Frustrated dad builds £150k mini-school in garden and employs two full time teachers

The dad-of-four spent six months building the 600sq foot school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and now employs two full time teachers for its 12 pupils

A dad spent £150k building a school in his own garden for his kids - after becoming sick of the "rigid" and "oppressive" UK schooling system.

Property developer Samuel Leeds, 34, decided to pull his three older children - eight, seven and five - out of school after becoming frustrated with the lack of finance and business skills they were being taught. The dad-of-four spent six months making the 600sq foot school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire and now employs two full time teachers as well as teaching finance himself.

He teaches 12 pupils - his own four children, and Samuel's brother and sister's kids. Samuel, who runs a hugely suc