A charitable trust that broke away from Education Otherwise in the 1980's to form an alternative support group.

This term refers to the ages during which the parents of a child have a legal duty to ensure that their child receives a suitable education More

The process by which a family will acclimatise itself to the new way of life of home education. In particular to find a method of education that suits them as a whole family. An appeal court case in 1 [..]

The current name of the department that is responsible for national government policy on education. This department has undergone a bewildering array of names since the 1980's and will no doubt c [..]

"Elective Home education Legal Guidelines" The title of guidelines on home education produced by a group of home educators in 1998. EHELG was highly significant in building the confi [..]

Where a child is registered at a school but obtains regular leave of absence to complete some of their studies at home. More

The UK home educators largest camp held every year in the south of England.More

An alternative term to home education sometimes used to imply that while children's education is based in the home it is generally not entirely conducted there.

The Human rights act.

An American term used to describe home education. This term is very unpopular in the UK as it implies that parents engage in school at home whereas many parents educational styles differ greatly from [..]