Is home education actually right for your child? Home education has become increasingly common in recent years, it is often presented as a positive, flexible alternative to school — and for many families, it absolutely is. It can offer freedom, personalised learning, and a chance for children to thrive outside the pressures of the school […]

31/1/26 Over recent weeks, those of us campaigning against the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill have been subjected to a wave of hostility and misinformation. Home educators have been labelled “abusers”, “lunatics” and “morons”. We have been accused of hiding children away, and told that there is “loads of evidence” justifying mandatory home visits for […]

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 […]

Rewilding Education: Rediscovering the Natural Blueprint for Learning Through Home Education By Andrew McKenzieWhy did we start believing that strangers in a classroom could teach our children better than the parents who love them? For millennia, the family was the “default setting” for human development. It’s time to stop looking at home education as an “alternative” […]

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 […]

Why Keeping Communication with the Local Authority in Writing Protects Home Educators One of the strongest pieces of advice we give families at Educational Freedom is simple: keep all communication with the Local Authority (LA) in writing. This is not about being difficult or uncooperative. It is about protecting your family, protecting other home educators, […]

Why Deschooling Is Vital to the Start of the Home Education Journey — and Why Recreating School Too Soon Can Be Harmful Deciding to educate your child at home is a significant step, often taken because families want something fundamentally different from the school model. One of the most common missteps new home educating families […]

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.