Mum pulls daughter out of school to travel the world after cheating death in horror accident

A mum claims her daughter's near-death when falling down the stairs 'put life in perspective' - so they pulled her out of school to travel and 'world school' her instead. Rachael Robinson's world was turned upside down when her five-year-old daughter, Maggie Vaughan, tripped and fell down the stairs last year.

The 37-year-old said Maggie was walking down the stairs at home when the youngster fell forward down the staircase, hitting her head on the valve of a cast iron radiator. The mum-of-one said Maggie was immediately knocked unconscious and she shouted upstairs to her partner, Mike Vaughan, to call an ambulance.

Paramedics rushed her to Manchester Children's Hospital by ambulance where she was put to sleep to have a CT scan. Maggie had fractured her skull and cervical - or upper - spine and had cut her head from the impact - but after a five-day stay in hospital, miraculously she was able to go home.

After Maggie made a recovery through gruelling rehab, the family found they had fallen back into their old routines. However the accident made them realise they want to make a dramatic change as the accident had 'put things into perspective'. So Mike quit his job and the couple took Maggie out of school so that the family can travel together and 'world-school' her.

Rachael, from Manchester, said: "Your life just flashes before your eyes because you just don't know if she's going to wake up. It just changed everything for us and we wanted to show her how grateful we were and we wanted to show her the world so from that point travelling felt like a really good option.

"I'm sure so many parents will resonate with it. You're working Monday to Friday, your kid goes to wraparound care, they go to school. You get the sh*tty