My daughter goes to a small independent school which is an alternative to home schooling. There are 19 children in her school at the moment K-6. The school is set on an acre of land with the "school" being a small 3 bedroom cottage. They climb trees, do creek care, have a frog pond and a vegetable garden.... its lovely. My daughter is high functioning autism and there is one other boy at the school with more special needs, the rest are all "normal". The school has a very nurturing environment which I love.