For home educators
Your child's education, written down as it happens
Plan the subjects, mark the work, log the hours, gather the evidence — then print an education record when someone asks. Built in the UK, in pounds and plain English, with the incoming Children Not in School register firmly in view.
The problem
The bit of home education nobody warns you about
- 01
The plan is in a notebook and the record is in your head
Curricula, lessons and assignments live in one place, planned ahead and ticked off as they happen — so the record writes itself rather than being reconstructed in a panic.
- 02
You have no idea how many hours you've actually done
Log days, hours and what was covered as you go. The totals per subject and per term are simply there when you need them.
- 03
The evidence is scattered across your camera roll
Portfolio entries — a photo and a note, tagged to a subject and a learner — gathered in the moment and kept in one ordered place.
- 04
A local-authority letter means a weekend of scrambling
A printable education record and transcript, built from the marks, hours and evidence you have already recorded. You print it; you don't write it.
- 05
The tutor's bill lives in a different universe entirely
Tutor sessions sit on the same shared calendar, and what you owe sits in a shared ledger you can settle by card. No mental arithmetic, no awkward messages.
What you get
What AltEd does for a home-educating family
Everything below is built and working today. Where something isn't, we say so — on this site and in the changelog.
A profile for every learner
Each child gets their own record — subjects, work, sessions, hours and evidence. You manage it; they don't need an account of their own.
Read the guideCurricula, lessons and marked work
Sketch a programme per subject, break it into lessons, set assignments, and mark them with feedback. Structure where you want it, freedom where you don't.
Read the guideProgress, gradebook, attendance and hours
Marks averaged per subject, and days and hours logged with what was covered — the two things a local authority is most likely to ask about.
Read the guidePortfolio evidence, gathered as you go
A photo of the volcano, a note about the museum trip, the essay you were proud of — tagged to a subject and dated, so the year tells its own story.
A printable education record and transcript
One document drawing together what was studied, the marks, the hours and the evidence. For a local-authority conversation, or simply for your own peace of mind.
A shared calendar that repeats what repeats
Lessons, tutor sessions, group meet-ups and trips, with attendees and recurrence — and an iCalendar subscription feed so it shows up in Google, Apple or Outlook alongside everything else.
Read the guideCatch-up rescheduling for the weeks that go sideways
Illness, a bad week, a holiday that overran. Move incomplete work forward rather than pretending it happened.
Read the guideTutors on the same record, with the money handled
Invite a tutor, consent to what they can see, and their sessions appear on your calendar. Charges, credits, prepaid packs and card payment all sit in one shared ledger.
Read the guideStep by step
How it works
Step 1
Add your learners
Sign in with your email — no password to invent, no card. Create a profile for each child: their details, their subjects, their pace.
Step 2
Sketch the learning
Write a curriculum per subject and break it into lessons. It does not have to be complete or clever; a rough outline you improve as you go beats a perfect plan you never write.
Step 3
Record as you live it
Set and mark assignments, log the day's hours and what you covered, and drop a photo into the portfolio when something is worth keeping. Five minutes at teatime, not an evening at half-term.
Step 4
Add the people who help
Invite a tutor or provider and consent to what they can see. Their sessions land on your calendar, and their charges land in the ledger you can settle by card.
Step 5
Print the record when it's asked for
A local-authority enquiry, a new academic year, or just a moment of doubt about whether you have done enough. The education record and transcript are one click, built from what you already recorded.
For UK home-educating families
Start the record today, not the week before it's needed
Free for one learner, no card. Add a child, sketch a subject and log today — you will have started the thing that is hardest to start later.
Free plan · No card needed · Built for UK home education