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Alison telephoned me today to find out how I was doing. She is a lovely person and is always pleasant to chat with. I consider her a valuable member of the Oxford Open Learning Trust team who is int... See more
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My son has just completed a KS3 English course which he really enjoyed. The course is informative and well written. The assignments are well spaced and we were supported through them by an amazing tu... See more
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I found the Maths GCSE Higher Level very comprehensive and enjoyable. I had the most excellent feedback and attention from my tutor and assignments were marked extremely promptly. An all round profes... See more
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Latin GCSE course. New for 2022
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- A knowledge of Latin is invaluable when learning romance languages like French, Italian, Spanish and is the key to the terminology of Botany, Medicine and Law.
- More than that, those who can read the Latin language are able to access the extraordinary life and wonders of the Roman world.
- Why study with the Oxford Open Learning Trust?
- With nearly 30 years of experience providing high quality distance learning courses, we pride ourselves on being one of the UK’s leading GCSE, IGCSE and A level distance learning course specialists. We are dedicated to helping you achieve your learning goals at a time and place that suits you. Whether you describe our courses as home study, distance learning or online, it all equates to the same thing – high quality, comprehensive and flexible study materials that can be accessed any time, anywhere.
- Online Course? Offline Course? Somewhere in between? It’s your choice!
- At Oxford Home Schooling we appreciate that students benefit from traditional study resources but we also offer all the perks that online courses bring too. We are delighted to offer our students the best of both worlds with Hybrid Online Learning. As well as our courses being online, we will continue to provide our students with our high-quality printed course materials and online and telephone content with a fully qualified personal tutor.
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4 Kings Meadow, OX2 0DP, Oxford, United Kingdom
- 0800 9 75 75 75
- enquiries@ool.co.uk
- ool.co.uk
Well-informed and efficient way of…
Well-informed and efficient way of taking you A-Levels. Great tutors with strong backgrounds in each subject to help with any struggles along the way.
November 18, 2024
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Julia
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are so pleased that you are enjoying your course and have found everything to your satisfaction.
Please do get in contact if there is anything that we can do to help.
Kind regards
Alison
Online learning that works.
I started my GCSE Latin course with the Oxford Open Learning Trust with a little trepidation, as I have tried online learning with other providers in the past and failed to finish the courses. I am much happier with OOL, as their course materials are excellent, there is readily available admin support, and I have a tutor who is fully invested in getting me through my GCSE in summer 2025.
October 22, 2024
Great experience
Good materials. Helpful people always on other end of the phone. Feel more confident tackling this, especially as a mature student doing it for fun and personal satisfaction
October 14, 2024
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Sarah
Thank you very much for your review and we are so happy to hear that you are enjoying the course.
As always, if there is anything that you need assistance with, please do give us a call.
Kind regards
Alison
Professional set-up and excellent…
Professional set-up and excellent support. I'm learning French and we've been supported by fluent speakers throughout.
October 4, 2024
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Thank you so much for your review. I am delighted to hear that you feel supported by the tutor and the administration team. Please do get in contact with us if we can help or support in any way and keep on enjoying your course!
Kind regards
Alison
Alison is top notch.
Alison telephoned me today to find out how I was doing. She is a lovely person and is always pleasant to chat with. I consider her a valuable member of the Oxford Open Learning Trust team who is intelligent, polite and attentive. I would recommend her to anyone.
September 16, 2024
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Thank you Rhobet. As a team, we always aim to be as transparent and helpful as we can and I am really happy to hear that I have helped you.
OOL is a great provider of long…
OOL is a great provider of long distance learning courses. The tutors are experienced and always very pleasant and helpful, as are the people at the offices. As well as that, OOL are very competitive in terms of price so not only do you get good value for your money the people are fantastic too!
June 26, 2024
iGCSE German
You get online access as well as a paper bound book. Lots of interactive exercises to do online and well laid out course. You have access to a Student Advisor any time you want and you are given a Tutor to help you with your studies. I am glad I started learning with them.
June 10, 2024
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Thank you for the review, We are pleased you are enjoying your course.
Outstanding English tutors.
Outstanding English tutors.
My daughter was struggling with severe anxiety and burnout from lockdown, which made concentration on English, almost impossible. She had 2 of the most amazing tutors for IGCSE English Language (Amanda Parfect) and English Literature (Anne Thomas) these two wonderful ladies have gone above and beyond being a tutor; I’d say more like a mentor/teacher. Their thoughtfulness, attention to Issy’s well being and experience in their subjects has made my daughter go from being a shell to being confident and absolutely ready for her exams. I can only thank you ladies for all your hard work and care with our daughter. I’d highly recommend OOL but especially Amanda and Anne 🙏
November 9, 2023
Unprompted review
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Deborah,
Thank you so much for your kind review. I am delighted to hear that you are happy with the course materials and the tutor support and most importantly that Issy is feeling confident and prepared for her upcoming examinations. If you require any assistance or guidance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact the office.
Kind regards,
Chloe
Very friendly and helpful staff backed…
Very friendly and helpful staff backed by an efficient organisation
October 20, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Thank you so much for your lovely review. Here at The Oxford Open Learning Trust we pride ourselves on the friendly and supportive relationships we build with our students and look forward to continuing to support your progress. Please do get in touch whenever we can be of assistance and keep up the good work on assignments.
Excellent
Excellent in terms of material provided and tuition.
Also, all the staff are very helpful.
Many thanks!
August 17, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Anna,
Thank you for taking the time to review our service and I'm really pleased to hear you have found our course to be excellent. If we can support you in any further subjects, please get in touch.
Kind regards
James
A great and unforgettable experience !
For this distance learning, I found workbooks that were well explained, even perfect. Homework corrections were very regular. My tutor was available, attentive to my needs and very professional.
August 10, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Ernest,
Thank you for your glowing review. I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed such a positive experience studying with us, and I hope the education you gained from your course proves useful in the years to come.
Kind regards,
Lee
Straight forward service with a focus…
Straight forward service with a focus on passing the exams. Online options could be better but not an issue for me.
June 8, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Richard
Thank you for your review, I am pleased you are finding our materials easy to navigate. Please do get in touch whenever we can be of assistance.
Thank you,
Tina
Course Overview (Mature Student)
The provision of a personal tutor and the content and layout of the course were all excellent. It would have been even more useful if you had also offered an OCR GCSE course in Classical Greek, as I would have benefitted greatly from that. I am a mature (56-year old) student.
March 3, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Hello Stuart,
Thank you for your email and also for taking the time to leave a wonderful review on Trust Pilot. Unfortunately, there are no plans to develop a course for Classical Greek at present but I am so pleased you are enjoying your studies with us so far.
Kind regards
Chloe
Super stars 😊
In my opinion, the best distance learning college in the market: OOL are polite, courteous and respectful and always get back to you as soon as they can. The staff are helpful and approachable and the tutors are friendly and knowledgable. The best too is the fact that the course prices are the most competitive on the market and the course package is the best. Well done OOL and keep up the great work 👍👍
March 1, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Hi Andy,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review. I am so pleased you are getting so much from our courses and continuing to enjoy your studies. If you need anything at all, please do get in touch.
Best wishes,
Courtney
Helpful
Feedbacks from tutor are really helpful and provided promptly. Student support advisors are there if you need any support and are available whenever needed.
Thank you!
February 2, 2023
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Binita,
Thank you for your excellent review of your Maths GCSE enrolment with us so far. I can see you're making excellent progress with your assignments.
I hope you continue to enjoy your course, and I wish you the very best with your exams this Summer. Should you require my administrative assistance at any point over the coming months, though, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Warm regards,
Lee
Very professional and welcoming
Very professional and welcoming. The staff is friendly and informative, and there is constant communication from their end which is greatly appreciated.
December 21, 2022
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Dear Scarlett,
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience with Oxford Open Learning. I'm glad to hear that you are happy with the support you have received so far. We look forward to preparing you for your IGCSE exams in May and June next year, and we will strive to maintain the same level of support for the remainder of your studies.
Your two tutors are available for academic support throughout your enrolments, but if you ever require administrative help or guidance please do get in touch with me.
Warm regards,
Lee
Atrocious Service
Atrocious Service!
I originally signed up for both the A-Level French and Spanish courses with this company. I had initial welcome phone calls from both the French and Spanish tutors.
Aside from a few emails with the French tutor, never heard from them for months on end, until it got to a point where I just cancelled my standing order as I was not receiving the service promised. Despite being told they would be in regular contact, this did not happen and I was left trying to struggle through the course and the material on my own and have not had any attempt at contact from the French tutor since May.
I missed a phone call with the Spanish tutor in April and the same here, no attempt at follow up contact to check progress and just complete silence.
Also, this company did not even have the decency to reply to an email sent to them on 11th November detailing all of this.
It is a complete waste of money, they do not provide what is stated. It is a complete waste of money and would strongly recommend anyone to go elsewhere!
December 19, 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
We are disappointed that you have not made good progress with your courses.
Oxford Open Learning tutors are available to help students get started with their studies and to provide ongoing academic support for them, marking assignments and helping with understanding of the subject matter. They can be contacted both by email and telephone when students need assistance. We can see that your tutors were in contact with you in the first few months of your study programme but no work was submitted. They were then having difficulties reaching you, with no replies to emails, but we understand that you were having some challenges at this time. On request from the tutor team, your student adviser did reach out to you on several occasions to discuss your study plans, the option to defer and your fees. You were also advised that you should contact your tutors if you required support. Our tutors and telephone records show no signs of you reaching out for assistance.
I note from your earlier messages to the Trust that you had cancelled your payments due to your own situation rather than due to any lack of service and, at this point, did not advise us that you were having issues with your support.
As always the Oxford Open Learning Trust is keen to support you and would like to resolve any issues you may have. Please contact us on 01865 798022 and we will be able to assist you if you wish to continue with your studies.
Distance learning A level French
To try to pass French A level using distance learning with Oxford Open Learning Trust is not possible. There is minimal and inadequate tutor involvement. It would be only possible to pass the exam by hiring an additional tutor. The files provided and the on-line text book is not sufficient to pass the exam.
The tutor allocated to me was only prepared to mark less than 20 pieces of work during the whole 2 years of studying!
June 13, 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Hi Michelle
Thank you for your review. I am surprised by your feedback as, so far this year, our pass rate for French A level is 100% with 55% of students obtaining a Grade A and no one getting less than a grade C. From the grades you achieved in your assignments, I would certainly not have expected you to fail. I have attempted to contact you today to find out your result so we can pursue this if necessary.
Very helpful
Chloe and Pia were very accommodating in answering all my questions. There was also a bit of a problem with the payment and they assisted us on solving the issue.
Alec, my tutor, also corrected and returned my assessments on time. He gave feedback and suggested ways to get the correct answer.
August 26, 2022
Unprompted review
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Hi Analyn,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a lovely review. Again, a huge congratulations to you for achieving a grade 9 in your maths IGCSE exams this year!
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require our services again in the future.
Best wishes,
Chloe
Fantastic!
My experience with OOL had been excellent, I cannot fault them in in any way.
July 23, 2022
Reply from The Oxford Open Learning Trust
Hello Maxine,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are thrilled you are pleased with your OOL experience so far and look forward supporting you throughout your French A level!
Best wishes,
Chloe
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