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Vacation courses: Vacation courses | Course dates | Typical timetable

School holidays account for up to 30 per cent of the calendar year. It is a fact of life, therefore, that many students who wish to achieve top grades in public exams need to maintain some level of academic work during their school holidays.

Students can attend up to three short revision courses during the school holidays for GCSE, A-level and the International Baccalaureate, as shown below:

Easter Revision: one, two or three weeks of intensive revision in March/April to prepare students for public exams in May/June

Christmas Revision: one week in December and one week in January to prepare students for public exams in January, or for general revision.

Summer School: one to three weeks in August to help students gain a head start for the following school year, or to remedy any problems from the previous year.

The courses take place at St Edward’s School in North Oxford . The courses provide intensive tuition in small study groups with a strong emphasis on exam technique and study skills. They include the following features:

  • Residential or day only
  • Teaching and accommodation on one site
  • Over 35 hours of time-tabled study over 5 or 6 day
  • Small tutorial groups, average 3 or 4 to a class
  • Three AS or A2 modules per week

  • Three GCSE or IB subjects per week

  • Exam board specific classes
  • Practice exam questions after each tutorial

  • CD containing over 400 exam questions & answers to take home (optional)

  • Single or shared study bedrooms (single can be specified)

  • Tutor's final reports
  • Evening social events
  • Friendly, informal atmosphere
  • Only organisation in the UK providing 3 residential revision courses per year


    100% of revision course students have said they would recommend the course to friends

    For full information on our Vacation Courses please visit our partner website at Oxford Science Studies