The numbers
126,000 children in England alone are now home-educated — up 66% in five years, and still climbing. (Source: UK Department for Education, autumn 2025 census.)
The overnight job
The day you start homeschooling, you take on four jobs: principal, teacher of five subjects, examiner, record-keeper. Unpaid. Untrained. Alone.
Two half-solutions
Homeschool platforms teach academics well — but treat your faith, language and culture as invisible. Islamic apps teach Quran and Arabic well — but can't run a full school week. The middle is empty.
The fear
"If we switch curriculum... what will my child miss?" The fear that keeps families stuck in systems that stopped working for their child.
What changed
One-to-one tutoring works. It was just unaffordable. Four decades of research shows a child tutored one-on-one, mastering each topic before moving on, performs about two grade levels above the classroom. AI finally turns a private tutor's salary into a family subscription.
The empty middle
Ilmiyat exists to fill the empty middle: full academics, authentic faith, a parent at the controls. ilmiyat.com