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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.
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.
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.
A reminder for home educators: there is no single "right way" to do this. It's easy to compare ourselves to others and wonder whether we're doing enough. But a suitable education isn't measured by matching somebody else's timetable, curriculum or routine. It's about meeting the needs of your child. Their interests. Their strengths. Their challenges. Their goals. Home education gives families the flexibility to create an education that works for the individual child, not the average child. For more information about home education and educational freedom, visit:
What's one thing you wish someone had told you when you first started home educating? For many families, the biggest surprise is discovering that learning doesn't have to look like school. If you're new to home education, remember: You don't need to know everything. You don't need expensive resources. You don't need to have the next five years planned out. One step at a time is enough. Looking for information, support and reassurance? and visit us!
What if learning is bigger than the classroom? When a child identifies a tree, calculates a discount, follows a recipe, creates artwork or gets lost in a good book, they are learning. Education isn't confined to four walls or specific hours of the day. Real-world experiences help children connect knowledge with life, making learning meaningful and memorable. To learn more about educational freedom and alternative approaches to learning, visit: https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/
What's one home education fact you wish more people knew? Many families are surprised to discover that: ✅ Home education doesn't have to follow the National Curriculum ✅ Learning can happen at any time, not just during school hours ✅ Children don't have to sit SATs ✅ Every home education journey can look different Understanding your rights is an important part of the home education journey. For more information, resources and support, visit: https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/ Tell us in the comments: what's the biggest misconception you've come across?
We are pleased to confirm that Educational Freedom's application for permission to intervene in the following Supreme Court appeals has been GRANTED: - R (on the application of Emmanuel School (Derby) Limited T/A Emmanuel School and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer and others - R (on the application of BYL (by their litigation friend BAU)) and another v Chancellor of the Exchequer and another Over the coming weeks, we will explain why we considered it essential from a home education perspective to be an intervener. If your journey to home education has been impacted by VAT changes on independent schools and we do not already know your story please reach out to us.
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.
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.
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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