How Failure Leads to Success

How Failure Leads to Success

Failure and Success These words are dominating the news, following A-Level and GCSE results days. Photos of grinning, successful students and hyped-up headlines about results mean that if you’ve failed your exams, it can feel like the most dreadful outcome. We tend to...
Advice on Running a Business

Advice on Running a Business

Did you know that the UK boasted nearly six million businesses in 2018? Compared to the year 2000, that’s a whopping 63% increase. The country is experiencing an entrepreneurial renaissance. I also run my own business, and have done so for ten years now. For...
How to Cope When Repeating School Years

How to Cope When Repeating School Years

School has a very rigid structure. As pupils progress through the years, they work, learn and grow up together. Exams are tackled and most pupils pass a good number of them. Others underachieve in one or two of their papers and embark on an ordinary resit. However,...
What is Lifelong Learning?

What is Lifelong Learning?

A report published in April 2019 by the Lords Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, ‘Tackling Intergenerational Unfairness’, suggests that many young people are not gaining the right skills early in life. In relation to the issue of lifelong learning,...

How to cope with Exam stress

Examinations can be stressful, both for children and for parents, but when your child is home-schooled, it can feel even more difficult to ensure they”re as prepared as possible for upcoming tests. In a recent survey we conducted, almost a quarter of parents...

UCI, ULN, PLR, What does it all MEAN?

An answer to the question above will follow shortly. But perhaps, before we go into details, we should simply spell it out; UCI – Unique Candidate Number ULN – Unique Learning Number PLR – Personal Learning Record The LRS – Learning Record Service People in government...