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Home Education Matters

Join our friendly and inclusive home schooling and home ed community as we discuss all things home education related.

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01:25:37

Is Home Education Right for Us? Answering a...

Home Education Matters ·

2025/11/02

In today's podcast, I chat to Nicola, a prospective home educator and long time listener to the show. We talk about her fears and worries around home education and I do my best to advise, reassure and support her with these questions. This is a great episode for anyone who is sitting on the fence, a bit unsure, but instinctively wanting to take the plunged into home education!

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52:29

Deschooling with Helen Royston

Home Education Matters ·

2025/10/26

Welcome to our deschooling episode! I'm joined by Helen Royston to talk about:why it's important to deschoolwhat it looks likehow long it lasts (spoiler: longer than you think!)how to do itwhat to avoidDid you go through a deschooling process? How did you find it? Let us know in the comments ...Links referenced in this episode:picturebookexplorers.co.ukinstagram.com/HomeEducationMatters

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48:24

Home Educating as a single parent

Home Education Matters ·

2025/10/05

Home educating can be a lonely journey and this is often even more so when you are doing it as a single parent. And yes, there are positives (and we get to these, don't worry!) but Tamsin and I are also here to talk about the difficult times and particular challenges to home educating as the lone parent in the house. [Enjoying the podcast? Leave a comment and say hi or take the time to rate us or share us with friends. It means a lot to us!]

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35:29

A Journey into Home Education - Ash's Story - 'The...

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2025/09/21

Have you been wondering how Ash and Ismael have been getting on since we last spoke to them? Me too!Today we catch up with Ash and hear about Ismael's return to school last Autumn and the journey they've been on since. And we'll be resuming our monthly check ins with Ash so stay tuned next month for our latest installment ...

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16:18

Podcast handover!

Home Education Matters ·

2024/11/10

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 past two years!

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56:17

Incorporating politics and philosophy into your home...

Home Education Matters ·

2024/11/03

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 talk about the who, what, how, why and when of incorporating Politics

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37:57

Recovering from school bullying

Home Education Matters ·

2024/08/25

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 show! This podcast is a labour of love but if you would like to

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48:07

Healing from school trauma

Home Education Matters ·

2024/08/18

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 have experienced school based trauma, you may find this a difficult

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01:20:43

Coping with trauma in your home educating family with...

Home Education Matters ·

2024/08/11

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 act of removing your child from the mainstream education system and

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01:18:31

School's Out - A personal perspective with Helen

Home Education Matters ·

2024/08/04

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 education. This episode, from a self-titled 'homeschool slacker' has

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22:44

A Journey into Home Education - June 'Healing'

Home Education Matters ·

2024/08/01

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

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01:12:09

Online Learning with Mary Middlebrook

Home Education Matters ·

2024/07/14

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 to you every week, you're now able to donate to the show and help to keep us

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59:53

Resolving conflict with Sven Lauch

Home Education Matters ·

2024/07/07

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 labour of love, but it's also both a costly and time consuming

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56:50

Auditory Processing Disorder and British Sign...

Home Education Matters ·

2024/06/09

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

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01:02:28

From home educated to home educator with Pamela Anton

Home Education Matters ·

2024/06/02

Today I am joined by Pamela Anton who set about persuading her parents to home educate her when she was a child, at a time when home education was much less common. Armed only with a magazine article and a distinct hatred for school, Pamela launched into home education and now has chosen that route for her own children.Listen to Pamela's fascinating story about her interaction with the school system and the impact that being in school had upon her on a day to day level. And how this experience

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49:09

Worldschooling with Astrid Vinje

Home Education Matters ·

2024/05/05

One of the amazing things about home educating is the flexibility it offers and my guest today embraced that flexibility by taking her family across the world. In this episode we talk about how she did it, the places she went to, the reasons she worldschooled and her advice for how to set about it. It's a great episode for anyone with undiagnosed wanderlust!

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58:45

The 'truths' of home education

Home Education Matters ·

2024/04/21

Join my children and I as we talk about our ups and downs during the last fifteen years of home educating. There's nothing more candid than a pair of home educated teens so buckle up and settle in to hear a discussion ranging from the good and the bad, to the possibility of a register and the perils of bad parenting!

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45:01

Environmental Management IGCSE with Damian Webb

Home Education Matters ·

2024/04/14

For today's podcast, I am joined by Damian from Earthlings Learning to talk through the Cambridge IGCSE in Environmental Management.This exam is a great choice for home educators and is often the first one that a home ed child will sit. So settle back and hear all the ins and outs of the exam, what you can expect and how to maximise your enjoyment of the subject.

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28:00

A Journey into Home Education - March 'Socialising!'

Home Education Matters ·

2024/04/01

It's our March episode of A Journey into Home Education and we are catching up with Ash in her year of home education.Today we talk about the joys of home ed socialising, the prospect of a return to school this Autumn and Ismael's youTube speed run! And speaking of youTube, don't forget to like and subscribe over there and share and download over here ;)

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34:38

Van Schooling - life on the road when home educating

Home Education Matters ·

2024/03/31

Emma from We are the Nomaders is taking her home education journey to the road. With one husband, one van and three children, Emma is exploring the possibilities that home education on the move offers herself and her family. In today's episode, find out how she does it, where she's off to and the highs and lows of life of home educating on the road.

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