Free UK Home Education Tools
Free tools that do the hard part for you
Instant, fact-checked, and written for the law as it stands in 2026. Answer a few questions and the tool writes the letter, builds the plan, or checks what you are owed.
The Mellow Home Ed Club
A fresh printable pack every month, all the templates, and early access to every new tool. £5.99 a month, cancel any time.
Deregistration Letter Generator
Leaving school? Get the exact, ready-to-send letter for your situation in ten seconds.
Open the tool →Free toolLocal Authority Response Generator
Council asking about your provision? Generate a calm, rights-protecting reply.
Open the tool →Free toolWhat Am I Entitled To?
Four quick questions and a personalised list of the family benefits you may be owed.
Check now →Free toolPlanner Builder
Build your home-ed week on screen and print it. Flexible, no fixed subjects.
Open the tool →NewRegister Readiness Check
See what the 2026 Children Not in School register will mean for your family, and how to prepare. Personalised in seconds.
Check now →NewEvidence of Education Generator
Turn a few notes into a tidy summary of suitable education you can send the council. Copy or print.
Open the tool →NewEHC Needs Assessment Request Letter
Ask your council to assess your child, argued on the statutory test rather than the higher bar they apply. Works if your child is home educated. Includes an appeal deadline checker.
Open the tool →Free toolFind Your Online School
Six questions, then an honest ranked shortlist from the online schools we have checked, with real fees.
Find a school →£39The EHC Assessment Refusal Appeal Pack
Refused an assessment? Your deadline, the six reasons councils give and what is wrong with each, form SEND35A, and model grounds of appeal.
See the pack →FreeHome Ed Starter Checklist
The first-steps checklist: legal basics, deregistration, and a calm week one.
Get it free →£49The Complete UK Home Education Starter System
Every legal guide, template, planner and curriculum option, in one done-for-you system.
See the system →This is information, not legal advice
Darling Mellow is a parenting website. We are not solicitors, we are not regulated to give legal advice, and nothing here is advice about your particular child or situation. We write about the law in England, we date everything and we link our sources so you can check them. Deadlines and duties change, and only you know your full circumstances, so please take proper advice before making a decision that matters.
Where to get free or regulated advice
- Your local SENDIASS. Free, confidential and impartial, and every council in England must provide one. Find yours through your council’s SEND Local Offer, or via GOV.UK.
- IPSEA. A charity with legally trained advisers, giving free advice on SEND law in England. Their guidance is the best free legal explanation available.
- Legal aid, through Civil Legal Advice on 0345 345 4345 (Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 12.30pm). Special educational needs is one of the areas still covered. Legal aid can fund advice and help preparing a SEND Tribunal appeal, though not representation at the hearing itself. Check whether you qualify with the official legal aid checker.
- A solicitor regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Find an education law specialist through the Law Society’s Find a Solicitor, and you can confirm anyone is genuinely regulated on the SRA register.
If you are in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, the law and the services differ and you should use your own nation’s guidance.