What’s in a course?

Oxford Home Schooling Courses

Oxford Home Schooling’s home study courses include several key components. Individual students enrolled on Oxford Home Schooling courses receive:

• a course folder of lessons comprising:
  • an introduction to the course
  • a set of lessons designed to meet the requirements of the examination specification or curriculum level
  • course activities
  • a set of self-assessment tests
  • a set of tutor-marked assignments
  • a mock examination (for those courses leading to national qualifications)
  • model answers to the self assessment tests, tutor-marked assignments and mock examination
• support from a fully qualified experienced teacher of the subject you choose to study who will be your course tutor.  Students and tutors are in regular contact by phone, email and post
• support from a dedicated exams officer who will help you enter for external examinations and submit coursework (where this forms part of an external examination)
• support from experienced student advisers who can help you with queries about your course
• a copy of How to Study at Home. This book includes six chapters with activities on topics such as: ‘How to make a study plan’, and ‘How to plan your revision and prepare for exams’.
• modern foreign language students also receive a CD-Rom of audio material to support their language learning, and/or access to password-protected online materials.