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.

The bill that does not live up to its name. We always encourage everyone to do their own research and fact check. Anyone can read the latest bill wording and check what stage of the process it is at. This bill impacts every child through the consistent identifier (clause 4). It also impacts families where […]

Is it possible? Yes! 100% Every one of our owners works and home educates or has done in the past. It’s not always easy but for me, after 8 years we have an amazing education/home/work life. Remember, your child is now learning one on one, they have no targets they need to complete, exams can […]

Hello everyone. A theme has surfaced recently through a few TikTok reels where home-educated teens share feelings of loneliness. While this is not the experience for every teen—and we all know social media captures only a fragment—it does highlight something worth paying attention to. For those outside the home education community—including local authority teams—videos like […]

Written by Stacey, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a specific autistic profile. It doesn’t officially exist – you won’t find it in either of the diagnostic manuals used to formally identify neurodivergence. Some NHS boards recognise and diagnose it, others don’t. Many people are misdiagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder or not diagnosed with any form […]

Here’s a copy of the home education newsletter sent out this August And here is a copy of the newsletter sent to Local Authorities this month.