Not only does the 13-year-old Riverside resident runs two businesses but there's one other thing that makes her stand out - she is home-schooled.

Lily's mum Lucy said their family had decided to home school Lily for the first time this year, after nine years in traditional school-based education.

"We are definitely not anti-school, I have other children and they go to school and Lily never had any trouble with school but we worked out it wasn't working for her," Mrs Millwood said.

Lily has two creative businesses, one where she makes brow-band covers for horses and ponies and the other is putting together gift boxes for businesses to give to customers.

Both of those are demanding of her time, and Mrs Millwood said she began to notice her daughter was not able to manage her time effectively once they added school into the mix.

"She (Lily) wasn't enjoying school anymore, not because she didn't like it, but because she didn't have the time to devote to it and meet her business expectations."

Entrepreneurial spirit runs in the family, with Mrs Millwood herself also running her own cake-baking business along with other work.

She said she found it important to instil in her children that life wasn't always going to be easy and you had to make your way.

"It's been great for Lily, because she initially wanted to start a business so she could buy a pony but it's taught her so many other skills, like budgeting and cash flow, along with practical sewing skills."

Mrs Millwood said she thought her daughter was an example of how traditional schooling did not always fit with kids who had entrepreneurial aspirations but they were also an example of how homeschooling could work if you put in the effort.

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She said at first she was daunted by the prospect of becoming Lily's "teacher" but said they drew a lot from social media and current events and news sources.

Her core subjects are taught from the Australian Curriculum and her elective subjects fit in with her existing pursuits: for example home economics (sewing and cooking) and sport (riding her pony and running).

Lily said her typical day starts with riding first thing, as he has her lessons. When she's finished she goes for a run and then sits down to do her school work with her mum.

After that, she has lunch and walks her dog and then comes home to start her business work.

Mrs Millwood said homeschooling could sound daunting but if she could make it work then other parents could too.

After six months of homeschooling, assessors from the Education Department visited their home to analyse her work and her diary that she has to keep to log her progress.

Lily has exceeded expectations in her first six months of homeschooling and now has time to devote to all of her competing interests.

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