There are range of organisations and resources available to home educators, we have listed some of these below for information. Please note however that the LA is not endorsing content nor approach for those on this list and other resources will be available on the internet.
As stated in the EHE Guide for Parents, as a home educator, you are responsible for your child’s well-being. This means that you are responsible for ensuring that anyone you engage to help you provide home education is suitable to have access to children. Where appropriate, we encourage home educators to request appropriate references and check that any private tutors have a recent Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure certificate.
Any additional costs associated with providing home education is the responsibility of the home educator.
Resources
- Ed Yourself www.edyourself.org
- Special Education Needs - SEN Home Education www.he-special.org.uk
- Cultural Education Information Christian Home Education www.homeschool.co.uk
- Gypsy/Traveller Information www.gypsy-traveller.org/education
- Dyslexia UK www.dyslexia.uk.net
- Other Internet Safety www.thinkuknow.co.uk
- Parent Line Plus www.parentlineplus.org.uk - 0808 8002222
- Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) www.ace-ed.org.uk
- Department for Education www.education.gov.uk
- Muddle Puddle www.muddlepuddle.co.uk
- Primary Resources www.primaryresources.co.uk
- BBC www.bbc.co.uk/learning
- BBC www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
- Education Guardian www.educationguardian.co.uk
- History www.schoolhistory.co.uk
- Open University Free Online Learning www.open.edu/openlearning.co.uk [Receive a free statement of participation on completion]
- Top Marks www.topmarks.co.uk [subscription]
- Mathletics www.mathletics.co.uk [subscription]
- ICT Games www.ictgames.com
- IXL Learning www.uk.ixl.com [subscription]
- Education City www.educationcity.com [subscription]
- Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org
- Ed Place www.edplace.com [subscription]
- TES www.tes.com
- Twinkl www.twinkl.co.uk [subscription]
- CGP Educational Resources www.cgpbooks.co.uk
- Oxford Owl www.oxfordowl.co.uk
- Mysteries in Time (History) www.mysteriesintime.co.uk [subscription]
- Home Education Advisory Service www.heas.org.uk Tel: 01707 371 854
- Education otherwise www.educationotherwise.org Tel: 0845 478 6345
- http://educationalfreedom.org.uk/
- www.learndirect.co.uk
- www.homeworkelephant.co.uk - a guide to over 5,000 sites to help you with an extensive range of topics. Some curriculum based some life learning. Suitable for Primary and Secondary aged children.
- www.show.me.uk – range of materials linked through the best of the UK’s museums and galleries. Variety of approached using games, cartoons and pictorial reproductions. Real good fun approach using an excellent range of learning styles and approaches. Suitable for Primary aged children
- Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) – www.schooloftomorrow.com, American, Christian bought-in curriculum offering individualised learning plans.
- Academy 21 – alternative online provision www.Academy21.co.uk
- Ambleside Online – www.amblesideonline.org, Free curriculum based on Charlotte Mason’s teaching methods
- Christopherus – www.christopherushomeschool.org, Waldorf approach to home schooling. An American site.
- Inter High School – www.interhigh.co.uk, Virtual secondary school. Pupils log on for 2/3 hours of on-line tuition in the morning where they are part of a virtual classroom. They register at the beginning of the lesson and follow the teacher’s lesson as it is delivered in real time. The lesson will be interactive and pupils will be able to hear and ask questions during the session. After assignments are set, the pupil organises the remainder of the day themselves.
- Little Arthur Independent School – www.littlearthur.org.uk, Independent school for home-educators. Distance learning, limited number of students enrolled. Courses cover National Curriculum Maths, Science and English for 11-14 year olds (Key Stage 3) a range of University of Cambridge International GCSE's for 14-16 year olds and the school offers exam centre facilities being an approved University of Cambridge International Exam Centre.
- National Extension College – www.nec.ac.uk, Offers home-study courses for older children. Members of Education Otherwise get a discount.
- Oxford Open Learning – www.ool.co.uk, Oxford Open Learning has been offering the highest quality course materials since 1985. Offers GCSEs, A Levels, Accounting, Computing, Basic Skills and also Management.
- Sonlight – www.sonlight.com, American bought-in curriculum. Based on the fundamentals of evangelical Christian thought. Users have commented that it is easy to adapt and use, even if they are not Christian.
- Doodle Learning - https://doodlelearning.com/
- Point - https://www.point-send.co.uk/