Education is compulsory, schooling is not, and over the last ten years there have been a growing number of parents choosing alternatives to mainstream education for their children. But is the setting up of smaller schools the answer? And should Britain follow the example of other countries in providing state funding for them?
We hear from a group of parents who have set up a Steiner School in Diss, Norfolk.
Martha speaks to Fiona Carnie of Human Scale Education and John Bangs, Head of Education, at the National Union of Teachers.
