We’re going to keep this quite simple, we don’t yet fully know what to expect, except that it could be a battle, but it usually is so we are used to that. There’s likely going to be a register of home educators, and there will be new EHE guidance. Neither of which anyone fully knows […]

We are sometimes asked ‘How do I know what to teach?’ or ‘How do I know what they should be learning?’The below are just a few examples of how home education can work. Remember you legally must provide an education suitable to your individual child. A schedule might work for some, but not others, child […]

Educational Freedom – article. Flipping the Narrative on Post-Lockdown “Problem Behaviour”. Written by Stacey Nearly 4 years post the initial lockdown era, and there are still news articles arising every few months about how lockdown is to blame for violence in schools, for the rise in general “bad behaviour” in teens, and a rise in […]

As you possibly already know, we do far more than just working with Home Educators, we are actively involved with LAs and the Government. As it is difficult to get word out to all of the LAs in one go, in a way that they will pay attention to, we have started a newsletter which […]

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 […]

We have written posts before and have info on our website about how Home Educators socialise. but it really doesn’t matter what we (or the LA) say, we are not your child. We do not know how that young person feels around other people, or if they want lots of friends, or just one. The […]

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 […]