Are There Any Homeschooling Groups Near Me?
One of the first things I looked for when thinking about home educating was local groups. To be honest, it was a nightmare as some of these groups were hidden, some had bizarre names and something which I quickly discovered was that the term “homeschooling” was a no-no.
The term many like to use is “home education” and that is why I really struggled to find Facebook groups and communities online in the beginning.
However, at times in this article, I will still use the term “Homeschooling” purely because I hope people find this article after doing some research on Google or a similar search engine.
Home Schooling Groups In My Area.
Below you will find hundreds of different Facebook groups and I have tried to put them all into the regional areas for you. I have no doubt there are some I haven’t found yet, but I will try to update this every couple of weeks.
Inside each FB group, you normally find out about local clubs, meetups and lots more.
Before we move into the regional groups I will also share some national ones which I have found to be a great help.
National FB Home Educator & Schooling Groups.
Single Parent Home Education UK
This is one of the best groups I am currently in, there is a wealth of information in here and everyone is really nice, I always see posts by an admin called Pip Lane who is lovely and they have fun posts too on a weekend which is nothing to do with home education. Pick a song, Saturday night sillies and lots more.
Another great group I regularly visit is this one, currently, there are over 30,000 members and the members will always help you out with any questions you may have.
The PopArt Home Ed group has been running for six years now, The group is a place where you will find discounted educational resources for the benefit of the home educating community.
Inside here you will find lots of free resources, recommendations, discounts and much more.
We all know how kids are with video games, how they like to go off into their own little worlds!
The main concern you may have is who is your child talking to while online? In this group fellow members of the home ed community can share contact details so our children can play together on these consoles and we can discuss things such as appropriate games and advice!
National FB Home Education Exam Groups.
Home Education UK Exams & Alternatives
England FB Home Educator Groups.
I have checked all of these groups and everyone is active and sharing great tips around home education.
You can simply click on the one you want to join and it will take you to the FB group.
These are listed alphabetically with the exception of Yorkshire as I will be updating this one the most (I live here)
Also please leave a comment below if you know of a group or would like me to include it in this list.
Enjoy!
Yorkshire.
Home Education Doncaster Group (HEDG)
Home Education Hull & East Yorkshire
Home Education North Yorkshire
Home Education chatternatter – Sheffield et environs
Meet Up Groups
Home Education Meet-Ups & Events Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
Bedfordshire.
Home Educating Beds, Bucks, Northants and Cambs
Holistic & Autonomous Home Ed for Beds, Herts, Bucks, Northants & Cambs
Home Ed Biggleswade, Gamlingay, Sandy, St Neots & Surrounding Villages
Home education Reading, Berkshire
Bristol.
Buckinghamshire.
Home education Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire.
Home Education in Peterborough
Cheshire.
Cornwall.
South East Cornwall Home Educators
Derbyshire.
Home Education Activities in Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire
Home Education Derby and Derbyshire
Devon.
Home education Plymouth, Devon.
Dorset.
Weymouth and South Dorset Home Educators
Essex.
Essex home educators homeschooling and chat on all topics.
South Essex Home Ed Community Group
Meetups for Essex families with 8-18 yr olds
Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire Home Educators
Hampshire.
Home Education Fareham and Gosport
Hertfordshire.
Christian Home Ed’ors in Herts
Bishop’s Stortford and Saffron Walden Home Education
The Isle of Wight.
Kent.
HEarts&minds (Kent home education group)
Ashford (and surrounding areas) Home Education Group
Ramsgate and surrounding area, (Thanet) home education group
Lancashire.
Leicestershire.
Home Education Leicester & Leicestershire
Leicestershire Christian Home Educators
Lincolnshire.
Cleethorpes and Grimsby Home Education
Liverpool.
Christian Home Educators Liverpool
London.
Home Education (Homeschooling & Unschooling) in London (UK)
Home Education – North West London
Manchester.
Home Education Greater Manchester
Home Education, Bury Local Authority area
North Manchester Home Education (Rochdale Bury Middleton Heywood) NOMADS
Merseyside.
Midlands.
Midlands Home educators and resources group
HELM – Home Educators Local Magazine (West Midlands)
Norfolk.
Home Education – Great Yarmouth
West Norfolk Home Educators UK
Northamptonshire.
Northumberland.
Nottinghamshire.
Home Education Activities in Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire
Home Education Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County.
Oxfordshire.
Shropshire.
Somerset.
Home education Bath and NE somerset
Shepton Mallet Home Education Group
Staffordshire.
Home Educators – Staffordshire
Suffolk.
Suffolk Early Years Home Education Network
Surrey.
Surrey and surrounding areas home educators network
Sussex.
ELECTIVE HOME EDUCATION West Sussex
Brighton and Hove Home Educating Families
ELECTIVE HOME EDUCATION West Sussex
Angmering, East Preston, & Ferring HE Connections
Tyne and Wear.
Weekly Home Ed Family Boogie at The winter Gardens and Museum- Sunderland
Scotland.
Home Education Support Scotland (Scottish Home Education Forum)
Home Education/ Schooling Aberdeenshire (and Aberdeen)
Dumfries & Galloway Home Ed Group
Home Education Glasgow and Edinburgh
North Lanarkshire Home Educating Families
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire and West Home Education Group
Central Scotland Home Education Network
That’s All Folks
For now anyway, I will try to update this every couple of weeks, if you know of any FB groups not mentioned then please leave a comment below and I will add it to the list.
Thanks for stopping by and take care out there.
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