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...
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....
Morning baskets have become a popular part of home education for many families, but they can look very different from one home to another. That is partly why they can be hard to define neatly.
At heart, a morning basket is simply an intentional way to begin the day together. It gives families a chance to gather, slow down, and share a few...
A calm summary of what is changing and when for home educators under the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. March 2026 update.
There has been a lot of anxiety around the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and what it could mean for home educating families in England. That concern is understandable. These proposals matter. But it is also important to stay rooted in what is actually...
The Wonderful World of Ben: a warm and joyful picture book about learning beyond the classroom
Every now and then a book arrives that makes you pause and think, I wish this had existed when my children were small . This is one of those books. The Wonderful World of Ben is a rhyming children’s picture book about home education, written by Lorraine Blanche and illustrated by Tina Gedney....
What Keir Starmer said about " homeschooling " and why it matters
I am genuinely outraged.
Listening to recent comments from Keir Starmer's speech in Hastings left me stunned. To hear home education spoken about in the same breath as extremism. To hear it framed as something that needs “tougher regulation” because schools are supposedly essential for integration. It felt deeply...
