‘Home education’, largely due to the pandemic, has become a household phrase in the UK. Alongside this increase in awareness is a significant rise in the number of those choosing to home educate. A recent report in The Independent (‘Children will be “lost outside system” as home schooling soars after the pandemic’, 4 January 2023) revealed a 40% increase in students being home educated since 2018. More specifically, ‘In the 171 local authorities that provided data, there were 81,250 children learning at home in 2022 compared to 57,531 four years ago, before the pandemic.’
What is the reason for this and how does music education exist in this education space? What lessons can we all learn? To help find answers to these questions, I invited Lucie Hill (musician, music educator and home-educating parent), Nerys Williams (home-educating parent) and Will Savage (musician, music educator and home-educated) as guests on an episode of The Music Education Podcast. Our discussion forms the basis of this article.
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