About The Home School UK

Simply Bridging the Gap

We help UK families feel confident in their home education journey by providing simple and clear information, practical resources and access to a supportive community of home educators and education partners (useful organisations).

To ensure families are truly supported, we also help local authorities to engage constructively with home-educating families through training, community insight and practical solutions that help meet their evolving statutory responsibilities.

Our 2026-27 Mission

Our mission is to remove unnecessary barriers and champion every family's right to choose the educational path that best serves their child.

in 2026-27, we'll support 100+ home-educating families to create child-centred learning environments that promote wellbeing, personal growth, curiosity and a respect for others.

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Our Vision

We envision a UK where home education is recognised as a respected educational choice alongside mainstream schooling, where families feel confident in their decisions, and where local authorities and home educators work together through transparent, efficient and supportive systems that benefit children.

Why We Exist in 2026-27

Home education has grown year-on-year in excess of 10% across the UK and c.120,000 families identified as choosing elective home education as their main form of education in the UK at last census. However, many families still face confusion, isolation and uncertainty when choosing to home educate. This is set to continue as legislation changes and the number of EHE families grows in line with Dept. for Education trends.

in the academic year 2026-27, more than 300 local authorities will be expected to navigate this growing trend, manage family expectations within budgets along with evolving responsibilities and the increasing demands of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.

We believe there is a better way.

By providing reliable information and by building strong relations between families and local authorities we're best placed to mitigate any misunderstanding of new requirements, reduce workload burdens, improve satisfaction rates and help create positive outcomes for children, families and the UK's local authority EHE teams.

Getting started - Information that's right For you

Parents/ Carers

THS Education Partners

Local Authorities

For parents/ carers of home educated children (5-16 yrs) and for those simply considering their options (0-16yrs).

Local Authorities

THS Education Partners

Local Authorities

For EHE teams, child welfare officers and related local authority decision makers.

THS Education Partners

For organisations offering services that benefit the UK home educating community (including libraries, tutors, STEM, arts, sports and music providers et al.)