Resources & guides
Practical, jargon-free guides and stories for home educating families in Ireland.
Life after home ed: routes into college without the Leaving Cert
The Leaving Cert has gotten harder for home educators. The routes into college and careers for home-educated teens: QQI and FET, PLC courses, Youthreach, apprenticeships and A-levels.
By Laura · 7 Sept 2026 · 5 min read
Home education in Ireland: how to get started
Home educating in Ireland, made simple: is it legal, registering with Tusla, the assessment, taking a child out of school, exams, costs and community.
By Laura · 2 Sept 2026 · 10 min read
Start your own not-back-to-school tradition
You don't have to mark back-to-school, but if you'd like to, here are warm, simple ways home-ed families make the season their own, from off-peak trips to a fresh-start ritual.
By Laura · 24 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Everyone's Going Back to School. We're Not.
Everyone else is buying uniforms and doing the school run as the schools go back, and we're not. On the back-to-school wobble, learning to say it out loud, and why being out of step is completely normal.
By Laura · 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min read