A Leicestershire mum is organising a conference for parents interested in flex-schooling so that children can legally attend school part-time. There are currently no cases of flex-schooling at any of the schools run in Leicestershire. The conference that will be held at Friends Meeting House, at Queens Road from 12.30-4.30pm on Saturday, July 18.
It was estimated that about 450 pupils, mainly primary school pupils, were being flex-schooled in the country in 2010.
The Leicester Mercury reported that Tina Tailor, a mum of two young daughters, from Wigston, who has organised the conference for parents to discuss the subject that flex-school arrangement should be there for children until they are seven years old.
"The key reasons are because I believe children should play up until the age of seven and that the starting school at age four is far too young for children to attend full time for five days a week.
"There is a group of families within Leicester City and across Leicestershire who are also interested in flexi schooling,” she added.
But critics of flexi-schooling said it can be confusing for children, and put them at a disadvantage when it comes to making school friends and taking standardised exams, putting undue pressure on parents, many of whom know nothing about teaching.
A spokesperson for Leicestershire County Council reportedly said: "The decision to implement flexi-schooling is up to each individual school.
"One of our maintained schools is operating the scheme where one pupil has been flexi-schooled since 2013."
