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...
How to choose qualifications, find an exam centre, book as a private candidate and avoid some of the common GCSE mistakes home educating families make.
Thinking about GCSEs when you home educate can feel bewildering at first. There is no school handing you a list of subjects, choosing the exam board, making the entries and telling you where to turn up. Instead you encounter specifications,...
Home educated child lonely? How to help them make friends Understanding friendship struggles, social anxiety and loneliness in home educated children and teenagers
You can spend an extraordinary amount of time and petrol getting your child to home ed groups, clubs and activities, only to find yourself worrying that they still haven't made any proper friends. Perhaps they enjoy the activities...
Spend less time preparing: simple ways to reduce home education prep
There is a quiet, sneaky myth in home education: the idea that the success of a learning day depends on how much time you spent prepping for it the night before.
Whether you follow a structured curriculum, let your child’s interests lead the way, or take a piecemeal approach like the rest of us, it is ridiculously...
I’m Home Educated by M. Hickman: a picture book celebrating everyday learning
💚 Gifted review: This book was gifted to The Home Ed Daily for consideration. No payment was received for this review and, as always, all opinions are my own.
There are countless children’s books about starting school. Going back to school. School friends. School trips. School worries. School uniforms....
What to do when your 13 to 16-year-old teen seems interested in everything except education, from gaming and screens to motivation, GCSE pressure and growing independence.
There is a particular kind of home education panic that seems to arrive somewhere in the teenage years. Your child used to have interests. They made things. Asked questions. Read books. Watched documentaries. Became briefly...
The real cost of homeschooling in the UK, from books, groups and days out to tutors, GCSE exams, travel and the income families may give up.
One of the first practical questions families ask about home education is also one of the hardest to answer properly: how much does it actually cost? You will find wildly different answers online. “Almost nothing.” “About £800 a year.” “Thousands.” All...
