Guides for home-educating families

Written by a home-educating family, on the things we had to work out ourselves. No sign-up needed to read any of it.

• Home educationGetting startedThe lawGCSEs

  Home Education in England: Rules, GCSEs & How to Start

  A practical, plain-English guide to home educating in England — the law, deregistering, GCSEs, funding, councils and what is changing in 2026.

  18 August 2026 · 12 min read

• Free resourcesGetting started

  Free home education resources that actually help

  How to use free worksheets and living books well — without drowning in printables.

  3 August 2026 · 5 min read

• Getting startedThe law

  Home educating in the UK: where to start

  The first questions every family asks, answered plainly.

  28 July 2026 · 7 min read

• GCSEsExams

  Can home-educated children sit GCSEs?

  They can. It takes more planning than school does, and it is entirely doable.

  28 July 2026 · 8 min read

• DyslexiaSEN

  Bright but struggling: could it be dyslexia?

  A child can be well above average and still years behind on paper. Here is what that looks like.

  28 July 2026 · 6 min read

• CurriculumYear 7

  What should a Year 7 be learning?

  A rough map for the first year of secondary, and permission to deviate from it.

  28 July 2026 · 7 min read