Oxford Home Schooling Enrolment Deadlines and Recommended Study Hours

Why do we have enrolment Deadlines?

Although the very nature of Home Education is that students study at their own pace, our tutors need time to mark the assignments within the course and provide suitable feedback.  Each course displays it’s own recommended number of hours on its study page but general guidelines are shown below.

• Key Stage 3 Single Year – 100 hours
• Single GCSE – 200 hours
• A single A level – 700 hours

These figures represent the average student.  Some students might need less, some students might need significantly more.

Some of our subjects also have Non-Examined Assessment (NEA).  These subjects will have an earlier deadline than non-NEA subjects.  This is because the NEA submission dates are considerably earlier than the examinations.

Enrolment Deadlines

Keystage 3 Courses

We do not have an enrolment deadline for Key Stage 3 courses.  This is because there are no examinations for these subjects.  As a result, the course runs from enrolment to completion.

GCSE and IGCSE Courses

For November 2026 Exams (English and Maths GCSE resit only) – April 29 2024

For Summer 2026 Exams (All Subjects) – November 15 2025

 A level  Courses

For Summer 2026 Exams (NEA Subjects) – September 15 2025

For Summer 2026 Exams (None NEA Subjects) – October 14 2025

For Summer 2026 Exams (NEA Subjects) – September 15 2025

For Summer 2026 Exams (None NEA Subjects) – October 18 2025 

Whilst we don’t stop you from enrolling after these dates, our tutors are not obliged to support you towards an examination they think is unreasonable for you to obtain.  

Don’t leave it till the deadline!

The later you leave it, the more pressure you put the student under.  Many of the students who enrol later in the year will find that they don’t have time to complete the course before the exam.  It is better for the student to have a manageable workload from the beginning, so please do start early.