Welcome To the Home education UK Website
established January 8th 2000
General Site Review
This site is being rewritten to improve access and maintain HTML compliance. Most pages are available but links may be broken. I apologise for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience. Mike FW.
"The respect of parent's freedom to educate their children according to their vision of what education should be has been part of international human rights standards since their very emergence."
Special Rapporteur to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights 8th April 1999
It has always been the right of parents in the UK to determine how and where they wish their children to be educated.
While there are no official figures on how many children are home educated in the UK my research suggests that around 50,000 (0.5%) UK children of compulsory educational age are currently (2007) being home educated. This web site seeks to support those families and inform them of their legal rights and responsibilities.
If you want to know more start here with our FAQ
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While all reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the appropriateness & accuracy of the information and links on this site the owner accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage howsoever caused.