Records and evidence
What to keep, how much is enough, and how to answer when your local authority asks about the education you provide.
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Records and evidence
Home education records: what to keep, and how much is enough
A plain guide to keeping home education records in England — what a local authority tends to look for, and a weekly habit that keeps it light.
Records and evidence
When your council asks about home education: how to reply
Had a letter from your council about home education? What an informal enquiry is, your options, what to put in a reply, and how the law is changing.
Records and evidence
Your council's home education policy: what to look for
How to find your council's elective home education policy in England, what DfE guidance says it should and shouldn't ask, and what to do if it overreaches.
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Plan the learning, and the evidence writes itself
AltEd keeps a home-educating family's plans, hours and examples of work in one place, so when someone asks what your child has been learning, you print it rather than write it.
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