A mum with eight children is refusing to send her children back to school despite admitting home-schooling them has been "hell".
Marie Buchan, 37, lives in Birmingham and has six children trying to keep up with school lessons while another is in college, reports Birmingham Live.
She admitted that trying to home school all her children, as well as keep up with her own health and social care studies, has been "virtually impossible". "I am doing my best but it is just so tough," she said. "I've had some criticism from the school as some of the days they haven't registered and got in touch with them when they should have done. "But it is so hard to ensure they are all doing what they are being asked to do.