The truth about numeracy

The truth about numeracy

I’m a programmer – I work with numbers everyday – but as a child I never learnt any maths – and by maths I mean the sort of thing that’s being taught in our schools; I never learnt my times tables, I never learnt any algebra – I never even learnt to count in any sort...
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Hidden away in the depths of the government guidance to local authorities is a sentence that reads; … the information provided by parents should demonstrate that the education actually being provided is suitable and address issues such as progression expected...
What are Educational Elements

What are Educational Elements

When designing the EHEapp we quickly realised that we wanted to take whatever activities we were doing with our children and get the app to reflect the educational elements the activity actually encompassed. We wanted all the great things we do with our children and...
Sharing your journal

Sharing your journal

The EHEapp has functionality built in for sharing your journal. This can be used for sharing it with family and friends or, if you wish, with your local authority for the purpose of evidencing your child’s educational provision. The first thing to be aware of is...
Educational Philosophy

Educational Philosophy

While the legal definition of education is wonderfully vague and confusing a few things have been established. One important element is that education should achieve what it sets out to achieve. While this doesn’t help with narrowing down exactly what education is, it...

What is progress?

  This is often a key point in separating out families which are genuinely providing a suitable education at home from those who are not, because the latter often cannot demonstrate satisfactory content or measurement of progress. Elective home education: departmental...