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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.
Our style is a mix of formal and informal. For example: we use a formal structure for sciences, currently we are focusing on biology; we use books and online learning, they do their own research and ask me for guidance if they are not too sure or get stuck. Semi-structure - English as we love to discuss after they finish writing by answering the questions on the blackboard. Mathematics is mixed with styles from semi-structure to child led because we don't do it all the time at home, we can be everywhere e.g. beach, park, train etc. We are family and love reading; so we go to the library at least twice per month. Practical and team work such as basic DIY e.g. fixing a bike or scooter Although, winter is coming; daily life is more of a challenge for me because of my arthritis but I am grateful my kids understand, they have said they will carry me if they have to lol, bless their hearts. They choose and decide to be full time home-ed; they achieve much more than I’ve written here but I hope this will give insight to our Home-ed lifestyle
Each day is unique, we work around her high anxiety and additional needs. A day can be: sofa snuggles with YouTube videos, discussing characters, emotions and relationships (she doesn't naturally understand these). Feed our cats, and let them outside, an opportunity for discussion of their instincts as they're both hunters. Mornings are often quiet unless we're going to a group or play date, as my daughter isn't a morning person and is more engaged later in the day. After lunch a nature trail hunting for a list of things to spot on our walk in local nature areas will often end in a trip to the playground for some exercise and to meet her occupational therapy needs. Often we'll meet with other families for such activities, taking a picnic/snacks with us. We always carry a tub of bubble mixture, chalks and a handful of small toys in our rucksack for impromptu activities, woodland play and exploration. Little Legs (5) peels veg while I prepare dinner, she likes to gather ingredients, stir, etc. Family games time after dinner - often turn-based board games or team games. At bedtime she currently enjoys looking at the night sky, learning about the moon and solar system, a story read to her, and an audiobook. On days where we have visitors she likes to ask them where they're from or where they've travelled to and finding it on our globe, learning to identify various countries and then looking up their flags
Is it possible? Yes! 100% Every one of our owners works and home educates or has done in the past. It’s not always easy but for me, after 8 years we have an amazing education/home/work life.
Educational Freedom is currently analysing patterns in Local Authority practice across England — but to do this properly, we need input from families themselves. We’ve created a short, anonymous survey designed to capture experiences with LA communication, policies, visits, letters, and overall approach. No personal details are requested or stored. We’re looking only for patterns, trends, and lived experience to help improve transparency and accuracy in our national research. Whether your LA has been supportive, confusing, inconsistent, or excellent, your insight helps build a clearer picture for everyone. Share your experience here: Educational Freedom survey Your contribution strengthens the home‑education community.
Over the next couple of days have a look at different styles of learning and how different people approach it! - My daughter is autistic and we are totally flexible, there is NO formal learning despite me being an ex teacher. She has a phone, iPad and gaming PC plus drawing materials and a huge library of books of varying genres which she uses to educate herself on whatever she wants. We tend to visit museums, the local country park etc as and when she requests. Next week we are going to Beamish, last week we did ceramic painting, the week before we were in Liverpool at a Dr Who exhibition and the Central Library. We have also done Lincoln castle, Cathedral and cat cafe in recent weeks. She tends to learn through her research and through chatting about things with me.
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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