About Latitude

Built by someone who has spent a career inside the system.

Latitude exists because thousands of families every year are pushed into home education, and then left to figure it out alone. We believe they deserve better than worksheets and good luck.

David Bailey

Founder · Former Headteacher · 20+ years in school leadership

The founder

Two decades leading schools. One conclusion.

David Bailey has been a Headteacher, Vice Principal and Assistant Principal across academy trusts in the West Midlands, and was recognised by Ofsted for determined leadership in challenging contexts. He has extensive experience in SEND and Alternative Provision, teaching maths to the children mainstream schools couldn’t hold onto.

That work led to a simple conclusion: the families who leave the school system don’t stop deserving expert teaching. They just stop receiving it. Latitude is his answer. The same evidence-informed teaching that works in the best classrooms, rebuilt for home.

Headship backgroundDirect-instruction trainedRecognised by Ofsted

Why Latitude exists

Most families didn’t fully choose home education.

There are now more than 126,000 home-educated children in England, and the number rises every year. Behind that statistic are families whose children were bullied, whose needs weren’t met, whose anxiety made the school gates impossible, or who simply concluded the system wasn’t working for their child.

They chose the harder path, usually with no training, no curriculum and no map. The options waiting for them were a patchwork: worksheet subscriptions that supplement but don’t teach, distance-learning courses costing thousands per subject, or piecing it together alone from textbooks and YouTube.

“You chose the harder path. I’ve spent a career inside the system that pushed you here, and I built Latitude to make home education genuinely work for your child.”

Latitude is a complete GCSE and IGCSE curriculum: six subjects, taught from scratch, with real qualifications at the end, for £35 a month. Not because education should be cheap, but because it should be reachable.

What we believe

The principles under every lesson.

A full curriculum, not a supplement

Every topic is taught from scratch: explanation, guided practice, independent work. Latitude is designed to be the whole of a subject, not worksheets bolted onto something else.

Structure is kindness

Children thrive when the next step is always clear. Lessons follow a consistent rhythm, progress is mastery-gated, and nobody moves on with gaps that will hurt them later.

AI built in, not bolted on

AI support is embedded in how every lesson is structured: hints, feedback and explanations exactly where children get stuck. Not a chatbot in the corner.

Parents stay in charge

You see everything: what was studied, how long it took, what was mastered and what needs another pass. The platform works for your family, never the other way round.

Launching for the autumn term 2026.

Join the waitlist to be first in when enrolment opens, or explore the subjects we’re launching with.

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