The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has received Royal Assent. What happens now? The key message for parents.
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has now received Royal Assent and is an Act of Parliament. The Bill completed its final parliamentary stages on Tuesday 28 April 2026 and received Royal Assent on Wednesday 29 April 2026. The Act is for England and Wales. Families in...
A powerful stand for parental rights at the CWSB Exeter rally #TheHomeEdDaily #ChildrensWellbeingBill #AreYouListeningNow #HomeEducation #ParentalRights
On Saturday, home educators, parents, and supporters came together across the country to stand up for parental rights, educational freedom, and the protection of children . The rallies were a testament to the strength and...
Note: In the UK, the preferred term is home education . If you see the word homeschooling used anywhere on this site, it is only because Google search is heavily influenced by US terminology, and many families search for that phrase first. The language matters, though. In the UK, home education is the clearer and more accurate term. Read why the...
In the UK, many families prefer the term home education rather than homeschooling . The difference may sound small, but the words we use shape how learning outside school is understood by parents, professionals, the media, and the public.
If you educate your child outside school, the words you use matter more than people might think. To some, home education and homeschooling sound like the...
What is deschooling? For us, it meant giving our son room to breathe before working out what home ed would become. Leaving school is a big adjustment for children and parents. Deschooling gives families time to find a different rhythm, rediscover how their child learns and work out what home education might actually look like.
You’ve sent the deregistration letter. Your child is home. And...
September has a strange amount of power. The shops fill with uniform, lunchboxes and stationery. Social media fills with first-day photographs. Conversations turn to new teachers, new classrooms and the question every child seems to be asked in August: “Are you looking forward to going back?” And if your child isn’t going back, it can feel as...
How home education can help children start asking questions again
A recent article by Katy Purviance on Substack caught my attention because it puts words to something many families have felt for years: some children do not lose their curiosity because they grow out of it. Sometimes they learn that curiosity is inconvenient.
One line from the article stayed with me. Researcher Susan...
When the school term ends, home education can take its own shape
End of term is almost upon us. For many families, this time of year brings a noticeable shift. School routines are winding down. Clubs and regular groups may be pausing for the summer. Exams are coming to an end. The long stretch of July and August is starting to appear on the horizon. For home educating families, summer can...
Childism, adult power, home education, politics, and why children deserve respect before they become adults.
There is something deeply uncomfortable about the way society talks about children.
We say they are precious. We say they are the future. We say they matter more than anything. Then we complain when they exist too loudly in public. We tell them to sit still, be quiet, fit in,...
One of the loveliest things about home education is that learning does not need to look formal to be meaningful. Some of the richest learning begins quietly, with something small left within reach and a child free to notice it in their own time.
That is where strewing comes in.
Strewing is a gentle, low-pressure way of inviting curiosity....
