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.
Struggling with organisation, planning, or motivation doesn’t mean a child is lazy. It means they’re still developing executive function — a set of skills that mature well into adulthood. Home education gives children the space to grow these skills gradually, without shame. You can scaffold, support, and model strategies without the pressure of detentions, behaviour charts, or constant comparison. Celebrate progress, not perfection. What’s one executive‑function win your child had this week?
We have started a really massive project but we need your help. This project will be an amazing source of info for all home educators. You can complete just your LA or help us by taking on many. Full explanations and info will be given. We ask only those willing to give a full hour or more of their time offer to help. Thank you.
Many neurodivergent children flourish in home education because they’re finally allowed to learn in ways that honour their brains. Movement breaks? Allowed. Deep dives into special interests? Encouraged. Sensory needs? Respected. Flexible pacing? Absolutely. Home education removes the pressure to mask, conform, or keep up with arbitrary expectations. Instead, children can build confidence, autonomy, and self‑knowledge. What’s one way you adapt learning to suit your child’s brain?
One of the freedoms of home education is the ability to reset. If something isn’t working — a routine, a resource, a method — you can change it. No guilt. No drama. Children thrive when adults model flexibility. When you say, “This isn’t working, let’s try something else,” you teach resilience, problem‑solving, and self‑advocacy. You’re not failing when you pivot. You’re responding. What’s something you’ve changed recently that made life easier?
One of the biggest fears parents have is: “But I’m not a teacher.” Here’s the truth: you don’t need to be. Home education isn’t school at home. You’re not managing 30 children, following strict timetables, or delivering a national curriculum. You’re guiding your child — someone you know better than anyone else. You can personalise, adapt, pause, accelerate, and support in ways no classroom ever could. Your job isn’t to know everything. Your job is to model curiosity, find resources, ask questions, and learn alongside your child. You’re more qualified than you think. What’s something you’ve learned with your child recently?
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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