You do not need to become a teacher. You just need someone to show you what teachers know — in a way you can use at home.
About Sabina Bashir — UK Teacher, Parent Educator and Learning Specialist
The Parent Teacher bridges the gap between school and home, helping UK parents understand how children learn, what schools expect, and how to support with confidence across KS1, KS2, home education, homework and the UK National Curriculum.
Why The Parent Teacher exists
Thirty years in classrooms revealed one thing: the children who flourished weren’t always the brightest. They weren’t always the most tutored. They were the ones with an informed, confident parent at home.
Not a perfect parent. Not a qualified teacher. A parent who understood how their child learned — and knew how to help without making it worse.
Nobody teaches parents how to do that. Not one training day. Not one manual. Nothing.
That’s the gap The Parent Teacher fills.
The story behind the work
I’d always struggled through school but never knew why. It wasn’t because I didn’t try. My brain just didn’t work like everyone else’s.
I had undiagnosed ADHD, which wasn’t understood then. Learning felt hard. Being misunderstood felt harder.
Eventually, I became a teacher. I studied psychology. I spent thirty years in classrooms with children aged 3 to 16, watching them struggle, fixing it, and helping them thrive. I watched their parents too — often trying their best with no training, no shared language, and no idea what the real issue was.
My own daughter struggled in school. I removed her. She’s home educated now and flourishing.
I know what it feels like to be the child no one can reach. I know what it feels like to be the parent who feels lost. I’ve been both.
I understand school. I understand home. I understand the child in the middle.
I know school
I understand classroom pressure, curriculum expectations and what teachers are trying to do with limited time.
I know home
I know how hard it is when homework, confidence, behaviour or learning gaps become a nightly struggle.
I know the journey
My work gives parents the knowledge, language and confidence to support their child today and for the future.
The most important teacher in your child’s life is already in the room. It’s you.
My job is to make sure you know it — and that you have everything you need to act on it.
Teacher knowledge translated for real homes
- How children actually learn
- What helps and what makes things worse
- How to support without harming connection or confidence
- What to notice when school says “fine” but you’re not convinced
Explore the next step
Whether you need homeschooling guidance, weekly parent support, or a calmer way to understand your child, there is a place to begin.