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.
Does your home educated child want the chance to win up to £50 The Works voucher? (Plus other prizes). As part of home education awareness week we are asking for entries from home educated children, their entry can be a photo, a drawing, a written piece, absolutely anything they want, as long as it’s linked to home education in some way. Entries close on 1st March. Ensure you read the entry requirements and rules, and enter here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnWFfZI74NjMhRwRfK22n3E1jO7IlGcDC_5BSSeYXc-K8vqQ/viewform
Another great resource today. If you thought games & bitesize were only for primary age children I beg to differ! They have some great games and learning up to GCSE and some rather interesting games and knowledge!
We’re often asked for resource recommendations, and whilst there’s 1000’s to choose from it’s important to understand the resource you’re using. Most websites, apps, and workbooks are designed as a supplementary resource to a lesson taught in school. They’re mostly not a standalone resource. For example, CGP workbooks can have 1 page covering a topic, and 3 questions. That isn’t enough to fully grasp a concept. So you would ideally supplement it, you could watch the Oak Academy video, do the BBC bitesize section and bring in real world examples and experiences. It’s the same for many resources, they’re designed as extra to another resource. It can be trial and error finding the resources that suit your child, and it can be easy to then stick to just that one, but it’s unlikely to actually cover the content in enough detail to thoroughly understand it. Of course there are some that are comprehensive, but these tend to be costly packages. As a home educator you are expected to ensure the educational provision is suitable, that means understanding the progress your child is making and that they’re understanding the content in enough detail. A suitable education is unlikely to happen when only one resource is used. It’s also important to remember there’s many ways to provide a suitable education, and if workbooks etc don’t suit your child then there’s other options including hands on learning or discussion. We talk more about styles on the Educational Freedom website
You will often see that we advise declining meetings and phone calls. This might help explain why. From personal experience I am aware of the same LA bod treating two families completely differently just because of personality. Writing also give you a paper trail and an exact copy of what information you have given. In your own words! #homeeddad #homeedmum #homeedplanning #learningfromhome #homeeducate #homeeducationrocks #homeeducationlife #homeedideas #homeedLA
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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