UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 12 - Are Home Educated Kids Weird? - Busting the Stereotypes

There's a common question that comes up to home educating parents - "isn't home educating kind of weird?", today Syd busts that stereotype:

➡ Being "weird" is just a label, we love to label things as soon as we can to let the brain make sense of them.

➡ Weird isn't always a negative term, a lot of the giants in business were once labelled weird.

➡ Socialisation in home educated children are just as good if not better than children taught in traditional schooling, and the facts back that up.

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More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

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UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 11 - 4 Years at UKVS with Enaya - Online and in-person fun!

In this episode, Syd speaks to Enaya; a UKVS student of 4 years, about her journey from leaving traditional schooling with less confidence and building it back up and becoming an extrovert at UKVS. Here are some key takeaways:

➡ UKVS offer more than just online schooling with many in-person events throughout the year.

➡ Online schooling can raise children's confidence after having it knocked with traditional schooling.

➡ Children can make friends abroad with UKVS and broaden their horizons.

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More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 10 - From Law Books to Logarithms: An Unconventional Route to Teaching

In this episode, Syd speaks to Jessica; a UKVS maths teacher, about her journey from learning about law and going straight into teaching maths. Here are some key takeaways:

➡ Going from subject to subject isn't hard if those subjects are even mildly related.

➡ AI likely won't replace good teachers in their roles, they don't offer the human aspect of a teacher.

➡ Being a teacher is really fun and it's really inspiring to see future generations grow and thrive.

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More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

➡ The end of year trips allow students and teachers to become even closer after stabilising a connection online.

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 9 - From St Andrews to Stateside: Chemistry Journey Across Borders

In this episode, Syd speaks to Sara - an established science teacher at UK Virtual School - about her journey from Scotland to the US, how she found UKVS and how to teach science virtually. Here are some key takeaways:

➡ Science isn't just about the outcome of an experiment, but how you get to that outcome.

➡ Doing experiments that are gore-y isn't the only way, there are case studies that don't have to be so gruesome.

➡ Online schooling offers teachers and children the option to work from the comfort of their own home and be more confident in that space.

🔗Links:

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

➡ The end of year trips allow students and teachers to become even closer after stabilising a connection online.

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 8 - From London to Morocco - Starting a New Life and Career

In this episode, Syd speaks to Sadaf - a Biology teacher who started working at UKVS a year ago - all about how she made her big move to Morocco and eventually found UK Virtual School and hasn't looked back. Here are some key takeaways:

➡ Packing up and moving away from your area can be hard, but it can put you in just the places you need to be to move forward.

➡ Online Schooling allows Sadaf to work from home, an amazing luxury for a mother and it scratches that teaching itch she has.

➡ Moroccan culture is beyond awesome!

🔗Links:

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

➡ The end of year trips allow students and teachers to become even closer after stabilising a connection online.

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 7 - Top Marks for GCSEs - A Future Writer in the Making

In this episode, Syd speaks to Abby - a GCSE finisher for UKVS - and her mum about her results and what her future could look like... Into a future of writing. Here are some key takeaways from the episode:

➡ Online schooling gave Abby the space to work how she wanted to throughout her time at UK Virtual School.

➡ Abby's results were mind-bogglingly amazing and she's just looking forward to her future, onwards and upward.

➡ Abby's always wanted to be a writer and the lessons at UKVS helped her to make a start on that dream.

🔗Links:

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

➡ The end of year trips allow students and teachers to become even closer after stabilising a connection online.

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 6 - 5 Years at UKVS - Transition from Primary to Secondary

In this episode, Syd speaks to Hope, a student that's been with UK Virtual School since Year 2 and is now in Year 7. They discuss the transition between primary and secondary teaching at UKVS alongside UKVS' various strengths. Here are some key topics discussed:

➡ The transition is barely felt, the biggest change is that most of the teacher's are swapped for others.

➡ Students get the chance to further enhance their bond between their peers through transitioning into secondary schooling together.

🔗Links:

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

➡ The end of year trips allow students and teachers to become even closer after stabilising a connection online.

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 5 - From Classroom to Online Teaching - How Teaching Has Evolved

In this episode, Syd talks to Karina - a Primary School Teacher at UKVS - about how teaching has changed and evolved over time, giving UKVS the space to indulge in online schooling. Here are some key takeaways from this episode:

➡ Over time schooling has become more complicated, but only due to the over-complication of schools themselves.

➡ The jump to online schooling was mostly opened up by COVID, giving students a taste of something that they could love more than physical schooling.

➡ Teachers should be more educated on the difference in cultures when first getting into the profession.

🔗Links:

Check our Vacancies: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/vacancies/

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 4 - Racing Through Life with Student Jessie - BMX Racer, Photographer & Entrepreneur

In this episode, Syd talks to Jessie, a rising star at UK Virtual School, owning her own business, starting another in photography AND being a bmx racer at a regional level, here are some key points from this episode:

➡ There's time between lessons and over weeks, even for a BMX racer who's training every day and building a business.

➡ UKVS is giving Jessie a platform to do all of this at the same time and continue her learning.

➡ She tried secondary school and it wasn't for her, so she returned to UKVS and hasn't looked back!

🔗Links:

The Curiosity Box: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-curiosity-box/61566805532952/

Jessie's Photography: https://www.facebook.com/people/Jessie-A-Photography/61559799296847/

Jessie's Steel'n'Spice brand for girls: https://www.instagram.com/steelnspice.official/

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202

UK Virtual School isn’t just any online school – We dare to be different! We offer a flexible online British Education adapted for the modern world, catering for Year 1 to iGCSEs for Home Educating families, Expats, and World Schoolers.

Season 5, Episode 3 - Computer Science Through Time - How Tech Has Evolved

In this episode, Syd talks to UKVS Teacher David as they discuss how tech has evolved over time and how it continues to evolve with the introduction of AI:

➡ Understanding the Pros and Cons to AI is crucial, not fully adopting it and not fully discarding it.

➡ Computing is one of the most evolved industries in the last 30 years, David has watched it all happen.

➡ Computer Science is a fascinating topic to many students and gets them started with coding.

Short Courses at UKVS: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/short-courses/

Learning Hub Launch Date: Sunday 21st Sept 2025 11am to 4pm - Location TBA Sign up to the mailing list to receive updates: www.ukvirtualschool.com

Interested in Joining Us? Check out this Link: https://ukvirtualschool.co.uk/

Please use your podcast app to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE, so you never miss an episode of UK Virtual School.

More about Syd (Our Founder)

Syd is the founder and visionary behind UK Virtual School, which was set up in the peak of the pandemic, when the need for an alternative online education system became far more clearer. Syd has worked extensively with home educating families over the last 11 years and has spent her life in the education sector as a qualified teacher in state, grammar and private schools before settling to work full time on her educational projects, namely Femtinos.

Join us as we explore the core values of innovation, curiosity, growth mindset and inclusion & diversity which are embedded in the fabric of UKVS:

💻 Find us on www.ukvirtualschool.com

📩 Reach out to us: [email protected]

🔗 Follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/UkVirtualSchool

🤼 Join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/291678232050202