Educational Freedom is a non-profit organisation providing Home Education information and support. Our primary purpose is ensuring all Home Educators have access to FREE information and support. We aim to provide everything you could ever need to know about Home Education.
A great way of ensuring your Home Education journey goes smoothly is to read all of this website. The menu at the top will help you navigate each section.
Making the decision to Home Educate can be daunting. But be assured that there is plenty of support out there! There are lots of families that have been in your situation, and we have supported tens of thousands of them.
Read through all of our website to learn all about Home Education. Use the menu to navigate through all of our pages especially the WHAT TO DO FIRST page for your country. Navigating through each page in turn really will help you understand everything you need to do. Then move on to the dealing with the LA section.
PLEASE NOTE: MOST PAGES SHOULD NOT BE READ AS A STAND ALONE PAGE, ENSURE YOU READ THE INFO IN OTHER MENTIONED PAGES TOO.
Where to find us after you've read our website.
These are articles and news updates, to be read as extra to the rest of our site.
Here’s a sneak peak at our public FB page feed where we share factual info as well as fun memes. Join our closed group for advice and to chat to other home educators.
We often panic when our children say, “I’m bored.” But boredom is actually a powerful catalyst for creativity, problem‑solving, and self‑direction. When children aren’t constantly entertained, they learn to generate their own ideas. They explore, experiment, and discover what truly interests them. So next time boredom appears, don’t rush to fill the gap. Let it breathe. What’s the most interesting thing your child has created out of boredom?
Creativity isn’t a luxury; it’s a life skill. It teaches problem‑solving, innovation, emotional expression, resilience, and flexible thinking. Home education gives children the freedom to create without the pressure of grades or rubrics. They can experiment, make mistakes, and follow ideas wherever they lead. Whether it’s drawing, coding, building, writing, crafting, designing, or inventing — creativity counts. What creative project is happening in your home right now?
Struggling with organisation, planning, or motivation doesn’t mean a child is lazy. It means they’re still developing executive function — a set of skills that mature well into adulthood. Home education gives children the space to grow these skills gradually, without shame. You can scaffold, support, and model strategies without the pressure of detentions, behaviour charts, or constant comparison. Celebrate progress, not perfection. What’s one executive‑function win your child had this week?
We have many decades of hands on Home Education experience between us and many years as a professional support service.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, and all styles of Home Education.
We never have, nor will we ever, charge Home Educators a fee to access our website, personal support or anything else.
However, we do have costs such as web hosting, so feel free to donate.
Our aim is that our website contains everything you should need to know.
Beyond that we have a Facebook Page where you can connect with other Home Educators and our amazing admin team. We also have the option to contact us, for those times where you don’t have Facebook.
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