Find your council’s home education team
Every UK council’s home education contact, from the councils’ own websites. Search by council name or postcode area (for example “SW” or “EH12”).
Directory last checked: 25 October 2026. 208 councils and authorities: England (153) · Wales (22) · Scotland (32) · Northern Ireland (1)
Postcode area covers parts of the councils below. Areas cross council borders, so check your exact council with GOV.UK: Find your local council.
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North East
- DarlingtonElective Home Education Advisor (Darlington Borough Council)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 01325 403531 · Official page
- County DurhamElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 03000 265 530 · Official page
- GatesheadElective Home Education (EHE) Officer[email protected] · 0191 433 8745 / 0191 433 3022 · Official page
- HartlepoolVirtual School team[email protected] · Official page
- MiddlesbroughNo email published · 01642 245432 · Official page
- Newcastle upon TyneAccess and Inclusion Service[email protected] · 0191 277 4500 · Official page
- North TynesideAttendance and Placement TeamEmail: use the contact details on the official page · 0191 643 8392 · Official page
- NorthumberlandElective Home Education - Education Welfare (Northumberland County Council)[email protected] · 07803 815161 · Official page
- Redcar and ClevelandElective Home Education (EHE) - Inclusion ServiceEmail: use the contact details on the official page · Official page
- South TynesideElective Home Education (South Tyneside Council)[email protected] · Official page
- Stockton-on-TeesInclusion & Vulnerable Learners Team (Elective Home Education Officer)[email protected] · 01642 528732 · Official page
- SunderlandElective Home Education - Together for Children (on behalf of Sunderland City Council)[email protected] · Official page
North West
- Blackburn with DarwenGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · 01254 585858 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- BlackpoolElective Home Education team (within School Admissions)[email protected] · 01253 476713 / 01253 476721 · Official page
- BoltonElective Home Education (EHE) Officer[email protected] · 01204 338055 · Official page
- BuryElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 0161 253 6972 · Official page
- Cheshire EastElective Home Education (EHE) team[email protected] · 01270 375255 · Official page
- Cheshire West and ChesterElective Home Education team[email protected] · 01606 275819 / 01606 275007 · Official page
- CumberlandElective Home Education team (Cumberland Council)[email protected] · 07780 776456 · Official page
- HaltonEducation Welfare ServiceEmail: use the contact details on the official page · 0151 511 6997 · Official page
- KnowsleyElective Home Education (Knowsley Council)[email protected] · 0151 443 5177 · Official page
- LancashireElective Home Education Service[email protected] · 01772 532289 · Official page
- LiverpoolHome education (Liverpool City Council)General enquiries: [email protected] · 0151 233 3916 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- ManchesterElective Home Education - Department of Children's Services (Education)[email protected] · 0161 245 7171 · Official page
- OldhamElective Home Education[email protected] · 0161 770 6620 / 07792 172 200 · Official page
- RochdaleElective Home Education Services[email protected] · 01706 925142 · Official page
- SalfordElective Home Education team[email protected] · Official page
- SeftonElective Home Education (Complementary Education Service)[email protected] · Official page
- St HelensEducation Welfare Service (Elective Home Education)[email protected] · 01744 673356 · Official page
- StockportElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 0161 218 1643 / 07976 584 981 · Official page
- TamesideEducation Welfare Service (Elective Home Education)[email protected] · 0161 342 2112 · Official page
- TraffordElective Home Education team[email protected] · 0161 911 8624 · Official page
- WarringtonEHE Officer (Warrington Borough Council)[email protected] · Official page
- Westmorland and FurnessElective Home Education team (Westmorland and Furness Council)[email protected] · 01539 312 418 · Official page
- WiganElective Home Education (EHE) Team[email protected] · Official page
- WirralElective Home Education (Education Social Welfare Service)[email protected] · 0151 666 3433 · Official page
Yorkshire and the Humber
- BarnsleyEducation Welfare Service - Elective Home Education[email protected] · 01226 773545 · Official page
- BradfordElective Home Education Team (City of Bradford MDC, Children's Services)[email protected] · 01274 439340 · Official page
- CalderdaleEHE Team (Education Welfare)[email protected] · Official page
- DoncasterElective Home Education (Attendance & Pupil Welfare Service)[email protected] · 01302 736504 · Official page
- East Riding of YorkshireNo email published
- Kingston upon HullElective Home Education team (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · 01482 300300 · Official page
- KirkleesEHE team (Kirklees Council)[email protected] · Official page
- LeedsEHE team (Leeds City Council)[email protected] · Official page
- North East LincolnshireElective Home Education (North East Lincolnshire Council)[email protected] · 01472 323203 · Official page
- North LincolnshireFamily Information Service (North Lincolnshire Council)[email protected] · 01724 297000 · Official page
- North YorkshireElective Home Education Advisors (four locality hubs)General enquiries: [email protected] · 01609 780780 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- RotherhamElective Home Education (EHE) service[email protected] · Official page
- SheffieldContact Elective Home Education (Sheffield City Council)No email published · Official page
- WakefieldElective Home Education (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · Official page
- YorkInclusion Services Team[email protected] · 01904 551554 · Official page
East Midlands
- Derby City CouncilElective Home Education (Inclusion and Intervention)[email protected] · Official page
- Derbyshire County CouncilElective Home Education (Attendance, missing and home education service)[email protected] · 01629 533720 · Official page
- Leicester City CouncilEducation Welfare Service (Home Education Officers)[email protected] · 0116 454 1925 · Official page
- Leicestershire County CouncilInclusion Service (EHE)[email protected] · 0116 305 2071 · Official page
- Lincolnshire County CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) Team[email protected] · 01522 782030 · Official page
- North Northamptonshire CouncilEducation, Inclusion and Partnership Team[email protected] · 0300 126 3000 · Official page
- Nottingham City CouncilEducation Welfare & EOTAS Service (EHE)[email protected] · 0115 8762965 · Official page
- Nottinghamshire County CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 0300 500 80 80 · Official page
- Rutland County CouncilGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · 01572 722 577 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- West Northamptonshire CouncilSchool Attendance Support Service (EHE)[email protected] · Official page
West Midlands
- Birmingham City CouncilElective Home Education, School Admissions and Pupil Placements[email protected] · 0121 464 7215 · Official page
- Coventry City CouncilElective Home Education[email protected] · 024 7683 1614 · Official page
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilEducational Investigation Service / EHE co-ordinatorContact form · 0300 555 2345
- Herefordshire CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) service[email protected] · 01432 261584 · Official page
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilElective Home Education Advisory Team[email protected] · 0121 569 8135 · Official page
- Shropshire CouncilEducation Access Service (EHE)[email protected] · 07990 085492 · Official page
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough CouncilElective Home Education Team (Attendance and EHE Advisory Team)[email protected] · 0121 704 6191 · Official page
- Staffordshire County CouncilElective Home Education[email protected] · 0300 111 8000 · Official page
- Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilElective Home Education Service, Learning Services[email protected] · 01782 236098 · Official page
- Telford & Wrekin CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) Team, Children's Services[email protected] · 01952 381002 · Official page
- Walsall CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · Official page
- Warwickshire County CouncilElective Home Education (Access to Education Team)[email protected] · 01926 736323 · Official page
- City of Wolverhampton CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 01902 550621 · Official page
- Worcestershire County CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · Official page
East of England
- Bedford Borough CouncilInclusion and Welfare Team[email protected] · Official page
- Cambridgeshire County CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) Team[email protected] · 01223 703 542 · Official page
- Central Bedfordshire CouncilElective Home Education[email protected] · 0300 300 4435 · Official page
- Essex County CouncilEducation Compliance Team (EHE notifications)[email protected] · 0333 0322 962 · Official page
- Hertfordshire County CouncilEHE - Statutory Attendance and Participation Team[email protected] · 0300 123 4043 · Official page
- Luton Borough CouncilElective Home Education Service[email protected] · 07889 590159 · Official page
- Norfolk County CouncilServices to Home Educators Team[email protected] · 01603 307733 · Official page
- Peterborough City CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) Team, Attendance Service[email protected] · 01733 863683 · Official page
- Southend-on-Sea City CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) Team[email protected] · 01702 534178 · Official page
- Suffolk County CouncilElective Home Education Team (Children and Young People's Services)[email protected] · 01473 265139 · Official page
- Thurrock CouncilSchool Attendance Support Team (SAST) - home education[email protected] · 01375 652 568 · Official page
London
- Barking and DagenhamEducation Statutory Services Team[email protected] · 020 8227 2151 · Official page
- BarnetElective Home Education Team (Barnet Education and Learning Service)Contact form · 020 8359 2000
- BexleyElective Home Education (EHE) service[email protected] · 020 8303 7777 · Official page
- BrentBrent School Attendance Service (BSAS) - Elective Home Education[email protected] · Official page
- BromleyHome Education[email protected] · Official page
- CamdenElective Home Education (EHE) team[email protected] · Official page
- City of LondonEducation and Early Years Service[email protected] · 020 7332 1002 · Official page
- CroydonElective Home Education Team (Access to Education)[email protected] · Official page
- EalingExclusions and elective home education service (Children's & Adults' Services)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 020 8825 5070 · Official page
- EnfieldElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 020 8379 5501 · Official page
- GreenwichElective Home Education[email protected] · Official page
- HackneyElective Home Education Team (Hackney Education)[email protected] · Official page
- Hammersmith and FulhamACE Team (Attendance, Children Missing Education & EHE)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 020 8753 6797 · Official page
- HaringeyElective Home Education Advisory Team (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · 020 8489 3866 · Official page
- HarrowEHE team[email protected] · Official page
- HaveringElective Home Education[email protected] · Official page
- HillingdonElective Home Education Team (School Placement and Admissions Team)[email protected] · 01895 558670 · Official page
- HounslowElective Home Education (EHE) team[email protected] · 020 8583 5419 · Official page
- IslingtonPupil Services[email protected] · 020 7527 3747 · Official page
- Kensington and ChelseaAdmissions and Access to Education Team (Bi-borough)[email protected] · 020 7745 6439 · Official page
- Kingston upon ThamesEducation Welfare (Achieving for Children)[email protected] · 020 8547 5262 · Official page
- LambethInclusion team[email protected] · 020 7926 6928 · Official page
- LewishamElective Home EducationEmail: use the contact details on the official page · 07807 294211 · Official page
- MertonEducation Welfare Service[email protected] · 020 8545 4021 · Official page
- NewhamElective Home Education team[email protected] · 020 3373 3489 · Official page
- RedbridgeEHE TeamContact form · 020 8708 3885 · Official page
- Richmond upon ThamesEducation Welfare (Achieving for Children)[email protected] · 020 8487 5217 · Official page
- SouthwarkElective home education team (Children Not in School Team)[email protected] · 020 7525 5768 · Official page
- SuttonCognus Home Education Team[email protected] · 020 8770 5000 · Official page
- Tower HamletsChildren Missing Education / Elective Home Education[email protected] · Official page
- Waltham ForestBACME EHE Team[email protected] · 07552 271981 · Official page
- WandsworthElective Home Education (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · 020 8871 8306 · Official page
- WestminsterAdmissions and Access to Education Team (Bi-borough)[email protected] · 020 7745 6448 · Official page
South East
- Bracknell Forest CouncilHome education support officer[email protected] · 01344 464721 · Official page
- Brighton & Hove City CouncilAccess to Education TeamEmail: use the contact details on the official page · 01273 290732 · Official page
- Buckinghamshire CouncilElective Home Education (Family Information Service page)[email protected] · 01296 382 687 · Official page
- East Sussex County CouncilElective Home Education service (Teaching and Learning Provision)[email protected] · 01273 336 888 · Official page
- Hampshire County CouncilElective Home Education Service[email protected] · 02392 441507 · Official page
- Isle of Wight CouncilElective Home Education team (EHE)[email protected] · 01983 823151 · Official page
- Kent County CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 03000 41 69 69 · Official page
- Medway CouncilElective Home Education Team (Inclusion Team)[email protected] · 01634 337308 · Official page
- Milton Keynes City CouncilHome Education[email protected] · 01908 253888 · Official page
- Oxfordshire County CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 01865 328214 · Official page
- Portsmouth City CouncilElective home education[email protected] · 023 9284 1419 · Official page
- Reading Borough Council (Brighter Futures for Children)Pupil & School Service (Brighter Futures for Children)[email protected] · 0118 937 3666 · Official page
- Slough Borough CouncilAttendance Service / Pupil Tracking[email protected] · 01753 787670 · Official page
- Southampton City CouncilInclusion Services – Elective Home Education[email protected] · 023 8083 4779 · Official page
- Surrey County CouncilSurrey Elective Home Education TeamGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · 03456 009 009 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- West Berkshire CouncilEducation Welfare and Safeguarding Service – Elective Home Education[email protected] · 01635 519797 · Official page
- West Sussex County CouncilElective Home Education (EHE) team[email protected] · 033 022 23300 · Official page
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Achieving for Children)Education Welfare (Achieving for Children)[email protected] · Official page
- Wokingham Borough CouncilEducation Welfare Service – Elective Home Education[email protected] · Official page
South West
- Bath & North East Somerset CouncilEducation Inclusion Service / Alternative Learning Team[email protected] · 01225 394454 · Official page
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilEHE team[email protected] · Official page
- Bristol City CouncilElective Home Education team[email protected] · 0117 352 1438 · Official page
- Cornwall CouncilEducation Welfare Service[email protected] · 01872 324298 · Official page
- Devon County CouncilThe Elective Home Education Team[email protected] · Official page
- Dorset CouncilDorset Elective Home Education (EHE) team[email protected] · Official page
- Gloucestershire County CouncilEHE Team (Education Inclusion Service)[email protected] · 01452 426015 · Official page
- Council of the Isles of ScillySEND, Belonging and Inclusion Team (Children and Family Services)[email protected] · 01720 424490 · Official page
- North Somerset CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · Official page
- Plymouth City CouncilInclusion, Attendance and Welfare Service – Home Education[email protected] · 01752 307405 · Official page
- Somerset CouncilVulnerable Learners (attendance and education engagement)[email protected] · 0300 123 2224 · Official page
- South Gloucestershire Council[email protected] · 01454 868009 · Official page
- Swindon Borough CouncilElective home education team (Attendance & Inclusion Team)[email protected] · Official page
- Torbay CouncilElective Home Education Team[email protected] · 01803 207661 · Official page
- Wiltshire CouncilEducation Welfare Service (Targeted Education)General enquiries: [email protected] · 0300 456 0100 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
Wales
- Blaenau GwentElective Home Education OfficerEmail: use the contact details on the official page · Official page
- BridgendEducation Engagement Team[email protected] · Official page
- CaerphillyLearning, Education and Inclusion Team (Directorate of Education and Lifelong Learning)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 07355021850 · Official page
- CardiffNo email published · Official page
- CarmarthenshireSchool Safeguarding and Attendance Team - Elective Home Education Officer[email protected] · 01554 742369 · Official page
- CeredigionEducation Inclusion Service[email protected] · 01545 570881 · Official page
- ConwySocial Care and Education Service (EHE)[email protected] · 01492 574000 · Official page
- DenbighshireContact form · 01824 706000 · Official page
- FlintshireNo email published · 01352 702121 · Official page
- GwyneddContact form · 01766 771000 · Official page
- Isle of AngleseyEducation Inclusion Service[email protected] · 01286 679 007 · Official page
- Merthyr TydfilElective Home Education Manager - Schools Department (People and Performance Directorate)[email protected] · 01685 725000 · Official page
- MonmouthshireMonmouthshire Elective Home Education team (Education Welfare Service)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 01633 644644 · Official page
- Neath Port TalbotSchool and Family Support / Child and Family Support Team (Education, Leisure and Lifelong Learning)Contact form · 01639 686868 · Official page
- NewportEducation (EHE enquiries)[email protected] · Official page
- PembrokeshireThe Elective Home Education Team[email protected] · 01437 764551 · Official page
- PowysElective Home Education (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · 01597 826422 · Official page
- Rhondda Cynon TafRhondda Cynon Taf Elective Home Education Service[email protected] · 01685 652526 · Official page
- SwanseaSwansea Council Elective Home Education Team (EHET)[email protected] · Official page
- TorfaenElective home education (Education Welfare Service)[email protected] · 01633 648363 · Official page
- Vale of GlamorganInclusion Team (EHE team)[email protected] · 01446 709113 · Official page
- WrexhamEHE team[email protected] · Official page
Scotland
- Aberdeen CityEducation Operations Support[email protected] · Official page
- AberdeenshireEducation and Children's Services (area Quality Improvement Officer)[email protected] · 01224 472840 · Official page
- AngusAdditional Support Needs Manager (3-18) – key point of contact for Home EducationEmail: use the contact details on the official page · Official page
- Argyll and ButeInclusion and Equalities Team[email protected] · 01546 605522 · Official page
- ClackmannanshireGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · 01259 450000 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- Dumfries and GallowayHome Education – Supporting Learners[email protected] · Official page
- Dundee CityHome Education (Children and Families Service – Inclusion)[email protected] · Official page
- East AyrshireEducation Services[email protected] · Official page
- East DunbartonshireThe Education Service (home education)[email protected] · 0300 123 4510 · Official page
- East LothianEducation[email protected] · Official page
- East RenfrewshireHome Education teamEmail: use the contact details on the official page · 0141 577 3222 · Official page
- City of EdinburghHome education[email protected] · Official page
- FalkirkEducation Services[email protected] · 01324 506600 · Official page
- FifeHome education[email protected] · Official page
- Glasgow CityHome Education Team, Education Services[email protected] · Official page
- HighlandGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · 01349 886606 · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- InverclydeEducation HQ[email protected] · 01475 712850 · Official page
- MidlothianASN Team[email protected] · Official page
- MorayEducation[email protected] · 01343 563374 · Official page
- Na h-Eileanan SiarGeneral enquiries: [email protected] · Official pageThis council doesn’t publish a home education email, so this is its general enquiries address. Ask for your message to be passed to the home education team.
- North AyrshireEducation (home education)[email protected] · 01294 324726 · Official page
- North LanarkshireNo email published
- Orkney IslandsEducation (Education, Communities and Housing)Email: use the contact details on the official page · 01856 873535 ext 2475 · Official page
- Perth and KinrossEducation at Home (Education Additional Support Officer)[email protected] · Official page
- RenfrewshireESRG (home education requests mailbox)[email protected] · Official page
- Scottish BordersHQ Operations Team[email protected] · 0300 100 1800 · Official page
- Shetland IslandsSchools ServiceNo email published · 01595 744000 · Official page
- South AyrshireHome education[email protected] · Official page
- South LanarkshireInclusion Service, Education Resources[email protected] · 0303 123 1023 · Official page
- StirlingSchools, Learning and Education (Chief Education Officer)[email protected] · Official page
- West DunbartonshireEmail: use the contact details on the official page · Official page
- West LothianEducation Services – Home Education[email protected] · Official page
Northern Ireland
- Education Authority (EA)Elective Home Education (EHE) Team[email protected] · 028 9031 7428 · Official page
Labels: “Use the contact details on the official page” – the council lists a named officer rather than a team address, so we link to its official page instead. “General enquiries email” – the council doesn’t publish a home education email. “Contact form” – the council asks you to use its online form.
Official sources
- GOV.UK: Find your local council
- GOV.UK: Educating your child at home
- Education Authority (NI): Elective home education
Last checked against these sources: 25 October 2026.
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