The Place Programme | Support for Home Based Learning

Support for home based learners from early years up to GCSE

PLACE is a Bedford Local Authority support service for home educating families managed by Biddenham International School and Sports College. To be eligible for the scheme, children should be on the elective home education (EHE) register of the local authority in which they live.

The PLACE Progamme provides significant support for PLACE-registered GCSE learners, including part-time specialist support for a number of GCSE subjects and entrance for public examinations.

PLACE also runs a busy enrichment programme for enrolled youngsters from ages four to sixteen and, in addition, provides guidance and signposting with special educational needs issues.

Recent News

On SafariJuly 13, 2017West Midlands Safari Park is an award-winning conservation and education centre. This week, PLACE families set off to the Park to learn about some of the important conservation work carried out there. As well meeting some of the animals in the education centre, PLACE learners also had a Ranger-guided tour of the Safari park to meet some...
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Play in a DayJuly 6, 2017As part of our summer drama activities, a company called “Splats” came to work with those of our PLACE youngsters who have been engaging in our weekly Drama courses as well as other interested PLACE families. “Splats” offer “Play in a Day” workshops that allow learners to produce – from scratch – edited versions of great...
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Hazard AlleyJune 29, 2017‘Hazard Alley’ was the first purpose-built, safety education centre in the UK and has been designed to give children a unique and interactive learning experience. During their afternoon visit, PLACE families toured the Centre’s ‘life size’ village, where young PLACE people encountered a range of ‘hazards’ that gave them the opportunity to develop vital knowledge...
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Anglian WaterMay 11, 2017This term’s theme is “Community Services” and we thought we would start with with a service that we all use every day of our lives – water treatment! It’s easy to take this service for granted, but imagine not having easy access to clean water – our lives would become a lot more difficult and dangerous....
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London Canal MuseumMarch 30, 2017Today, there is much talk of infrastructure development, such as HS2 and Heathrow’s second runway but, back in the 18th century, the big infrastructure development was the canal. The creation of the canal network did much to support the early days of the industrial revolution and, this week, PLACE families set off to the London...
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Science MuseumFebruary 4, 2017Our big theme for this term is “Inventions”, so what better place to go to experience inventions both old and new than London’s Science Museum! So, this week, a coach party of some 65 PLACE members – young and old – set off for a day at the Museum. A day really isn’t enough, of...
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