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Learn Free is this weekend! Want to know what it’s about? Check out this post!

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Check out our new online course on to conventional . The first module is all about with Dr Jo Sweetland, Matt Harris and Alice Khimasia from Streams.

is an organisation with a mission to encourage, equip and connect home educators. Their vision is for all home educating families to thrive and find a place to belong.

There are ten modules altogether and you can find all the details in the link in the comments below.

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Learn Free Conference is nearly here! Have you got your ticket yet?

The Open University is running the Home Education Futures survey, exploring the experiences of home educating and flexi-schooling families across the UK - along with what support would genuinely help going forward.

At a time when policy conversations are developing around the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, it’s vital that the voices of families are heard clearly and represented well.

This is a chance to share:
– why you chose home education
– what your experience has been like
– what would make a positive difference for your family

The survey is anonymous and takes around 10–15 minutes to complete.

If you’re part of the Streams community, your voice matters in helping shape a fuller, more accurate picture of home education:
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/openuniversity/home-education-futures

Thank you for being part of this conversation.

Whether you are at the very beginning of your home education journey, or further along the path, you are warmly invited to join us for this day conference.

You do not need to have everything figured out. You do not need a perfect plan.

You simply need a willingness to explore what might be possible.

Because when you choose your child, you begin to change the story.

Read more here

Choosing Your Child: Changing the Story | Streams Education An invitation to the Learn Free Home Educators Conference There is a moment many of us remember with surprising clarity. It’s the moment you begin to realise that the “traditional” path isn’t just difficult for your child—it may no longer be the right fit at all. Perhaps it was the…

What if learning isn’t about getting to the top but about what happens along the way?

This new blog post from Gillian Bolton looks at home education through the lens of a climb. The highs, the unknowns, and the lessons you only learn as you go.

There is no single path. No perfect route. Just real families, real journeys, and learning that unfolds over time.

If you are home educating, or thinking about it, this might resonate.

Read it here: https://streams.education/the-view-from-the-summit-lessons-in-learning-and-home-education/
or via the LINK IN BIO

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Home educating and feeling like you’ve been thrown in at the deep end?

You’re not alone and you don’t have to figure it all out on your own either.

The Learn Free Home Educators Conference is coming! It’s happening on Saturday 16th May 2026 in Coventry. This event is a space for encouragement, fresh perspective and real connection.

This year’s theme is:
“Choosing Your Child: Changing the Story”

If school hasn’t worked for your child and you’re now navigating home education, this day is for you. It’s a chance to step back, be encouraged and think differently about what learning can look like for your family.

Tickets are now available. You can find all the details here:
https://learnfree.org.uk

If you’re part of the Streams community and thinking about going, let us know. It would be great to connect there.

Tickets now available for our annual conference!!
🙌 Our theme this year: "Choosing Your Child: Changing the Story"

👉If school wasn’t working for your child and you’re now navigating home education — this day is for you.
👉Learn Free is a one day conference which will be held in Coventry on 16 May 2026. All details on the website (link in comments).
👉Speakers still being confirmed.

🐦🐦Early Bird price until 30 April 2026!

Please share with anyone you think will benefit!

Last week on the Home Education Matters podcast, Juliet joined Eleanor Marker to talk about something many families recognise:

There are often two main routes into home education.
Some families actively choose it.
Others arrive there because school has stopped working.

In this conversation, Juliet reflects on how different those starting points can feel - and how, over time, those paths often converge into one shared community.

Different beginnings.
A growing sense of togetherness.

Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via the Home Education Matters website.

https://home-education-matters.captivate.fm/episode/138

Find the Home Education Matters page here: https://www.facebook.com/homeeducationmatters