Inform the future of home education
Do you want to help inform the future of home education through your own…
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.
Home education is a legal right, and families are not required to provide samples of their children’s work to the Local Authority. Many home‑educating parents don’t keep written records at all — learning happens through conversation, exploration, and experience. Providing samples can lead to unnecessary comparisons with school standards or pressure to follow the National Curriculum. Every child’s education is unique, and parents have the freedom to shape it in ways that suit their child’s needs, interests, and pace. At Educational Freedom, we help families understand their rights and responsibilities, offering clear guidance and reassurance for confident home education.
It's A Level results day today. Congratulations to all the home educated young people who sat their A Levels! It is GCSE results day next week. Did your home educated children sit public examinations this year, or are you intending to take them in the future? We have advice about exams on our website, under the 'getting started with home education' tab. Congratulations to everyone receiving results today, we wish you all the best for your future 🎉 . #schoolsout #summerholidays #homelearning #learningathome #EducationalFreedom #homeeducationfamily #homeeducator #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeeducating #homeedfamily #unschooling #homeed #homeeduk #homeedlife #playfullearning #homeschool #homeeducationlookslikethis #alevelresults #alevels2022 #alevelresultsday #homeeducators #homeschoollife
It’s difficult when you step away from the school system, you and your child have been told what to do, what and how to think, and even what to wear and when you can pee. Suddenly you’re in charge, and that’s scary (we’ve been there) but taking some time to deschool yourself and your child will give you an opportunity to get to know yourselves again, to pick up on how your child likes to learn, what your and their goals are, and then… just when you think you’ve got it sussed, your child will need a change of style. It’s ever evolving and that’s ok. That’s what kids need. Only you and your child will ever know if what you’re doing is right. And as long as you’ve done your research (our website for starters) we are sure you’ll be ok. Ps remember professionals often misunderstand/misrepresent home ed, so by knowing the legal stuff yourself you’ll never fall for their bull. PPS remember home ed is NOT school, there’s many ways to learn and most don’t include timetables, curriculums, tutors, lessons or books even (though if that’s what’s right for your kid then go for it). #educationalfreedom #homeeducators #homeeducationuk #homeeducator #homeeducation #homeeducationlookslikethis #education #homeed #learningthroughplay #homeschoollife #unschoollife #naturalchildhood #homeschool #specialeducationalneeds
Did you know that the law requires education to be “efficient, full‑time and suitable” — but never defines what that looks like? That flexibility is what makes home education so empowering. Families can tailor learning to each child’s pace, interests, and wellbeing, without being bound by school hours or rigid structures. At Educational Freedom, we help parents understand their rights and responsibilities under the law, offering clear guidance and supportive resources for every stage of the home‑education journey.
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.
Staffordshire website design and website SEO by Fellowship Studios.
