Tuition that fits your approach
One-to-one sessions in English, maths, science and other subjects where available, planned around your child’s interests and your way of learning.
HOME EDUCATION SUPPORT
Learning at home,
with support when you need it.
Specialist one-to-one tuition and SEND-aware support for home-educating families, whether home education is a long-held choice or a recent decision after a difficult time at school.
Your family’s approach.
Our specialist support.
Home education gives families the freedom to shape learning around their child. We fit around that: you decide what your child needs, and we provide tuition, structure or specialist SEND support for the parts where an extra pair of hands helps.
Ask about home education supportPrefer a general enquiry? Contact usSEND-aware support
Patient, adapted teaching for children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, dyslexia and other needs, at a pace that works for them.
Exam preparation
Preparation for GCSEs and other qualifications for private candidates. Families arrange entries with an exam centre, and we can help you plan the timeline.
Rebuilding confidence
Gentle, relationship-first sessions for children recovering from emotionally based school avoidance, exclusion or a difficult school experience.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
Elective home education
or local authority provision?
Elective home education is a parent’s choice: families arrange and fund their child’s education. That is different from education the local authority arranges because a child can’t attend school, such as Section 19 alternative provision or EOTIS set out in an EHCP.
If your child has an EHCP and you choose to home educate, the local authority no longer has to secure the provision in the plan, although the plan stays in place and is still reviewed. If you feel pushed towards home education, or your child can’t attend because of their needs, get impartial advice first.
When a child can’t attend school- Parents must make sure a child of compulsory school age receives a suitable, full-time education, but don’t have to follow the national curriculum.
- Tell the school if you plan to home educate. The school must accept a full withdrawal, but can refuse a request for part-time (flexi-schooling) attendance.
- If your child attends a special school, or attends under a school attendance order, you need the council’s permission first. Permission isn’t needed to leave a mainstream school, even with an EHCP.
- The council can make informal enquiries to check that a suitable education is being provided.
- The law is changing. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 introduces Children Not in School registers and extra checks before some children can be withdrawn from school. Many measures start on dates set by regulations, so check GOV.UK for what currently applies.
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Information and support
for home educators.
Independent organisations with detailed, free guidance on home education and SEND.
Educational Freedom
A non-profit organisation offering free home education information and support, with guidance for each UK nation, SEN information and help with local authority contact.
Visit Educational Freedom (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK: educating your child at home
The official overview of parents’ and councils’ responsibilities for home education in England.
Read the GOV.UK guidance (opens in a new tab)Your local SENDIASS
Free, impartial advice if your child has SEND, including what happens to an EHCP when you home educate.
Find your local service (opens in a new tab)Universal Childcare is an independent education provider. We are not part of, or endorsed by, the organisations linked on this page. This is general information about the law in England, not legal advice, and was last reviewed in October 2026.
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