Case study 1.My EHE person is really friendly, we chat every 3 months. We show her what Bobby has been learning, showing her the workbooks, website logs, projects and photos from days out. He reads to her, tells her all about the family. She stays about an hour and a half, and usually plays a […]

The bill is not law yet, but the home education element is finalised. How long it takes to become law will be down to how long government take to finalise the rest of the bill, then get secondary legislation out, and the EHE guidance sorted (we can all have a say in that, so sign […]

Over the last few days we’ve been accused of “scaremongering”, “fearmongering”, acting like a tabloid, and even told the news is good because it will safeguard children — all because of the information we’ve shared about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill this week. Some of these accusations are coming from within the home educating […]

Home Educators Are F****d — Barring War, a General Election, or a Miracle The reality is now unavoidable in England, but Wales still stands a chance. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is moving toward becoming law, and with it comes the most sweeping and intrusive changes to home education in England and Wales in […]

30/1/26 England and Wales, NOT Scotland will be affected by this. We are asked all the time for a template letter to use to send to MPs, however at this stage in the children’s wellbeing and schools bill a template is not going to do us any favours as you’ll get a generic response. Instead […]

Written 29/1/26 Most of you will have heard of the children’s wellbeing and schools bill, or heard talk of changes to home education law, but you may also have heard lots of political jargon, reference numbers and language that is not easy to understand. So, here is our take, without the complicated language of how […]

We are angry beyond words, but we have tried to explain the amendments to the childrens wellbeing and schools bill and how they will affect home educators here. Please be aware that this is a quick initial response, we have tried to keep the emotion out of it but it’s very hard as children will […]

Report on Home Education Numbers and Local Authority Enforcement (*edited 27/1/26 to include new data). Overview Our recent FOI data shows that the number of children being electively home educated (EHE) varies widely between Local Authorities (LAs), from small cohorts of a few dozen children to very large populations running into the thousands. Home education […]

The bill that does not live up to its name. We always encourage everyone to do their own research and fact check. Anyone can read the latest bill wording and check what stage of the process it is at. This bill impacts every child through the consistent identifier (clause 4). It also impacts families where […]