Home Education Matters

Join Ash and I for the last episode following her journey into home education. And this month we look back at July but also take a wider look at the things she has learnt, the rewards and challenges of the last year, plus what she's looking forward to in the future.

I know we've all loved the monthly chats with Ash and it's been such a joy to follow her and Ismael's journey this year through a process that ultimately was a restorative and healing one for the whole family.

And who knows maybe this is just au revoir rather than goodbye ...

Home educating through exams can be difficult to navigate so, in this podcast, Julie Barker from Faregos guides us through the procedure for access arrangements.

We cover what they are, how to get them, what they're not, top tips and advice and much more. 

Check it out and share around with any fellow home educators who may be wanting access arrangements for their exams!

Today we talk through the nuts and bolts of the exam process with Paul Turner from the very popular exam centre 3A Tutors in Bristol. 

It's a long one so skip to the bits that are relevant to you or settle down for everything you ever wanted to know about exams as a home educator!

TIMINGS -

5:45 Exam sittings

11:30 Registering for exams

13:00 Fees

14:15 Access Arrangements

24:15 How the process works

25:45 Exam entry codes and booking exams

31:30 Timings of exams and what to do if you’re late

34:30 Exam subjects and IGCSES vs GCSES

40:30 Oral exams and MFL subjects

43:15 AS levels and modular GCSEs

47:30 On screen and online exams

51:15 Practicals for exams

56:15 Coursework

59:15 Exam rules

1:10:30 Special Consideration

1:16:45 Cancelling exams

1:19:00 Grade boundaries

1:22:30 Results and Certificates

1:25:20 Appealing grade results / Review of marking

1:29:30 Post exams

1:30:45 Resits

And keep an eye out for our Access Arrangements deep dive coming up next week ...

Today's podcast dives into the world of online learning. Myself and the fabulous Mary Middlebrook discuss:

• How to get the best out of online resources
• Where to find top quality online education
• What to look for and what to avoid
• Creating a pick and mix global online education to support self study

And much much more.

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When you home educate you get used to people saying "oh I could never do that, we'd all get on each other's nerves so much". So today we will be discussing conflict and how to handle it if you home educate (and if you don't!).

Sven Lauch guides us through his 4 step approach and explains why conflict need not always be avoided but instead can be used to further healthy communication and connection.

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Join Ash and I as we discuss how her home education journey went in June. We talk about the bravery it takes to home educate and the bravery it's currently taking to put Ismael back into school. And much more.

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Today is the last episode in our mini series where we showcase some of the amazing stories from within our home education community.

And we meet Naomi John O. who is an inspiring 16 year old home educated student who is busy making a difference to the world we live in. 

Check out her story here and maybe share it around with any 'doubters' who question your decision to home educate!

Want to help your child improve their writing skills without picking up a pen? We've got you covered on this podcast where Munira will guide us through her top tips to improve your child's writing.

We cover some great strategies and approaches which are all designed to build confidence and ability without some of the anguish that goes with copy writing or handwriting practice.

Today's podcast talks about the unique challenges of home educating when you have ADHD. And we talk to Amy about her journey of self discovery around having ADHD and how it's affected, positively and negatively, her home education experience.

Alert! If you don't want to listen to 15 minutes of discussion about how broken the school system is, skip ahead to 15:00. You have been warned ;-)

Join Shelley and I as we discuss home educating a child with Auditory Processing Disorder and the value of incorporating British Sign Language into your home ed journey. 

This is a fascinating and sometimes emotional conversation where we talk about the pressures on ourselves as home educating parents and the balancing act of prioritising our children's needs with little state support. We delve into what APD is, the struggle to get diagnosed and also discuss BSL and its variations, along with the sheer joy of learning a new language and being able to communicate with your baby and child in an empowering way.