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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.
English Literature becomes far more exciting when students explore it through games. Whether they’re acting out themes in Charades, comparing characters with Top Trumps, or decoding symbolism in Pictionary, these playful activities help learners think deeply about texts while having fun. Games encourage students to analyse motives, spot patterns, explore alternative interpretations, and express ideas clearly — all essential skills for GCSE success. By turning big literary concepts into hands‑on challenges, learners build confidence, curiosity, and a richer understanding of the stories they study.
Science isn’t just found in textbooks, it’s all around us, waiting to be explored through everyday games. From the precision of Operation to the teamwork of Pandemic, each activity helps students uncover the fascinating world of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics in a hands‑on, memorable way. Whether they’re building molecules, balancing Jenga towers, or racing marbles down a track, learners discover how scientific principles shape the world they see. These playful experiences spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and make learning feel like an adventure, because at Educational Freedom, we believe science should be experienced, not just studied.
There isn’t one version of it. No single approach that everyone is quietly following. https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/does-your-home-education-look-different-to-everyone-elses/ #educationalfreedom #homeeducating
Last week a lot of you were interested in learning GCSEs maths through games so.... We believe learning should feel exciting, playful, and full of discovery. This poster shows how everyday games, can quietly build powerful GCSE maths skills. Whether it’s cracking codes in Mastermind, spotting patterns in Set, or making strategic decisions in Uno, each game helps learners practise logic, probability, algebra, and problem‑solving in a natural, enjoyable way. It’s maths without the pressure, just curiosity, confidence, and fun.
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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