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Welcome to Educational Freedom – Home Education information and support service.

THE place for all things Home Education.

Educational Freedom is a non-profit organisation providing Home Education information and support. Our primary purpose is ensuring all Home Educators have access to FREE information and support. We aim to provide everything you could ever need to know about Home Education.

A great way of ensuring your Home Education journey goes smoothly is to read all of this website. The menu at the top will help you navigate each section.

 

Home Education and where to start.

Making the decision to Home Educate can be daunting. But be assured that there is plenty of support out there! There are lots of families that have been in your situation, and we have supported tens of thousands of them.

Read through all of our website to learn all about Home Education. Use the menu to navigate through all of our pages especially the WHAT TO DO FIRST page for your country. Navigating through each page in turn really will help you understand everything you need to do. Then move on to the dealing with the LA section.  

PLEASE NOTE: MOST PAGES SHOULD NOT BE READ AS A STAND ALONE PAGE, ENSURE YOU READ THE INFO IN OTHER MENTIONED PAGES TOO. 

 

Where to find us after you've read our website. 

Home Ed news, updates and blog posts.

These are articles and news updates, to be read as extra to the rest of our site.

 

Here’s a sneak peak at our public FB page feed where we share factual info as well as fun memes.  Join our closed group for advice and to chat to other home educators.  

So many parents tell us they started home educating because they wanted their child to love learning again — not just complete worksheets or survive the school day. And honestly, that’s one of the most beautiful things about home education: you get to rebuild learning from the ground up. You get to ask, “What actually works for my child?” instead of trying to squeeze them into a system that was never designed with individuality in mind. Maybe your child learns best through hands‑on projects. Maybe they thrive outdoors. Maybe they need more time, more freedom, more movement, or more depth. Home education lets you design a life where learning fits your child instead of the other way around. If you’re curious about how this could look for your family, Educational Freedom is here to walk with you. We offer clear guidance, myth‑busting information, and a community that understands the journey. You don’t have to figure it out alone — you just need the space to imagine something better.

HAS YOUR LA SENT YOU THIS LETTER? The DfE have asked every LA to send every parent this letter. In the coming days can you please confirm below if your LA has sent it and which LA.

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BREAKING NEWS The DfE have written to every LA, and shared it with us, they’re reminding LAs that no changes are to take place yet. DO NOT LET YOUR LA TELL YOU OTHERWISE. We will continue to campaign and keep you informed.

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Maths is everywhere! And home education allows you to explore it in ways that feel natural and engaging. We have learnt GCSE maths through games, play, outdoors, real life • Cook breakfast together, measure ingredients, compare weights, estimate cooking times. • Go for a walk, count steps, estimate distances, measure shadows, compare leaf sizes. • Build something, Lego, cardboard structures, marble runs. Explore symmetry, angles, and balance. • Play games, Monopoly, Yahtzee, card games, strategy games. This is deep, meaningful maths learning and it fits perfectly within your legal right to provide an education that is suitable and efficient without following school methods. Maths doesn’t need worksheets. It needs curiosity, conversation, and real world application.

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Could a lack of training around home education. Explain the frequent concern's raised about Portsmouth's Home Education Staff. FOIR here https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/elective_home_education_training_64#outgoing-2067211

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Educational Freedom

How are we different?

Experienced

We have many decades of hands on Home Education experience between us and many years as a professional support service.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, and all styles of Home Education.

Free

We never have, nor will we ever, charge Home Educators a fee to access our website, personal support or anything else.
However, we do have costs such as web hosting, so feel free to donate.

Support Options

Our aim is that our website contains everything you should need to know.

Beyond that we have a Facebook Page where you can connect with other Home Educators and our amazing admin team. We also have the option to contact us, for those times where you don’t have Facebook.

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