Is Home Education Really a Safeguarding Concern? Social Workers’ Perspectives

In our experience, it is not. The social workers we interviewed consistently stated that home education, in itself, is not a safeguarding issue. Even the government’s own research shows that home education is not a reason to be concerned about a child’s wellbeing.

This bill could harm children who come under the SEND umbrella. The Children’s Unhappiness Bill (as nicknamed by me) but known by the Government and officially as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill further erodes children’s right. It further erodes a parent’s responsibility to protect their child.  It also, when you read through the bill’s […]

Written November 2023 based on the 2019 England EHE guidance, whilst this can apply to Wales it is important to read the Welsh 2023 EHE guidance updates HERE to understand the differences in EHE guidance. This is a brutally honest and a little bit sweary post about the reasons you should not allow the EHE […]

As some of you will know, Educational Freedom has been a not for profit organisation since 2013, before that our team ran Home Education support groups on Facebook. We have NEVER charged Home Educators for access to our information or our support, whether that is through our private Facebook group, our public FB page, or […]

It is a sad situation when the LA demand samples of the child’s ‘work’, they are accusing so many families of lying about the home education provision they are providing for their children. We spend ages writing a report, using the Educational Freedom guide, carefully ensuring we give adequate information that shows the home educational […]