Cherwell College Oxford

Cherwell College Oxford occupies St George's Mansion on George Street, in the centre of Oxford. It teaches students aged 14 to 19 and is a member of CIFE, the professional association for independent sixth form colleges. The teaching model is the distinctive thing. Cherwell works through one-to-one tutorials and seminars in small groups rather than conventional classes, which is closer to how the Oxford colleges themselves teach than to a school sixth form. The college runs a separate Oxbridge preparation programme alongside its A-Level routes. There are several ways through: a two year A-Level programme, a one year fast track, pre-sessional courses, and resit provision for students who need to improve existing grades. Politics is taught across UK, USA and global pathways, and the language offer runs to Spanish, Italian, French, German, Mandarin and Latin. Boarding students live at Cherwell House, purpose built residential accommodation a short walk from the main study centres. Fees vary with the number of subjects taken and the hours required per subject each week, and the college publishes them as a downloadable document rather than on the site.