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Dad Slams UK School System as 'Rigid and Oppressive' and Builds Private School in Garden - Nottinghamshire Live
Samuel Leeds built a private 600 sq ft garden school teaching financial literacy to 12 pupils, saving £66,000 compared to private school fees, with plans to share his curriculum.
- Property developer Samuel Leeds built a 600 square foot classroom in Beaconsfield, completed in April 2024, costing 150,000 pounds, with pupils starting in January 2025.
- Samuel Leeds, 34, pulled his three eldest children, aged eight, seven and five, from school after describing the system as `rigid and oppressive`; he and his wife Amanda, 33, sought late 2023 planning permission for a garden classroom.
- 12 pupils, including four of Samuel Leeds's own children, attend a one-classroom school built over six months with two full-time teachers, while Samuel teaches financial literacy.
- Samuel Leeds says the project saved parents £66,000 versus the £216,000 comparative private‑school cost for 12 children and he receives daily enquiries from parents enquiring daily and offers to relocate to Beaconsfield.
- He intends to educate his children through age 18 and GCSEs while formalising a finance-centred curriculum with workbooks and videos for homeschooling families using homes in Dubai and Zimbabwe.
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Dad builds £150k mini-school in garden and employs two teachers for his children
Property developer Samuel Leeds, 34, spent six months building a 600 square foot school in and now employs two full-time teachers to educate 12 children including his own
·Wales, United Kingdom
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Dad slams UK school system as 'rigid and oppressive' and builds private school in garden - Nottinghamshire Live
Business tycoon Samuel Leeds decided to withdraw his three eldest children from mainstream education because of his 'frustration' with the school system
·Nottingham, United Kingdom
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