Education Otherwise is proud to stand by others, so that the many voices of home education can be heard. This open letter is written in direct response to the shocking Radio 4’s Today programme interview on Monday 16th November 2020 in respect of the consultation on home education. The clear bias exhibited by […]
Why? Our fact sheet gives details of why, and some information about how, to write reports. While there’s no legal obligation, there are pragmatic reasons- your report is your shield from potential prosecution. s437 of the Education Act 1996 is not to be taken lightly. If you are contacted by the local […]
Education Otherwise is the home education charity in the UK and counts amongst its trustees researchers in the field. As a charity, we received the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme interview with extreme distaste, as a result of the deeply prejudicial nature of comments made by Robert Halfon MP, chair of the education select committee […]
Even if they aren’t the cliché pet every kid is begging for in movies and TV shows, reptiles and amphibians can be both fun and educational pets for children – everything from lizards to frogs to, of course, snakes. Unlike dogs and house cats, snakes still live in the wild, and as such offer an […]
So what about maths and English? Home educating parents often say that there are no set subjects and they are right, but woe betide anyone who takes that literally! This requirement comes from precedent (you might know the term ‘case law’) and the lofty heights of the European Court of Human Rights, but nowhere on […]
New government restrictions for the month-long lockdown have been released. Out-of-school activities (including wraparound care) may continue to operate if their primary purpose is providing registered childcare, or where they are offering other childcare activities, where this is reasonably necessary to enable parents to: work or search for work undertake training or education […]
Haunted Houses These are some of the lovely work that has been sent in, following the art blog last week. Don’t they look spoooky? Please do continue sending art work in to [email protected] Oscar, 6, Huddersfield India, […]
Haunted House Mixed Media Now that Halloween is almost upon us I thought it a good idea to use this theme for the art blog post. I hope you enjoy getting creative! Why not take a look at the description of Halloween on Wikipedia if you want to learn a bit more about the […]
Willow was a parent keen to do the best for her twins. One of her girls coped with school, eventually, the other struggled, always. This is a journey that too many parent’s of ASD children will recognise. Why did you first consider home education? We have two beautiful, intelligent, able-bodied healthy 10 year […]
We very often get asked if home educated children can take GCSEs and of course they can, but what lies behind this question? It is a socially constructed view of education as starting school at 4, doing SATs, building up to GCSEs and then hopefully using those GCSEs to obtain employment. But […]
