Opening with a review of the historical, legal and theoretical background to home-education, this book continues by examining contemporary issues using data obtained from interviews with home-educating families and other interested parties. Issues covered include the reason for undertaking home-education, the reason for the large number of qualified-teacher-parents involved, what is studied, how it is structured and what resources are used, the relationships between families and LEAs, how home-education affects the socialization of children and their ability to find employment and how answering these questions can illuminate features of orthodox educational systems.