EXCLUSIVE: Mum-of-9 Amy Edwards took the leap in Might and says she has no regreats
Amy Edwards and her household took the leap to go away England in Might 2026 (Picture: Kennedy Information and Media)
A mum has give up the UK to homeschool 5 of her children in a motorhome whereas holidaying in Europe.
Amy Edwards took the leap to go away England in Might 2026 however claims it’d been ‘within the pipeline’ for 9 years after assembly her husband Shane Edwards in 2016.
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The mum-of-nine took her eldest youngsters out of mainstream schooling after covid, however by no means despatched her youthful youngsters to high school, as a substitute opting to homeschool them.
The 40-year-old says taking her youngsters out of mainstream schooling was ‘the perfect factor’ she ever did because the UK faculty system is ‘too inflexible’.
Now she, alongside along with her husband and 5 youthful youngsters, Reggie,15, Belle, eight, Shane, six, Jesse, 4, and one-year-old Nelly, are travelling round France.
The couple’s ‘dream’ is to purchase land, develop their very own crops and have animals, incorporating this into their youngsters’s schooling.
Amy, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, mentioned: “I labored the 9 ’til 5 for 20 years.
“Though I used to be self-employed and had flexibility, I nonetheless discovered myself having to place my youngsters in after-school golf equipment.
“I look again and really feel that I did not get to lift my very own youngsters.
“My older 5 youngsters by no means went again to high school after the pandemic and my youthful youngsters have by no means identified the college system.
“Their schooling is self-led, so that they’re allowed to steer me to what they’re inquisitive about and we’ll examine that.
“Then that usually results in one thing else and one thing else and it is a massive move of life.”
The couple purchased their motorhome in July 2025 and visited Wales and the Peak District in it with their children final summer time.
Amy mentioned: “We had our motorhome final yr, and we toured the UK and we spent fairly a little bit of time on the highway. We knew we beloved it [and] may handle it.
“I really like outside dwelling, there simply is not sufficient sunshine within the UK for that.
“I need to incorporate residence steading into our curriculum too, rising and consuming our personal meals and elevating our personal animals.
Amy Edwards and her household took the leap to go away England in Might 2026 (Picture: Kennedy Information and Media)
“It is less expensive to purchase abroad and higher climate to construct the life-style we would like.
“Our finish dream is to have land the place we will develop our personal crops and now have animals and produce all of this into the youngsters’s schooling.
“This hasn’t occurred for us in a single day, it has been within the pipeline for 9 years. You have to focus and get your priorities proper.”
After France Amy, who was a self-employed hairdresser, says the household is shifting onto Spain, then Portugal.
Regardless of the van being crowded, Amy claims there are extra positives to ditching the UK and travelling round Europe.
Amy mentioned: “We aren’t tied down to twenty-eight days a yr depart and the youngsters do not go to high school so we do not have to stay to high school holidays, which is loopy busy and costly.
“We are able to make our life less expensive residence educating the youngsters as nicely. I completely love the liberty.
“The good open air to me is their playground. I do not need them caught inside enjoying, I do not need them on any know-how, I would like them exploring the world.
“I simply suppose it was the perfect factor I ever did for my household was take my youngsters out of mainstream faculty.
Amy Edwards and her household took the leap to go away England in Might 2026 (Picture: Kennedy Information and Media)
“The varsity system is ‘all ought to match’, everybody wants to slot in a sq., nevertheless some are circles, some are triangular however they’re nonetheless anticipated to go down the identical path.
“I would like them to develop and thrive.
“We reside fairly a free-spirited life anyway again within the UK so I do not suppose anybody was overly shocked by our option to get on the highway.
“Since we have been on the highway we’re like ‘can we need to settle so quickly? Lets journey for longer?’ as a result of we are actually having the perfect time.”
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