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Educating Your Child at Home - Independent Organisations
You may find it helpful to contact the following independent organisations to gain further, more detailed information about the implications of educating your child at home.
Education Otherwise is a UK-based membership organisation that provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, and for those who wish to uphold the freedom of families to take proper responsibility for the education of their children.
Contact:
Education Otherwise
PO Box 325, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3XW
Tel: 0845 478 6345
Email: eoemailhelpline@education-otherwise.org
Website: www.education-otherwise.org.uk
Home Education Advisory Service is a national home education charity based in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated to the provision of advice and practical support for families who wish to educate their children at home in preference to sending them to school. Interest in home education is increasing and HEAS recognises that reliable information should be available for everyone.
Contact:
Home Education Advisory Service,
PO Box 98, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6AN
Tel: 01707 371 854 Website: www.heas.org.uk
Information on home education can also be found on the Parents Centre website at www.parentscentre.gov.uk.
Curriculum online (www.curriculumonline.gov.uk ) gives access to thousands of resources and online activities relevant to Key Stage 1 and 2, Special Needs and Early Years.
The National Curriculum tests and assessment arrangements are developed and administered by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). Information to support these arrangements is provided both electronically and in hard copy through QCA's website at www.qca.org.uk and their address is QCA, 83 Piccadilly, London W1J 8QA. Telephone 020 7509 5555.
You may also be interested in looking at GCSE at www.dcsf.gov.uk/qualifications. This site provides information about qualifications for schools and colleges.
Parents can also find other links on the BBC websites. The addresses are www.bbc.co.uk/learning and www.bbc.co.uk/schools.
The Connexions Service (www.connexions.gov.uk) is for all children and young people aged 13-19 living in England, and its services and responsibilities cover children and young people who are being educated at home.
At a future meeting with you we will be able to draw your attention to a range of other useful websites which support home education.
www.free-range-education.co.uk
Resources, links, information, legal help, and an email support service called Ask Fred.
'Free Range Education - How Home Education Works', edited by Terri Dowty. (ISBN 1 903458 07 2. Hawthorn Press, 2000). A collection of first hand accounts of different families' practice, plus many resources and a legal section. A copy is available at the central library.
www.aqa.org.uk
The GCSE exam board with most opportunities for private candidates.