Educational Freedom is a non-profit organisation providing Home Education information and support. Our primary purpose is ensuring all Home Educators have access to FREE information and support. We aim to provide everything you could ever need to know about Home Education.
A great way of ensuring your Home Education journey goes smoothly is to read all of this website. The menu at the top will help you navigate each section.
On each page of our website you will find a video with the audio of that page. (This is a new feature so give us some time to create them all and add them).
Making the decision to Home Educate can be daunting. But be assured that there is plenty of support out there! There are lots of families that have been in your situation, and we have supported tens of thousands of them.
Read through our website to learn all about Home Education. Use the menu to navigate through all of our pages especially the WHAT TO DO FIRST page for your country.
Here’s a sneak peak at our FB page feed where we share factual info as well as fun memes. Drop us a like, a follow and come chat to other Home Educators.
If you Home Educate and want to apply for an EHCP the LA website should contain details on how you put in a parental request for assessment. They have a duty to every child and can not say no because you Home Educate. They may not have done one for a Home Ed kid before so you may need to talk them through it. You may need to reassure the EHCP team that they do have the duty to assess, if they still refuse, then appeal. To learn more about the application head over to the SEN section on our website!
You will be asked to take part in the EHCP review. After deregistration the annual review may be brought forwards. This doesn’t have to be in person, and you can request that the EHE person not be present during reviews, we suggest making each department keep things separate, to avoid confusion. The EHCP should be changed to remove the named school. You are not obliged to follow what is set out in the EHCP, however you will be expected to explain how you meet their needs detailed in section B of the EHCP, or how their needs have changed.
The process of applying for an EHCP is separate from being enrolled in a school, and you have the right to home educate your child even while the EHCP application is being processed, meaning you can deregister while still pursuing an EHCP. *I did this myself (And achieved the EHCP) Lucinda
Do not believe it when people say your child has to be behind in years to get an EHCP. It is down to individual need. Point 6.1 of the Code of Practice states: All children and young people are entitled to an appropriate education, one that is appropriate to their needs, promotes high standards and the fulfilment of potential. This should enable them to: Achieve THEIR best! If you need help applying for an EHCP please head to the SEN section of out website!
We have many decades of hands on Home Education experience between us and many years as a professional support service.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, and all styles of Home Education.
We never have, nor will we ever, charge Home Educators a fee to access our website, personal support or anything else.
However, we do have costs such as web hosting, so feel free to donate.
Our aim is that our website contains everything you should need to know.
Beyond that we have a Facebook Page where you can connect with other Home Educators and our amazing admin team. We also have the option to contact us, for those times where you don’t have Facebook.
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