It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
As at 1 July 2011 there were 6,517 home schooled students recorded on the Ministry of Education’s homeschooling database, which represents less than one per cent of total school enrolments. These students belonged to 3,532 families.
Gisborne, Otago and Hawkes Bay had the lowest proportions of homeschoolers in relation to their total school populations
