Thick No More

Thick No More Real stories, tools & voices breaking labels around learning. Thick No More is a podcast hosted by Jay Giddens. Listen : https://linktr.ee/nomorepod

New episodes every Thursday listen, learn & join the conversation.

18/08/2026

👀 OK… this might be our biggest tease yet.

Our next guest has walked the red carpet at the OSCARS. 🏆

She’s been part of the BARBIE phenomenon. 💗

She’s worked behind the scenes in Hollywood.

She’s worked on one of the biggest music videos of all time. 🎬

And now…

She’s coming on THICK NO MORE. 🎙️

I still can’t tell you who it is. 😏

But I think some of you might work it out…

WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS? 👇

Don’t Google it. That’s cheating. 😂

Hollywood Neurodiversity

16/08/2026

🎬 THIS IS THICK NO MORE.

Real people.
Real stories.
Real laughs.
Real struggles.

Dyslexia. ADHD. Autism. Education. Parenting. Success. Failure. And the conversations that too often happen behind closed doors.

🎙️ Thick No More is about changing the way we talk about neurodiversity.

And I want these conversations to reach far more people.

So I need your help. ❤️

🔥 LIKE this post
📲 SHARE it with someone who needs to find us
➕ FOLLOW
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If one episode helps one parent, one adult, one teacher or one young person realise they’re not alone, then it’s worth sharing.

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14/08/2026

ONE IN THREE.

One in three young people leave school without a standard pass in English and Maths.

Read that again.

One in three.

At what point do we stop accepting this as normal and start asking whether the exam system itself needs to change?

This week on Thick No More, I speak to Hannah Gee from the Fair Exams Campaign about why they believe change is desperately needed.

This is bigger than a podcast episode.

It’s about young people, their futures and whether the system we use to measure them is actually fair.

🎙️ Listen to the full Hannah Gee episode of Thick No More.

✍️ Sign the Fair Exams Campaign petition.

📲 Share this video.

If enough of us listen, sign and share, we can make this conversation impossible to ignore.

ONE IN THREE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

12/08/2026

🚨 “YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE EXAMS EASIER.”

No.

We want to make them FAIRER.

That distinction matters.

In this clip, Hannah Gee explains exactly what the Fair Exams Campaign is fighting for.

This isn’t about lowering standards.
It isn’t about giving children an easy pass.
And it isn’t about removing the need to demonstrate maths and English skills.

It’s about asking whether one method of assessment should determine the future of every young person.

As Hannah explains, Functional Skills Level 2 already exists as a recognised GCSE-equivalent qualification.

So why aren’t we talking seriously about giving young people another way to demonstrate what they know?

Especially when we know what repeated failure can do to confidence, self-esteem and a young person’s belief in their own ability.

Fairer. Not easier. ❤️

This Thursday, Hannah joins me on Thick No More for a conversation I genuinely believe every parent, teacher, SENCO and policymaker needs to hear.

🎙️ HANNAH GEE × THICK NO MORE
📅 THURSDAY
⏰ 7PM UK

👇 COMMENT “PODCAST” and I’ll send you the link.

But please don’t stop there.

✍️ SIGN THE FAIR EXAMS PETITION.
📲 SHARE THIS POST.
❤️ GET BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN.

Because things can be different.

We just need enough people willing to say:

There has to be another way.

12/08/2026

🚨 21%. £338 MILLION A YEAR.

Just stop and think about those numbers.

In this clip, Hannah Gee explains that the average GCSE resit pass rate over the last five years is 21% and says the Fair Exams Campaign calculates that around £338 million a year is being spent on resits.

And yet, as Hannah explains, there is already another recognised route.

Functional Skills Level 2 is Ofqual-regulated and equivalent to a GCSE at grade 4 — with the pass rates Hannah discusses significantly higher.

So we have to ask the question:

WHY ARE WE STILL DOING THIS?

Why are we repeatedly putting young people through a process that, for so many of them, has already failed?

Why are we allowing another exam result to chip away at their confidence and self-esteem?

And why aren’t we talking more seriously about the alternatives?

This isn’t about making education easier.

It’s about making assessment FAIRER.

Hannah Gee, founder of the Fair Exams Campaign, joins me on Thick No More this Thursday at 7PM UK — and I genuinely believe every parent, teacher, SENCO and policymaker needs to hear this conversation.

But please don’t just watch this Reel and scroll on.

❤️ SHARE IT.
✍️ SIGN THE FAIR EXAMS PETITION.
🎙️ LISTEN TO HANNAH’S STORY.

👇 COMMENT “PODCAST” and I’ll send you the link directly.

And send this Reel to one person who needs to see these numbers.

Let’s make enough noise that this conversation becomes impossible to ignore.

There IS another way.

11/08/2026

“I got on my knees and begged him to get up.”

Read that again.

This wasn’t a child who didn’t care.

This wasn’t a child who couldn’t be bothered.

This was a young person who had been pushed to the point where facing another exam felt impossible.

And this was his mum, Hannah Gee, desperately trying to get her son through something she knew was breaking him.

Eventually, he walked into that exam.

Hannah sat in her car and broke down.

That moment became the video thousands of parents recognised themselves in.

But Hannah didn’t stop at crying in the car.

She decided to fight for change.

❤️ She created the Campaign.

And this Thursday, she’s joining me on Thick No More.

This conversation is emotional. It’s uncomfortable. And it asks a question we desperately need to start answering:

How many times does a child have to fail before we stop blaming the child and start questioning the system?

If you’re a parent, teacher, SENCO or educator, please hear Hannah’s story.

🎙️ HANNAH GEE × THICK NO MORE
📅 THIS THURSDAY
⏰ 7PM UK

👇 COMMENT “PODCAST” BELOW and I’ll send you the link directly.

And please share this Reel with one parent who needs to see it.

Let’s get behind Hannah.
Let’s get behind Fair Exams.
And let’s make this conversation impossible to ignore.

10/08/2026

🚨 8,600+ VIEWS — AND I THINK I KNOW WHY.

The response to (Hannah Gee’s) story has been incredible.

Comments. Shares. Messages. Parents telling their own stories.

And underneath all of it is the same feeling:

There HAS to be another way.

Hannah watched her son sit his English GCSE for the third time.

But instead of accepting that this is simply “how the system works”, she decided to challenge it.

She created the Fair Exams Campaign. ❤️

This Thursday, Hannah joins me on Thick No More for a conversation I genuinely believe every parent needs to hear.

This isn’t about making exams easier.

It’s about making them fairer.

If you’re a parent, teacher, SENCO, educator or you simply believe young people deserve a system that recognises that not every brain works in the same way please get behind this.

🎙️ Hannah Gee | Thick No More
📅 THIS THURSDAY
⏰ 7PM UK

❤️ Share this with another parent.
❤️ Follow
❤️ Follow and support

And comment PODCAST below 👇 and I’ll send you the link.

Things can be different. There is another way.

09/08/2026

🚨 EVERY PARENT NEEDS TO HEAR THIS.

You may remember Hannah Gee as the mum who sat crying in her car after watching her son face his English Language exam for the THIRD time.

But Hannah didn’t just get upset.

She decided to do something about it.

She created the Fair Exams Campaign — because she believes there has to be another way.

And this Thursday, Hannah joins me on Thick No More to tell her story, talk about what families are being put through, and explain why our exam system needs to change.

This isn’t about making exams easier.

It’s about asking whether the system is actually fair for every young person who has to sit them.

❤️ If you’re a parent, teacher, SENCO, educator or simply someone who believes our children deserve better — please listen to this one.

Then share it.

Talk about it.

And back the Fair Exams Campaign.

Because things can be different.

There is another way.

🎙️ Hannah Gee — Thick No More
📅 This Thursday
⏰ 7PM UK time

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31/07/2026

What if you've been spending years trying to fix the wrong thing? 

Natalie Brooks shares the advice she wishes she'd heard 20 years ago, and it's far simpler, and far more powerful, than you might expect. 

She also reveals how a small shift in perspective changed everything. 

And her answer to, "People with dyslexia are..." might surprise you. 

🎙️ Visit Thick No More Podcast to listen to Natalie Brooks' full episode.

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