Home Education
Flexible home education, with clearer records and calmer learning.
CanDoLearn helps home educating families create age-respectful learning activities, keep track of what has been covered, and build a simple record of progress over time.
Whether your child learns best through projects, interests, short sessions or structured weekly work, CanDoLearn helps you turn everyday learning into something easier to plan, review and evidence.
Not an online school. Not legal advice. Parent and carer controlled.
Learner profile
Maya, 13
Interests: animals, football, design
Weekly learning plan
Reading: wildlife article
Maths: travel budget
Writing: match report
Home Education Learning Record
3 activities reviewed this week
Progress and evidence summary
Ready to exportCoverage
4 areas
Confidence
Building
Next step
Review
Flexible support
Built for real home education
Not every child learns best from a fixed worksheet, timetable or school-style lesson. CanDoLearn helps you create learning that fits your child's level, interests and confidence while still giving you a clear record of what happened.
Reading, writing, maths and life skills
Flexible weekly planning
Parent-reviewed records
Downloadable summaries
Age-respectful content
Learning Record
The Home Education Learning Record
Keep a simple record of learning without turning your home into an admin system.
The Home Education Learning Record helps you capture what your child worked on, the subject or skill area, activity type, confidence and engagement notes, examples of work, next steps, and weekly or monthly summaries.
CanDoLearn is not legal advice and does not replace your own judgement as a home educator. It is designed to help you organise learning activity and progress evidence.
Learning record
Home Education entry
- Date
- Friday 8 May
- Subject
- English and life skills
- Activity
- Read a short recipe and compare ingredient costs
- Skills covered
- Reading for detail, money, writing notes
- Confidence note
- Started slowly, then completed with support
- Evidence added
- Photo of notes and parent comment
- Next step
- Try a shorter independent reading task
Weekly rhythm
Plan the week without planning every minute.
Home education does not have to look like a school timetable. CanDoLearn helps you create a flexible weekly rhythm around the subjects, skills and interests that matter to your child.
Monday idea
Reading task based on your child's interest.
Midweek project
A writing, research or practical activity.
Maths in context
Money, measures, recipes, travel, games or problem solving.
Friday reflection
What went well, what felt hard, and what to try next.
Age-respectful learning
Work that respects their age and meets their level
Some learners need content at a different reading or maths level, but they still deserve work that respects their age. CanDoLearn adapts the challenge while keeping the topic, tone and layout suitable for the learner.
Before
A worksheet that feels too young.
After
A topic that feels age-appropriate, with reading and questions matched to the learner.
Interest-led task
Budget a weekend activity and explain your choices.
Evidence
Useful records, not stressful reporting.
The Learning Record is designed to help you see progress, not to create pressure. You can keep notes short, add examples when useful, and generate simple summaries when you need them.
Weekly learning summary
Subject coverage view
Confidence notes
Downloadable PDF report
Activity history
Parent-approved evidence log
Who it helps
Made for families who want a calmer way to organise learning
Home educators building a flexible routine
Parents supporting reluctant readers
Older learners who need work that does not feel babyish
Families who want evidence in one place
Learners who respond better to interest-led topics
Parents who want support without recreating school at home
Related support
Useful next pages
FAQ
Home education questions
Is CanDoLearn an online school?+
No. CanDoLearn is a learning support and record-keeping tool. Parents and carers remain responsible for deciding how it fits into their child's education.
Do I have to follow the National Curriculum?+
No. In England, home educating families do not have to follow the National Curriculum, but parents are responsible for ensuring their child receives a suitable full-time education.
Can I use the Learning Record for local authority contact?+
You can use it to organise learning notes, examples and summaries. It does not guarantee that a local authority will accept a particular format, but it can help you keep clear records.
Can I use this for SEN or EHCP support?+
CanDoLearn can support learners with different needs, but families should check their own circumstances and local authority guidance, especially where a child attends a special school or has specific statutory arrangements.
Does my child use this alone?+
Children can complete activities, but adults control setup, review, records and exports.
Home Education trial
Start building a clearer home education record.
Join the Home Ed trial and see how CanDoLearn can help you plan learning, support confidence and keep useful evidence in one place.