Please contact us if you would like to be added to our list of useful resources for home educators in Scotland.
A list of home education support groups and networks can be found here.
ASN & SEND
- Enquire – ASN advice
- The Additional Support Needs Blog – Iain Nisbet’s notes on the law relating to ASNs in Scotland
- HE Special – a UK support mailing list for families who home educate children with special needs
- Scottish Autism
Support for Families
- Not Fine in School – a parent/carer-led organisation set up in response to the growing number of children and young people who struggle with school attendance
- Tymes Trust – Young ME sufferers Trust
- Bullying UK
- Carers Scotland – support for carers, including young carers, in Scotland
- Kinship Scot – support for kinship carers in Scotland
- One Parent Families Scotland
- Family Rights Group (England & Wales)
Legal & Rights Advice
- Cairn Legal (Education) – advice and representation
- CLAN Childlaw – free legal advice and representation for children and young people in Scotland
- Education Law Unit, Govan Law Centre – helpline, information and advice on all aspects of education law
- Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland – information and advice on rights under the UNCRC
- Equality and Human Rights Commission – promoting equality and human rights laws across England, Scotland and Wales
- Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – advice on submitting subject access requests (SARs) and complaints under the UK-wide Data Protection Act 2018
- ICO (Scotland Office) – local point of contact and general data protection advice for individuals and organisations in Scotland
- Scottish Information Commissioner – for freedom of information (FOI) requests and advice, promotes and enforces the public’s right to access the information held by Scottish public authorities
- Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) – final stage for complaints about public service organisations in Scotland
