Wolna Szkoła

What Wolna Szkoła does

Wolna Szkoła w Domaszczynie is an alternative free school operating in Domaszczyn, Lower Silesia, Poland, near Wrocław. It is operated by Fundacja Tu i Teraz, a nonprofit foundation established in 2021 (KRS 0000529064, NIP 8992762101), and delivers organized home education to approximately 50 children aged 3-10 across two groups: a preschool group (ages 3-6) and an early-school group (ages 6-10), with publicly stated plans to extend programs sequentially up to matura. Its core product is a freedom-based pedagogical program that explicitly rejects grades, tests, homework, bells, and mandatory daily attendance, substituting curriculum compliance through experiential learning — fractions via LEGO, math via baking, nature education in forests protected by Natura 2000 — together with English language immersion and activities spanning swimming, ceramics, philosophy, music, art, woodworking, and gardening. Legal compliance with the Polish national curriculum is maintained by enrolling children in a cooperating public school that administers annual examinations and issues official identification and graduation certificates.

The school's underlying technology is essentially non-digital; no proprietary software platform, app, API, or integration stack is documented. Operations rely on direct human instruction and physical infrastructure: a rural site with kitchen, sports fields, orchard, vegetable garden, 10m × 5m swimming pool, and adjacent Wrocław cultural institutions used for outings. The revenue model is a single all-inclusive subscription at 1,400 PLN per child per month (covering meals, childcare 7:30–16:30, full educational supervision, and all activities) plus an annual 1,000 PLN reservation fee, contracted on a 12-month basis. The go-to-market motion is community-led, with no traditional marketing; customer acquisition runs through word-of-mouth within Polish alternative-education networks, referrals from other free schools, and a structured multi-step enrollment process including consent from a Psychological-Pedagogical Clinic and co-enrollment in the cooperating public school. The school is led operationally by Kasia Paluszyńska and Maria Dynel (contact persons) and currently operates at full capacity with an active waitlist.

Name

Wolna Szkoła

Legal name

Fundacja Tu i Teraz

Website

https://wolna.szkola.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wolna Szkoła is a nonprofit alternative free school in Domaszczyn, Poland, operated by Fundacja Tu i Teraz, delivering organized home education to approximately 50 children aged 3-10 through a child-led, experiential pedagogy with cooperating public-school curriculum compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDACABAL

Preschool Programs within Childcare Centers

Education/Early Childhood Education/Preschools & Pre-K Programs

SECONDARYEDACABAA

General Preschools (Play-Based)

Education/Early Childhood Education/Preschools & Pre-K Programs

SECONDARYEDACAHAB

Extended Day Programs at Preschools & Childcare Centers

Education/Early Childhood Education/Before & After School Care (Early Years)

Keywords

• Alternative education services
• Democratic free school
• Organized home education
• Freedom-based preschool
• Child-led learning program

Headquarters

HQ city

Domaszczyn

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees: Monthly tuition of 1400 PLN per child covering meals (including culinary workshops), full educational and childcare supervision, all activities and projects. Annual reservation fee of 1000 PLN for securing child's workspace. Contract signed for 12 months. Additional costs only for optional excursions planned in agreement with parents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wolna Szkoła w Domaszczynie is an alternative free school that delivers organized home education to children aged 3-10 through two programs: a preschool group (3-6 years) and an early school group (6-10 years). It offers child-led, experiential learning without grades, tests, homework, or mandatory attendance, while maintaining curriculum compliance via enrollment in a cooperating public school that administers annual exams and issues official certificates. Services are bundled into a single monthly tuition covering meals (including culinary workshops), full childcare from 7:30 to 16:30, English immersion, and activities such as swimming, ceramics, philosophy, music, woodworking, and gardening.

Product overview

Wolna Szkoła w Domaszczynie is an alternative free school operated by Fundacja Tu i Teraz, offering organized home education through two core programs: przedszkolna (preschool, ages 3-6) and wczesnoszkolna (early school, ages 6-10). The school provides educational services including cooking workshops, English language immersion, swimming, ceramics, philosophy, music, arts, woodworking, and gardening. Children are enrolled in a cooperating public school for standardized testing and official documentation. The institution focuses on child-led learning through experience, play, experimentation, projects, and sharing passions, without grades, tests, or homework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Przedszkolna - Preschool Program (ages 3-6) Preschool educational group for children aged 3-6 that implements the kindergarten (przedszkole) curriculum through play, experiential learning, cooking workshops, English immersion, and outdoor activities, delivered as organized home education with annual exams administered by the cooperating public school.
• Wczesnoszkolna - Early School Program (ages 6-10) Early school educational group for children aged 6-10 that delivers the preschool, zerówka, and grades 1-3 curriculum through projects, experiments, and hands-on learning led by multiple specialist teachers (early-education specialist, English teacher, subject teachers) working in smaller subgroups. Includes daily English immersion, swimming, ceramics, philosophy, music, woodworking, and gardening, with annual curriculum exams administered by the cooperating public school.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Public school (cooperating)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren are officially enrolled in a cooperating public school which issues annual exams to verify curriculum knowledge, provides school identification cards, and issues graduation certificates for completed classes. This partnership enables legal homeschool compliance while maintaining school's freedom-based approach.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Forest School Association: UK-based organization promoting outdoor-based, nature-immersion, child-led exploration learning. Directly comparable to Wolna Szkoła's nature-based pedagogy, forest location, and rural setting near Natura 2000 protected area.
• Big Picture Learning: US-based nonprofit network of 70+ schools focused on personalized, interest-driven learning through internships. Comparable in student-centered pedagogy and nonprofit foundation structure.
• Synthesis: Network of learner-driven, Agile/Scrum-based studios offering alternative education programs. Shares self-directed learning approach with Wolna Szkoła but operates as a for-profit network with franchise-style model.
• Acton Academy: Global network of learner-driven micro-schools using Socratic method and real-world apprenticeships. Similar in small-scale, child-led, mixed-age educational model though more franchise-oriented.
• Green School: Bali-based alternative school emphasizing sustainability and experiential learning. Comparable in holistic, nature-based, project-driven curriculum and rural setting, though operating at international scale.

Direct peers

• Summerhill School: Historic democratic free school in the UK founded by A.S. Neill, operating on principles of freedom, self-governance, and mixed-age learning. Directly comparable in democratic education philosophy and small independent operation.
• Sudbury Valley School: Pioneer democratic/free school in the US operating since 1968 with student-directed learning, no grades, and mixed-age communities. Closest philosophical peer to Wolna Szkoła's freedom-based, child-led pedagogy and small center-based operating model.
• Sands School: UK democratic secondary school (ages 11-18) following Sudbury/Summerhill-inspired model with student self-governance. Comparable in democratic education philosophy and small-scale, non-traditional operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Association Montessori Internationale (AMI): Global organization governing Montessori schools, which Wolna Szkoła explicitly cites as part of its pedagogical framework. Comparable in child-led, self-directed learning philosophy at early-childhood level.
• Waldorf Education (Steiner/Waldorf schools network): Global network of Waldorf/Steiner schools implementing child-led, arts-integrated, developmentally-rooted education. Comparable in alternative pedagogy philosophy though more institutionalized and at larger scale than Wolna Szkoła.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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