Home Education
The Education Act requires parents to present their children for education at school or to make arrangements for their education ‘otherwise’. This can be at home or at a private school etc. With effect from 1 September 2009, parents who educate their children at home or send them to a school other than a Department-run school are required by law to advise the Department via the Home or Private Education form, downloadable on this page.
For information, there is an independent Manx Home Education Association that can be contacted through the following email address isleofmanhomeeducation@gmail.com. (This is an external email address which is nothing to do with the Isle of Man Government and is not maintained by us. Therefore, we cannot take responsibility over your choice to make contact with the Manx Home Education Association via this means).
Tour of Tynwald
On behalf of the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald please note the opportunities available as part of our Education and Outreach Programme to enable Private or Home Educated pupils to engage with Tynwald, the oldest continuous parliament in the world.
Q&A Tour
Tours can be arranged at any time when the chambers are available. This is usually any day except Tuesdays or the third Wednesday and Thursday of every month when Tynwald is sitting.
We will guide you around the historic chambers throughout the Legislative Buildings and share our story from the Viking age through to Tynwald’s position today as the oldest parliament in the world in continuous operation.
There are plenty of opportunities for engagement and we actively encourage everyone to ask questions.
We recommend allowing at least one hour for a tour.
The tour is designed to introduce students to their local parliament, providing a real understanding of democracy and citizenship.
Watch a Live Sitting
Students are also welcome to attend a live sitting of the House of Keys or Tynwald and sit in the Public Galleries.
Please contact enquiries@tynwald.org.im if you wish to attend any sittings.
