When I was home educating my sons, there were certain things I thought I needed and maybe other parents needed.
I was fortunate in the fact that my husband was a lecturer and one subject he taught was maths, my sister is a biology teacher, so if I needed some help with science, she was a phone call away. A home educating friend's husband is an artist. Not everybody is that fortunate though so I have thought that a HESC could be needed to help those out who have nobody to turn to.
Another thing I found as my sons got older, colleges would only accept children if they were 16 years old, so my sons couldn't start any GCSEs until they were 16. I looked at doing iGCSEs from a company which supplied the materials, but I had to find an exam centre which took external candidates, but after getting in touch with a few schools and colleges, I had reached a dead end.
Resources in the early 2000s were limited because not many people did home educate - as it's much more well known and more people are home educating their children, this may not be as much of an issue.
At one time or another, I'm sure we all need to feel supported by others. We don't like feeling as if we're on our own. Help is always a good thing to have at the end of the phone (or on Zoom etc, these days).
I'm sure there are other things I could mention as well!
My vision for a HESC would be to address these issues. There is a lot of work to be done as I'll lay out in other posts!
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