Home Education Records & the LA Report (England)
A calm way to keep track, and something to hand if you’re ever asked.
There’s no legal requirement to keep records. Many families choose to anyway — partly because it’s genuinely lovely to look back, and partly because it’s easier to answer a letter when you’ve already written some of it.
What is inside
- Simple weekly and monthly records you’ll actually keep up with
- Prompts for describing real-life learning in your own words
- A worked example of an annual report, with the thinking behind each part
- Fillable on a tablet, or print it — same file
Fillable and printable PDF · A4 and US Letter · undated · instant download
Who it is for
Families who have been at this a while and would like to see how far they have come — and anyone who would rather have something written down before a letter arrives than after.
What it is not
Not a legal document, and not a way of satisfying anyone. There is no requirement to keep records, and nothing in this pack discharges any duty. It is a record of your child’s learning, for you first.
Where it applies
Written for England. Rules differ in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — I’ve noted where, and I’d always point you to your own local authority’s current guidance rather than to anything written in a PDF.
Get it
Bought on Etsy, downloaded straight away. Nothing arrives in the post.
Published through Termly, the home-education platform I am building with my husband Ed. Same person behind it either way — Termly is just where it lives.