Home Education Matters

It's my final episode as your host (but not of the show!) and I recorded this interview with Karem way back in Spring but, as I was recording it, knew I wanted to sign out with this podcast, so have held it back all this time. It was a tour de force of patience!

Karem and I discuss the importance of raising politically and philosophically engaged children and how home education is the perfect environment for these subjects. We ta...

What a fascinating podcast we have today as I am joined by Lisa and Sam, visual stress assessors, to guide us through this much neglected condition. 

We look at what it is, what the symptoms might be and how to support your child (or yourself!) if you think they might have visual stress. 

Enjoy the show and do share it around with anyone who you think might be experiencing this condition!

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In today's podcast I chat with some parents whose children have moved on from home education and away from home. Home education can be a particularly immersive way of parenting (for good and for bad!) and it can be a difficult adjustment to move from that intensity and connection to a quieter home when the children leave for college or work. 

In this podcast we discover the joys, losses and surprises of an empty nest and how we h...

It was great to have Cheryl on to talk us through the process of giving information when requested to the local authority, what most of us think of as 'writing the annual report' (which is a bit of a misnomer as will be revealed in the podcast!).

Cheryl guides us through:

• When and whether to respond
• The ways to respond
• What to include
• What not to put in
• Frequency
• Issues
• Communication

And so much more!

Educational Free...

Join Amy and I as we make our way through the home education rules and regulations, as they shift and change, in Wales.

We talk about:

• Deregistration
• Reports 
• Exams
• Additional Learning Needs
• Changing government legislation / statutory guidance

It's a complicated and very quickly changing environment but involves changes that everyone in home education needs to be aware of, whether you're in Wales or not. A register brou...

Join Emma, busy home educating mum of 7, to discuss home educating in Scotland and how it differs from other parts of the UK.

Together, Emma and I discuss deregistration, LA checks and reports, as well as exams and home educating children with additional needs. 

If you enjoy the show, do like and subscribe or leave a comment, wherever you are listening to us and share it around with any of your home ed friends.

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Today's podcast looks at making that transition from home education to university and I am joined by Ossie, a recent graduate from Cambridge who pit stops with us before going on to do his Masters. 

We talk about making that move from autonomous home education to the more structured university life, as well as talking about workloads, perception of home education and, of course, 'socialisation'!

This podcast is about giving som...

Fancy a maths GCSE that you can split into parts and retake at your leisure? Yeah, me too! 

In this podcast, we talk about the new modular maths exam at GCSE level and discuss its benefits and disadvantages, as well as what to expect and how to book onto it.

Next week's podcast is a look at the university experience from a home educated person's perspective so stay tuned for that.

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For our last episode in our mini series "School's Out", I talk to Vicky about her daughter's experience of bullying at school. It's a shocking but ultimately hopeful episode as we learn about their journey from school trauma to the amazing restorative power of home education.

Next week, we'll be back to our usual mixture of episodes starting with a podcast on the new modular maths exam. Intrigued? Stay tuned for next Sunday's sho...

Today's episode is a personal story from Martine who shares her experience of witnessing her son's traumatic school journey and then embarking on the healing journey of home education.

Martine's story is both shocking and emotional, and yet from it her and her family have repaired themselves and come out the other side stronger and wiser.

* This episode contains some distressing descriptions and therefore if you or your child h...

Today I am joined by Dr Robyn Koslowitz, expert in trauma and author of upcoming book on Post Traumatic Parenting. 

In this insightful episode we will talk about how school can cause trauma and the ways in which home education can uniquely heal those wounds. Robyn also guides us in how to differentiate trauma from the usual childhood ups and downs, and gives her advice on healing those trauma wounds in our children. 

Often, the...

Welcome to our summer series - School's Out! Where we'll be shining a lot on some of the issues within the education system which has led many of us to opt out.

Whether it was an ideological choice, a responsive choice to school or even an imposed decision due to your school situation, we've all come to this because we feel this is a preferable route. 

In this podcast, Helen gives us her honest perspective on school and home ed...

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 restor...

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 ...

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.

Enjoy the podcast! And don't forget that if you'd like to support the work we do to bring these episodes t...

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.

[This podcast is very much a ...