Canberra home schooled numbers soar

By Matthew Raggatt
Updated October 25 2014 - 11:18pm, first published 11:00pm
Home school families, rear from left Sue Gerrard from Dunlop with son A.J. Gerrard,10, and front, Suzannah Brough, 6 and mum Kim Brough from Duffy.  Photo: Photo by Jeffrey Chan
Home school families, rear from left Sue Gerrard from Dunlop with son A.J. Gerrard,10, and front, Suzannah Brough, 6 and mum Kim Brough from Duffy. Photo: Photo by Jeffrey Chan

The number of Canberra children being educated at home has increased by more than 50 per cent in two years.