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 ...