News

What's happening in home education, and what other families are doing about it.

Policy updates, local authority news, and stories from real UK home educating families.

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Research

How Much Attention Does Your Child Actually Get at School?

What does one to one attention really look like in a class of 30? The numbers on teacher time and outdoor time, and what they mean for home educating families.

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Days out

October Half Term in London: Your Family Guide to the Southbank Centre

Free shows, storytelling, a Julia Donaldson stage hit and a Quentin Blake takeover. Here is how to do the Southbank Centre with kids this October half term, plus how we turn a day out into a week of learning.

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Policy

GCSE results day: what it means for home educating families

Results day arrives for private candidates too, and for many home educated teenagers it is the first formal exam they have ever sat. Here is what families told us about the day itself, and what comes next.

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Family stories

A week in the life: how one Manchester family structures their days

Two children, a part time job, and no set timetable until 10am. One Manchester family walks us through an ordinary week, including the parts that did not go to plan.

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Family stories

It was not a choice I wanted to make: the SEND families turning to home education

For a growing group of parents, home education started as the only option left after a school placement broke down. Three families describe how they got here.

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Legislation

Children's Wellbeing Act: the home education changes that are coming

New duties around children not in school are moving from proposal to practice. Here is a plain English summary of what changes for families, and what has not changed at all.

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First year

What we learned in our first month of home education

The paperwork, the wobbles, and the week it started to feel normal. A candid account of month one, written for anyone standing at the start.

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