (I can’t imagine any US/ other readers are that unfamiliar) go here.