Hey LA EHE Officer — Stop Confusing Home Educators If you work in a Local Authority Elective Home Education (EHE) team, this message is for you. Many home educating families are not refusing to cooperate. They are not trying to be difficult. They are simply confused. And very often, that confusion comes from the language […]

One of the nicest things about home education in the UK is the flexibility. You can shape things around your child, follow their interests, and go at a pace that actually suits them. But with that freedom, there’s a fairly common trap that many of us fall into at some point—relying too heavily on just […]

Common Mistakes Home Educators Make When Sending Information to the Local Authority When the Local Authority (LA) asks about a child’s home education, many parents immediately feel pressure. They want to do the right thing. They want to show that their child is learning. But in that rush to respond, families sometimes make mistakes that […]

“My LA Named a School” — What It Actually Means Every so often a worried home educating parent posts something like this: “My Local Authority has named a school for my child. Are they forcing them back into school?” It’s an alarming thing to read. It sounds like the LA has already made a decision […]

Dealing With the Local Authority: It’s Simpler Than You Think One of the biggest worries for home educators is the Local Authority (LA). Parents often imagine officials turning up, demanding to see work, inspecting the house, or forcing children back into school. But the reality is much calmer than that. In England, the law around […]

The Nervous Home Educator Almost every new home educator starts out the same way. Nervous. Even parents who were confident about leaving school often find themselves asking quiet questions in the first few weeks: Am I doing enough?What if my child falls behind?What if the Local Authority asks questions?What if I get it wrong? That […]

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 […]

The New Generation of Home Educators — and the Risk of Turning Home Education Back Into School Something interesting has been happening in the home education world over the last few years. A new generation of home educators has arrived. Many are parents who left the school system after difficult experiences — anxiety, unmet SEN […]

The Hidden Danger of Home Educators Recreating School at Home – When families first start home educating, many make the same mistake. They try to recreate school at home. A timetable goes on the wall. The kitchen table becomes a classroom. Lessons begin at 9am and run through the day. At first, it feels reassuring. […]