Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.
I really do want to HE, but I can't help feeling that it will
ultimately limit the choices available to DD.
Any opinions?

wrote:
Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.
I really do want to HE, but I can't help feeling that it will
ultimately limit the choices available to DD.
Any opinions?

Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.

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Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.

A different kind of diy!

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wrote:
Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.
I really do want to HE, but I can't help feeling that it will
ultimately limit the choices available to DD.
Any opinions?

Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.


You don't seriously think that will stop anyone, do you?

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:28:44 -0700, hicks wrote:


wrote:
Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.
I really do want to HE, but I can't help feeling that it will
ultimately limit the choices available to DD.
Any opinions?

Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.

So which ng did you intend to post to?

FWIW I know a few kids who've gone or are going to the Acorn and by all
accounts it's brilliant. Our own kids are/were at the local Steiner
School and amongst other parents etc it's regarded as practically a
Steiner school in all but name (though there are differences of
organisation e.g. Graham is the head and owner whereas Steiner schools are
usually run as charitable businesses with a college of teachers and no
head).

I gather a significant number of Acorn pupils are accepted at Oxbridge on
reputation of the school despite not doing exams, so I wouldn't worry
about their prospects.

From the HE POV there are always quite a few parents ar our school who
would be HEing if the school weren't available, and some who move from HE
to Steiner, and some vice versa.

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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:28:44 -0700, hicks wrote:


wrote:
Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.

Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.

uk.people.parents it would seem
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Chris French

John Stumbles wrote:
Apolgies - posted to wrong newsgroup.

So which ng did you intend to post to?

uk.people.parents


FWIW I know a few kids who've gone or are going to the Acorn and by all
accounts it's brilliant. Our own kids are/were at the local Steiner
School and amongst other parents etc it's regarded as practically a
Steiner school in all but name (though there are differences of
organisation e.g. Graham is the head and owner whereas Steiner schools are
usually run as charitable businesses with a college of teachers and no
head).

I gather a significant number of Acorn pupils are accepted at Oxbridge on
reputation of the school despite not doing exams, so I wouldn't worry
about their prospects.

Thanks. It turns out that the school is located not far from us!

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Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.

I would never have had some of my best employees if I took much notice of
school exam results. These days they are little more than an exercise in
ensuring that everyone leaves school with a bit of paper.

Colin Bignell

nightjar wrote:
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Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.

I would never have had some of my best employees if I took much notice of
school exam results. These days they are little more than an exercise in
ensuring that everyone leaves school with a bit of paper.

Colin Bignell

Really. That's interesting. What industry are you in? I know exams seem
to have been devalued with the recent grade inflation phenomenon, but I
wonder is it generally the case that employers are starting to
disregard exam results. Would it be so bad if our child didn't have any
conventional exam passes? That's the question I'm wrestling with.

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nightjar wrote:
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Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.

I would never have had some of my best employees if I took much notice of
school exam results. These days they are little more than an exercise in
ensuring that everyone leaves school with a bit of paper.

Colin Bignell

Really. That's interesting. What industry are you in?

Currently:

http://www.bignellsurgical.co.uk/
http://www.davidsemporium.co.uk/norscreen/
http://www.colourfill.co.uk/

but I am looking to diversify.

However, the main point is probably that they are small enough for every
employee to have been interviewed by me personally.

I know exams seem
to have been devalued with the recent grade inflation phenomenon, but I
wonder is it generally the case that employers are starting to
disregard exam results. Would it be so bad if our child didn't have any
conventional exam passes? That's the question I'm wrestling with.

I would say it depends on your child's aspirations [or your aspirations for
your child :-)]. If they are to become a cog, even an important cog, in a
large organisation, then bits of paper are necessary. However, there are
lots of businesses in the small and medium enterprise range and, in those,
persuading the boss that you are the person for the job is often far more
important. If you own and run a business, your qualifications don't matter
anyway. My guess would be that anyone who went to a school like the one you
are looking at would be temperamentally more suited to the last category,
rather than the first, and probably better equipped than most to get there.

Colin Bignell

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nightjar wrote:
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Just read this item

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4808906.stm

We have been considering the possibility of home educating DD for some
time. It seems that this school is following the spirit of HE.
My only reservation is that by not following the standard curriculum
and exam process, that the children's options will be limited. The
education system (and potential employer) is geared towards grading and
assessing in terms of exam results.

I would never have had some of my best employees if I took much notice of
school exam results. These days they are little more than an exercise in
ensuring that everyone leaves school with a bit of paper.

Colin Bignell

Really. That's interesting. What industry are you in? I know exams seem
to have been devalued with the recent grade inflation phenomenon, but I
wonder is it generally the case that employers are starting to
disregard exam results.

I don't think it is the general case, I suspect that smaller employers
are easier going , and probably always have been, Larger organisations
probably look for them more. If nothing else, it's an easy way to filter
out people when you have lots of applicants.

Would it be so bad if our child didn't have any
conventional exam passes? That's the question I'm wrestling with.

Depends on her intended or potential future career. The are plenty of
career routes where some GSCE's etc. are pretty much essential (not
necessarily the 9-10 many kids leave with).

I certainly don't want to put our children in a position where they
can't get the qualifications they might want/need. But there is no
reason Home Education should do that. Plenty of them take GCSE,s either
at home (often spread out over a number of years) or go to school for a
couplle of years, or go to college for a year etc. some know what they
want to do and follow other qualification paths.

But HE a child a 5 is not going to close down any of those paths in the
future.


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Chris French