Ultimately, we aim to provide as much information as possible in one place

(a designated website for the network), which will include:

• Information for the early stages: providing initial advice to those who wish to deregister from a mainstream school, alongside the guidance and connections you might need to get started with elective home education (including support from others who have taken these steps before).
  

• Models of provision: giving you a range of approaches to home education so that you can decide how free-flowing or structured you would like the learning to be. There are ways in which you can develop provision to suit the needs and wishes of your child(ren), to tailor a curriculum to your preferences, to share responsibilities with other families, to combine a range of home-based activities with experiences outdoors, online learning, group events and alternative ‘class settings’.
  

• Choice and diversity by harnessing existing expertise and developing new skills: pulling together the wealth of options that are already available to us and which are growing by the day. This includes one-off events, weekly courses, classes, online resources, meetings and tutors. On our doorstep and in surrounding areas we already have a number of educational venues and experiences to enrich learning, and this is also an opportunity for us to tap into the skills we have ourselves (and perhaps weren’t aware of) to provide something that might benefit other learners.
  

• Networking for all: developing connections between likeminded families who home educate their youngsters. We will not dictate a ‘one size fits all model’, but instead we aim to assist networking so that you can decide how to enrich the learning experience through the breadth of connections available and develop the confidence you need in the choices you make.