Home Education Matters

And it's official. Today you'll meet your new Home Education Matters host and hear about her plans for the future of the podcast.

Enjoy the episode and thank you all so much for listening for the p…

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 …

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 …

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!…

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…

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
• Changi…

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 …

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. 

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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 disa…

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 j…

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 st…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 o…

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 …