Thanks so much everyone for your posts, particularly from scratch's post.

Fromscratch - I found that forum a few days ago actually and signed up! So far it's been very resourceful and full of info!! So much reading to do.....!! Thanks for your post.

Wow, it's such a huge decision whether or not to HS or do mainstream. There are sooo many advantages to HS over the mainstream system.

The big question for me is - "can I fully commit to it?" and how hard will it be?

Funny thing is, my Mum is actually a primary school teacher, so I'm trying to imagine what she's going to say when I (if I) announce that we'll be homeschooling the girls