Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system
- Posted on August 28, 2025
- By The Guardian
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Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system

Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill. Why is our approach to education failing so many young people?