Oxford Open Learning www.ool.co.uk

Its really bad and you should not waste your time on money.

Poor quality education.

Do not even think about wasting your time and money on the worst education.

In a complex subject like Maths, more tutor support is required, such as phone calls and not just emails and YouTube solutions.

For the course work in the folders, worked solutions should be given, to help less able students know where they are going wrong.

OOL itself is good, with helpful staff.

I wish i could give no stars for this. Recieved such an awful service from them - extremely unhelpful and unsupportive. I was asking and asking for help about my studies and none of the replies I received were helpful or specific, it was like they were avoiding my concerns and worries. Paying all that money, you'd expect a decent service with good tutors like they promised on my enrolment but i did not get any of this. I did not hear from one of my tutors at all, not even a welcome email/phone call which was also promised. I emailed my student advisor who told me to take it higher but when I did this, I did not get a response back until I wrote to them again TWO MONTHS LATER threatening to take my concerns higher than them. After some convincing, they offered me my money back from when I first raised my concerns out of 'good will' (really, we deserved all our money back due to not getting any help from the start) and even had the cheek to ask me to consider starting the courses again!! No way on earth was I going to consider that after the treatment i had been given. They drained me of money for rubbish service and disrespect, avoid avoid avoid!!!

I started studying with Oxford Open Learning at the beginning of Key Stage Three, and was instantly impressed with both the coursework material and the tutors I was assigned. I carried on studying with OOL throughout the years and I am now in my last year of A-levels, having achieved very high grades in subjects that came naturally to me, as well as those that did not. Apart from helping me achieve these grades, my tutors taught me how to fall in love with a subject and turn it into a hobby. This was especially the case with my English teacher, who helped me transform from someone who disliked English, to someone who is now proud to call herself a writer and hopes to write professionaly. To conclude, studying with Oxford Open Learning gave me a thorough understanding and appreciation of a large range of subjects and taught me how to embrace the quest for knowledge, a lesson that will last a lifetime.

you will get the grades!

I enrolled with Oxford Open Learning Trust because I work full time and on shift patterns. I originally enrolled at night school but could not attend classes regularly enough. I did my research as to which Home Study company suited me. The prices are generally the same whichever company you decide. However, it is the course material that differs. Some do their course entirely online, meaning that you have to download the content if you want to study in hard format. OOL provide the course work in printed format. This was perfect for me as I do not want to follow a course on screen, I want to be able to read my material and take it with me so I can study in my breaks or on the move.

The material is clear and progressive, with Tutor Marked Assignments every 4 chapters etc. As with any course, you have to put the effort in, to get the grades that you want. If I was stuck on any topic, I used the internet to try different approaches. There are other research tools out there if needed, Youtube, Maths is fun and many more. Just as with school, you need other materials, text books etc.

I hadn't studied maths in over 30 years and wanted to do an A level Mathematics. I decided to do the GCSE as a refresher for this in mind. I did the course and received a grade A. I have now applied for the A level Pure Mathematics and Further Pure.

I would definitely recommend OOL based on my own experience.

Good luck.

Excellent curriculum materials. Helpful tutors. Well organised administration. Helpful exam centre information.

Enabled us to stand by our decision to home educate our 6 children and our eldest daughter enjoyed KS3 and successfully completed 8 IGCSEs obtaining top grades, whilst on a G.B. sport squad, competing in European & World championships. She has gone straight in to college & hopefully from this on to her chosen degree.

The third party involvement is extremely helpful for the home educating parent. The self disciplined learning style will stand my children in good stead in college & in life.

I've just enrolled 3 more children!

I'm very thankful to have been able to see the task of home educating right through to the end. I couldn't have done this without Oxford Open Learning.

Value for money too when compared to similar options available.

Makes home educating a larger number of children much easier when the older ones reach GCSE age.

It's just a pity the option doesn't exist to purchase tutors only, when course materials have already been bought for an older child.

I was applying to a foundation to medicine course which required minimum grade B @ GCSE in English, Maths and Science. I had achieved grade C in Maths and Science @ school so retook Maths, Biology and Chemistry. I received a grade A in Maths GCSE and grade A* in both Chemistry and Biology. I have since been offered a place @ University to start my foundation to Medicine programme.

The course material is well structured and the tutors were knowledgable and very helpful. The end of module assignments also really helped me hone my exam technique and cement learning.

If you are committed to the course you can achieve great results.

Oxford Open Learning are a great institution and I am a proud alumni.

I have no regrets about studying Spanish A-level with Oxford Open Learning. The files I worked through for both AS and A2 level were very thought-provoking, and doing the assignments which were very promptly marked and returned by my tutors and OOL were indispensable for keeping my interest and effort going right up to the exams. I enjoyed the oral practice I received from my English-born speaker of Spanish and this helped me a lot to prepare for both oral exams. The topics which I had a choice of to prepare the essay part of the exams were very much in line with my own interests in the literature and history of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. I managed to find some very enjoyable and interesting books on both of these aspects in my local library without any problem, which helped me a great deal with understanding Spanish society and also with Spanish idioms, both fascinating subjects in their own right. Overrall, this was as an excellent investment in my own education and I would recommend it to anybody who has the inclination to study Spanish.

Any course gives you as much as you put into it but the support and course material was extremely helpful as was the back up support from the exam centre and from the tutor. Learning a foreign language from scratch is difficult and if I could suggest anything - Skype with your tutor would be brilliant and also a lot of the websites recommended throughout the course we're obsolete so regular updates would assist but all in all I got an A* so absolutely delighted

Thank you to all the staff and the tutor for all their help. It was a very challenging year and I found OOL very helpful. The materials were easy to follow. Looking forward to starting the next one!!!