Students working towards their AQA GCSE English exam this June will have received a ‘Pre-release booklet’ containing an anthology of media texts and poetry in January this year.   The GCSE exam will include questions based on these texts, and students will receive another copy of the booklet, together with their exam paper, at the start of […]

Newly revised Key Stage 3 History course available to home educated students with Oxford Home Schooling. Ideal for those in home education by providing tutor-marked tasks that encourage students to explore local, regional and national history online and in the environment.

New Edexcel English Language A, English Literature, and Mathematics A certificates accredited by Ofqual to become part of Edexcel’s IGCSE portfolio of IGCSE qualification subjects. Edexcel IGCSE exams can be sat world-wide and in the UK. Oxford Open Learning offers wide range of IGCSE subjects for home study by distance learning.

Brand new IGCSE Biology course now available from Oxford Open Learning. Developed to meet requirements of Edexcel specification 4BI0. Exams can be taken in UK Edexcel test centres and world-wide in Edexcel International test centres.

Oxford Open Learning now offers a new IGCSE Chemistry course to the Edexcel 4CH0 Specification. There is no coursework. Exams can be sat at test centres world-wide as well as in the UK.

Private or external candidates can now sit Edexcel IGCSEs in any registered Edexcel test centre in the normal way at no extra expense, provided the school is happy to accept external candidates. Oxford Open Learning has an extensive list of schools that accept our students as private candidates and so can now offer wider choice and excellent support to students wanting to sit IGCSE exams as private candidates

Private candidates: if your exam results are not as good as you expected check your results slip to see whether your coursework mark has been omitted. Oxford Open Learning students can contact their student adviser for help.

In the second in our series of three articles on how to study from home we discussed the importance of setting achievable goals in your programme of study.  In this last article in the series we will look at what should happen during each study period. Study habits To make the most of the time […]

In the first of this series of three articles on how to study from home we looked at ways to manage your time to ensure that you plan ahead and establish a regular study pattern, and at finding a good place (or places) to study.  Having established a time and a place, we will now […]

Home study is the choice for lots of people who want to gain a qualification, perhaps to change careers, or go on a course, or simply because they want to know more about a subject.  For some, an evening class or daily attendance at college is not feasible because of other commitments. Many take up […]