Home Education and the law

It is of course perfectly legal to home educate our children in the UK, when researching legal issues I found these websites useful:

http://www.education-otherwise.net (extensive resources and information)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/ChoosingASchool/DG_4016124 (the government's website)
http://www.home-education.biz (home education forums)

But probably the best source of information are other parents, we meet them regularly on facebook, yahoo groups and in real life! The Education Otherwise website can help find local and online groups

Home Education Awareness Campaign video

This is a collection of photos of home educated children from all over the UK put together by a home educating parent, in her words:

A video created with the purpose of dispelling the myths surrounding Home Education, especially the ideas that children are only able to learn in the environment provided by school and that home educated children live very isolated lives - this of course is untrue. The pictures you will see have been collected from Home Educating families from all over the UK, from different backgrounds and all with different learning styles.



By Cheryl Moy, music by George Barnett (home educated!)