Progressive Education

Education Start-Ups Membership A community for innovators building new kinds of schools and learning settings that includes expert webinars, group coaching, and an online member platform.

If you feel inspired by Nick's story and would like support in setting up and running a #school or #learning community, have a look at our Education Start-Ups #membership which includes expert webinars, ongoing group coaching and peer support.

educationstartups.org/community

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Self Managed Learning Sheffield will be a community for young people to #learn in their own way, at their own pace. There won’t be any #classrooms, #teachers or imposed #curriculum. Young people can choose what, when & how they learn based on what feels right to them.

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We are excited to watch Nick’s dream for his learning community, ‘Self Managed Learning Sheffield’, become a reality. He is currently inviting young people aged 11-16 to attend a trial at his new provision.

www.selfmanagedlearningsheffield.co.uk

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Congratulations to Nick Watson Jones, the newest member of our Education Start-Ups community.
Nick took part in our EMPOWER challenge last month and is the lucky winner of Geraldine Rowe’s book, 'It’s Our School, It’s Our Time'!

#ReimagineEducation
#Innovation

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'Ask the Expert' Q&A with The Awen Project Webinar on 7th January 2026 for start-up schools and learning communities with Jonny Field

#TheAwenProject works with families to co-construct small, free-to-attend learning communities, that are run by the #students and have ethics of excellence, #entrepreneurialism and deep #creativity.

Find out more in our webinar with Jonny Field on 7th Jan.

educationstartups.org/webinar-7-ja...

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In our webinar on 7th January, you will be introduced to #TheAwenProject, founded by @charlottechurch.bsky.social & Jonny Field. They are pioneering a new education model where young people are championed to be themselves & follow their passions as active participants in a #democratic community.

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Education Start-Ups Membership A community for innovators building new kinds of schools and learning settings that includes expert webinars, group coaching, and an online member platform.

You can access our webinars as part of a #membership package (which includes coaching and an online community... and a few extra bonuses too!), or on a one-off basis for £20 each.
We hope to see you there!
educationstartups.org/community

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!
We have set the dates for our #webinars for the next 6 months!
Featuring #ProgressiveSchools, innovative part-time #learning communities, in-person and online provisions, and practitioners in progressive practice.
educationstartups.org/community

Did you miss EMPOWER?
This time last week we were getting ready for our Empowerment Webinar with #Lumiar, #Streams & @realsimonsquibb.bsky.social.
Don't worry if you missed it as you can still take part in the challenge and access the recordings and handouts for free at educationstartups.org/empower

Education Start-Ups Membership A community for innovators building new kinds of schools and learning settings that includes expert webinars, group coaching, and an online member platform.

Our membership for start-up #schools and #learning communities includes expert #webinars, group #coaching, a supportive online #community and a few extra bonuses too!

educationstartups.org/community

#21stCenturyEducation

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Are you dreaming of setting up your own #school or #learning community?
Join our Education Start-Ups #membership so that, together, we can create a new paradigm of #education where all young people can thrive, in childhood and beyond.

#ReimagineEducation
#NewEducationalParadigm

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Education Start-Ups Membership A community for innovators building new kinds of schools and learning settings that includes expert webinars, group coaching, and an online member platform.

We offer expert webinars, group coaching and a supportive online community... and a few bonuses too.

Find out more about our #membership for start-up #schools and #learning communities at educationstartups.org/community

#ReimagineEducation
#Innovation
#StartUps
#NewEducationalParadigm

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Whether you are exploring the possibility of creating your own #school or #learning community or have launched one already, our #membership will give you an extra boost of support...

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It's our 1st birthday today!!

A year ago today we launched the Education Start-Ups #membership, to help create a new paradigm of #education, so that families have more choices outside of the one-size-fits-all #educationsystem.

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Here's the link to join 11k others in our Progressive Education Group www.facebook.com/groups/progr...

All those taking part in our challenge for start-up schools/learning communities...
If you feed back by commenting in the accountability threads (pinned to the top of our Progressive Education Group) for each of the 3 tasks by midnight 24th Nov, you will be entered into our prize draw! Good luck!
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WEBINAR TONIGHT 7.30-9.30PM
For pioneers starting or running their own #Schools & #LearningCommunities.
'Ask the Expert' Q&A with #education innovators from #Lumiar & #StreamsLearningHub followed by 'What's Your Dream?' with @realsimonsquibb.bsky.social

Free sign up: educationstartups.org/empower

Task 3 of the EMPOWER challenge is for our start-up #schools and #learning communities to pin down their #vision and #mission.

Please join us in our Facebook Group to share your thoughts: www.facebook.com/groups/progr...

Task two of our EMPOWER challenge is for start-up schools & learning communities to think about their values...

Crucial for finding the right collaborators, staff and families, and establishing the culture.

Please join us in our Facebook Gp to share your thoughts:
www.facebook.com/groups/progr...

Motherland star warns of 'devastating SATs effects' on children with special needs - The Mirror Star of BBC sitcom Motherland Anna Maxwell has signed an open letter to the Government saying SATs leave children with special educational needs and disabilities convinced they are 'not clever enough'

Motherland star warns of 'devastating SATs effects' on children with special needs - SNJ is supporting this campaign www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...

But what do you think? What does the purpose of #education mean to you?

Join us in our Facebook Group to share your thoughts: www.facebook.com/groups/progr...

#ReimagineEducation
#21stCenturyEducation

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Educational reformer John Dewey said “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”

Martin Luther King Jr believed that “the function of education is to #teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”

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Task one of our EMPOWER challenge for start-up #schools and #learning communities is to reflect on the true purpose of education...

According to Vea Vecchi, one of the first pioneers in the first #ReggioEmilia #schools, “The purpose of #education is to make a more just and joyful society.”

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The #EMPOWER event for start-up schools and learning communities starts today!

The first challenge will be announced by Alex O'Neill at 10am GMT live in our Progressive Education Group.

You can join the group at facebook.com/groups/progr...

Full event details at educationstartups.org/empower

Join us in our Facebook Group at 10am GMT on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the start-ups challenges. www.facebook.com/groups/progr... They will be recorded if you can't make them live.

STARTING TOMORROW!

FREE 3-Day Challenge Event on 18-20 Nov for pioneers starting or running their own #Schools and #LearningCommunities. Celebrating one year of running our #membership for #startups.

Find out more and register at https://educationstartups.org/empower

#ReimagineEducation

It's Not Trivial To Them Why the things that we say and do to children matter

When I talk about the effect on children of behavioural practices which are used in some schools, I’m often told that these are trivial. Here's why I disagree.
open.substack.com/pub/naomicfi...

Publication month JUNE !
Available to preorder at a 40%discount 👏🏼👏🏼
#earlymaths #maths #earlyyears

You can find out more about our 'Ask the Expert' Q&A tonight and register at https://educationstartups.org/webinar-12-nov-2025

#ReimagineEducation

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There's still time to sign up for our webinar tonight at 7.30pm GMT with The Bramblewood Project, which nurtures multiple #consent-based, #SelfDirectedLearning communities for #children who attend alongside, or as an alternative to #mainstream #schooling, in Worcestershire.

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