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Podcast: BERA UK Podcast
Episode: Missing grades, missed opportunities? The impact of exam cancellation among elective home education families
Description: In this episode, hosted by the BERA Alternative Education SIGÂ Dr Amber Fensham-Smith (Open University) interviews Joanna Merrett (University of Exeter), a Researcher and Elective Home Education Consultant. An estimated 54,000 children in the UK are home educated, although the actual number of home educated children is largely unknown.Amber and Joanna discuss the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on elective home education families and Joanna's recent research submitted to the UK EHE select committee: The Voice of Experienced Elective Home Educating (EHE) parents: the risk of missing home-educated children in the education policy response to s...