Below are examples of educational philosophies that some families have found useful in the past. They are not intended to be copied wholesale but rather to form a basis for your own philosophy of education and resource list.

It should be noted that since the provision of education for children is compulsory it is important to state within any educational philosophy that you regard your duty to provide an education to your children as being of the utmost importance.

This one is appropriate for a style of education broadly known as "Autonomous" here

a downloadable version of it is available here

other educational philosophies:

another approach to unstructured learning is here

a somewhat more structured approach can be seen here

and an educational philosophy written by the parents of a child with SEN's here

An autonomous educational philosophy influenced by Holt, Neil, and Fortune-Wood designed for a child with a specific learning dificulty. here

An Educational Philosophy from an Islamic Family. here

if you have written one and are willing to share it with others please send it to me

NB: all personal details have been removed.