West Suffolk Hive CIC is hosting the West Suffolk Home Education Fair
11am-2pm
Saturday 5th April 2025 at
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3FD
Free activity and information day for families
Stalls, crafts and entertainment from local home ed groups,
A variety of business stands including private and group tuition, outdoor education and
childcare providers, sport, drama, cooking, dance, music and art classes. 

Free Entry

Stallholders can book here
West Suffolk Hive CIC accept no liability for services provided by any of the following organisations. Inclusion in the directory does not necessarily suggest endorsement. Please let us know if any of the links are broken or out of date. 

Useful links

Elective Home Education Suffolk
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/schools/elective-home-education-ehe-educating-your-child-at-home/
Contact the EHE team:
Telephone 01473 265139 (between 9am and 4pm)
Email [email protected]

Education Otherwise
https://educationotherwise.org/

Government Website
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education

Local Home Ed Groups on Facebook 
(all of these are private groups with answers required to join) 

Places to Visit

(check websites etc to see if there is an educational discount for term time visits) 

Ancient House Museum, Thetford (regular home ed sessions)
www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/ancient-house
Cambridge University Museums (mostly free to visit!)
www.museums.cam.ac.uk
Colchester Castle
https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/
Colchester Zoo
www.colchester-zoo.com/plan-your-visit/schools-groups/education/home-education
Daws Hall Nature Reserve
www.dawshallnature.co.uk/home-ed​
English Heritage
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/region/eastofengland/
Jimmy's Farm
https://jimmysfarm.com/​
Kentwell Hall
www.kentwell.co.uk
Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds
www.moyseshall.org
National Trust East of England
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/days-out/regioneastofengland/east-of-england
RSPB
www.facebook.com/RSPBSuffolk
South Angle Farm Park
www.southanglefarmpark.co.uk
Suffolk Wildlife Trust
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
Suffolk Owl Sanctuary
www.owl-help.org.uk
The Food Museum, Stowmarket
https://foodmuseum.org.uk/
Tostock Animal Parks
https://tostockanimalparks.co.uk/​
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Museum
www.weststow.org

Local Services

see individual websites for details of dates, times & prices etc

Academy of movement - circus, dance and gymnastics
www.academyofmovement.co.uk
Artful Maths
www.artfulmaths.com
Autism and ADHD
www.autismandadhd.org
Bury Spectrum Gymnastics
www.buryspectrumgymnasticsclub.co.uk
Clip’n’Climb, Ipswich
https://ipswich.clipnclimb.co.uk
Community Schools Tutoring - Bury St Eds
https://thecommunityschools.co.uk/
Creative Education Centre - Fornham All Saints
https://cecentre.wixsite.com/cecentre
Curious Kids Childcare, Great Barton
www.facebook.com/CKchildcareandtutoring
Curve Motion – skating and soft play - Bury St Edmunds
www.curvemotion.uk
Everyone Active (including Home ed climbing) - Stowmarket
www.everyoneactive.com/centre/mid-suffolk-leisure-centre
Explore Outdoor
www.explore-outdoor.org
It's Rocket Science - discovery centre near Ipswich
https://itsrocketscience.co.uk/
Kinetic Science
http://kineticscience.co.uk/
Kicks and Tricks
www.kicksandtricks.co.uk
Lion Learners East Anglia
www.facebook.com/lionlearnerseastanglia
The offshoot foundation - film education & training
https://www.theoffshootfoundation.com/
Prepped Academy - Tutoring Bury St Edmunds
https://www.prepped.academy/
​Push Forward - education & Youth Work
https://pushforward.org.uk/
Suffolk Children’s University
www.facebook.com/SuffolkCU
Suffolk County Music Service
https://www.suffolkmusichub.co.uk/
Suffolk Libraries
www.suffolklibraries.co.uk
Suffolk Wildlife Trust
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
The Reading Doctors
https://thereadingdoctors.co.uk
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
https://theatreroyal.org
The Hive, Bradfield St George
www.westsuffolkhive.org.uk
The Willows, Barton Mills
https://www.thewillowschilddevelopment.com/​
Unique To You (1 to 1 tuition) 
https://infolink.suffolk.gov.uk/kb5/suffolk/infolink/service.page?id=fo7AJ-nSk4c​
West Suffolk College
https://www.wsc.ac.uk/find-a-course/elective-home-education

Useful websites for resources/online tuition: ​

HE Exams Wiki
https://he-exams.fandom.com/wiki/HE_Exams_Wiki

Arts Awards
https://www.artsaward.org.uk/​
AWE Education Discounts
https://www.awediscounts.com/
BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
Big History Project
https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Blockly
https://blockly.games
Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Cbeebies Radio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
CGP Plus
https://www.cgpplus.co.uk/
Cloud Learn
https://cloudlearn.co.uk/
Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
DK Learning
https://learning.dk.com/uk
Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Earthlings Learning
https://www.earthlingslearning.co.uk/
Ed Place
https://www.edplace.com/
Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Homemade Education
https://homemadeeducation.com/
iDEA Awards
https://idea.org.uk
IXL 
https://uk.ixl.com/inspiration/learninghub
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Kings Interhigh
https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/online-homeschooling
KiwiCo
https://www.kiwico.com/
LCB Education 
https://www.lcbeducation.co.uk/
Letterbox Lab
https://www.letterboxlab.com/
MEL Science
https://melscience.com/
Mud and Bloom
https://www.mudandbloom.com/
National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Openlearn
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Oxford Home Schooling
https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/​
Oxford Owl for Home
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Paw Print Badges
https://pawprintfamily.com/badges/
Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Seneca
https://www.senecalearning.com
South West Science School
https://www.southwestscienceschool.com/
Technology Triumphs
https://www.technologytriumphs.co.uk/
Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
The Curiosity Box
https://curiosity-box.net/science-box/
The Dad Lab 
https://thedadlab.com/​
The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
The Worldly Adventures of Archibold Clutterbuck
https://www.archiboldclutterbuck.co.uk/
Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Tree tools for schools
https://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/menu/
Tutors and Exams
https://www.tutorsandexams.uk/​
​Twinkl 
www.twinkl.co.uk