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Radio Northampton,1 min

Home-schooling mother says school 'failed' her children

Stuart Linnell

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Home-schooling mother, Samantha Allington, from Northampton, says school "failed" her children. She explains her one of which had dyslexia, while the other was classed as "gifted" but she felt neither was getting the education she wanted for them. She now educates her four children at home. Northamptonshire has seen a 27% rise in home-schooling in the last five years.

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