And how many School Attendance Orders have been served? Over the last couple of months we have been collating the data from each Local Authority in England, Wales and Scotland. Not all LAs replied within the specified time, some refused to answer, others did not answer all the questions, and some gave data we are […]

So what is socialisation? Socialisation has two meanings. The first is to mix socially with others and the second is learning to adapt to integrate into society. As such the idea that children “socialise” in school and need to be around children of the same age for most of their lives is a rather recent […]

Home Educating does not mean you are excluded from all the services a schooled child can access. In this article we shall discuss all things Home Education, special needs, disability and the EHCP. Having an EHCP does not change the deregistration process, there are no extra meetings needed, you do not have to wait for […]

When you first enter the world of home education it is overwhelming! While you try and get your head around the laws and how your child are learning there is also a plethora of information being thrown at you. There are a huge range of abbreviations and terminology, many new and changing, to learn and […]

With an increase in popularity in home education there are more and more resources are being released for us to use. We have a wonderful page on our website for resources if you click here – Resources for Home Educators. But today we thought we’d show you some of the free resources that are off […]

There seems to be an abundance of information out there about Home Education, but that can mean it is an overwhelming decision. Plus, lot’s of the information is incorrect. Here at Educational Freedom we try to have everything you could ever need to know all in one place. Coming up for 10 years old our […]

Welcome to Educational Freedom, we are trialling a new way of sharing our information. We aim to create these blog style posts on a regular basis, bringing content from our website to you via google search and across all of our social media, we shall be answering regularly asked questions and discussing any current issues […]