Oxford Open Learning’s sister company, Oxford Home Schooling, is delighted to announce the release of its brand new Key Stage Three Science course for home educated students.   Whereas Oxford Open Learning provides tutor-supported distance learning courses for adults, Oxford Home Schooling provides tutor-supported courses for home educated students who are under 18.  Our Oxford Home […]

Oxford Open Learning is delighted to announce the release of its brand new IGCSE Physics distance learning course. Together with a more competitive employment market, the recent introduction of the English Baccalaureate (or e bacc), which requires students to achieve 5 passes in the ‘core’ subjects of English, Maths, Science, History, Geography and Modern Foreign […]

Oxford Open Learning is delighted to announce the release of its brand new IGCSE Science (Double Award) distance learning course. The Edexcel IGCSE Science qualification is a double award.  This means that it is worth two IGCSEs. The Edexcel IGCSE Science specification (syllabus) includes the Paper 1 material from the Biology, Chemistry and Physics IGCSE […]

As part of its planned expansion of GCSE and IGCSE subject choices for home educated students, Oxford Home Schooling has now launched its brand new GCSE course in Religious Studies. Developed to the requirements of the AQA GCSE Religious Studies B specification, Ethics, Philosophy and Religion in Society, the course offers students a rich opportunity […]

Oxford Open Learning’s sister company, Oxford Home Schooling, has just launched a brand new KS3 Science courses for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 Science.  Written by experienced science teacher, Dr Philip West, this lively new course has been developed to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum for Key Stage 3 Science, and […]

Written by two experienced science teachers, Marian Green and Dr Philip West, Oxford Open Learning’s new IGCSE Physics course has been carefully developed to meet the requirements of Edexcel specification 4PH0.  It’s packed full of lively material and includes masses of activities that help students to understand new ideas and put theory into practice. Assessment […]

Oxford Home Schooling is Oxford Open Learning’s sister company.  OHS offers home education courses for students who are under 18 years old.  OHS courses are developed to National Curriculum standards and offer carefully structured and appropriately paced learning opportunities for students between the ages of 11 and 19.  Each course is supported by a personal […]

Our sister company Oxford Home Schooling recently launched a new Ks3 Science course for students following a Year 7 programme of study. The course is designed to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum and is full of activities, links and short tests to engage and interest home educated students studying by distance learning. The first […]

The English teachers’ resource website Teachit is currently offering free revision worksheets for students from its eight-week revision guide Result! The worksheets offer useful advice on poems from other cultures word power speedreading for information distinguishing fact from opinion The worksheets are aimed at students working towards GCSEs in English and English Literature, and would also […]

IGCSE Geography Students taking Edexcel IGCSE Geography examinations this year will be assessed on virtual fieldwork opportunities included in the specification for the first time. The Edexcel IGCSE Geography specification includes eight fieldwork opportunities of which it is recommended that students carry out two as practical fieldwork studies, one from Section A and one from Section B. […]