How it works
How E Squared works.
You log real learning as it happens. E Squared turns those notes into a report your home education assessor can read. The child never has to touch it.
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01Who does the logging?
You do. The parent is the recorder. The child never touches the log.
A sceptical observer once put it to me like this: “If the child won’t engage with worksheets, how can they engage with a logging app?” Fair question. But the child isn’t the one logging. You are.
There is nothing for the child to fill in and no streak for them to keep. You write down what you already noticed: the conversation in the car, the thing they built, the question they wouldn’t let go of. The app is for you.
02Why parent-recorded evidence counts
Parent observation has always been how home education is assessed. It’s the normal way, not a workaround.
It’s how school works too. A school report is the teacher’s record of what a student did, not something the student wrote about themselves. The adult who was there describes the learning. At home, that adult is you.
A home education assessor wants to see that learning is happening. They don’t need it to look like school, and they don’t need the child to perform on demand. They need a credible, specific account from the person who watches it every day.
My first home education assessment was approved first time. What the assessor wanted was a specific account of what actually happened.
03The rest of it
A moment is a few lines of text, tagged to a key skill, with the date it happened. When a review approaches, E Squaredgathers what you’ve logged into a report, grouped by key skill, with the dates intact.
How the log and reports work and the eight key skills are covered in full on the homepage.
04What the child’s side is, and isn’t
E Squared also has an optional space for the child: a low-demand environment for life skills and self-chosen topics, with a companion creature. No streaks and no scores.
It works entirely on its own, and so does the log. A family can use only the parent log and never open the child side. The log does not depend on the child doing anything.
Nothing the child does there is shared with you unless they choose to share it. If they do, it arrives in your log as a draft, and it only counts once you approve it. It is never surveillance. Conversations and behaviour never cross over.
Frequently asked questions
- Who does the logging: the parent or the child?
- The parent. The child never touches the log. You log what you already notice (a conversation, a trip, a problem worked through) and E Squared shapes those notes into a report.
- Does the child have to use the app?
- No. The log works completely on its own. The child's side is a separate, optional space. A family can use only the parent log and never open the child side at all.
- Is parent-recorded evidence enough for a home education review?
- Yes. Parent observation is how home education has always been assessed. Home education assessors expect the parent to describe what the child does, the same way a school report is the teacher's record of a student, not the student's own.
- What if learning doesn't happen on a schedule?
- That is the point. You log real moments as they happen, in any order, on any day. There is no timetable to fill in and nothing to retrofit the week before a review.
Founding places are open.
The first 10 families pay €9 a month, or €90 a year, instead of €15. Your rate stays for as long as you stay. Cancel any time. Join as a founding family.