School Summary

Activate Learning


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Opened: 01-04-2003
Ofsted: Good
Principal: Gary Headland
Activate Learning
Oxpens Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1SA
Telephone: 08006126008
Website: https://www.activatelearning.ac.uk

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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Visited Guildford College as a prospective student and was slapped with a \u00c2\u00a360 parking fine which Activatelearning refused to remove. Needless to say, I won't be enrolling on one of your courses. Students beware, you can't park at their facilities without being handed a parking fine! AVOID!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Visited Guildford College as a prospective student and was slapped with a \u00c2\u00a360 parking fine which Activatelearning refused to remove. Needless to say, I won't be enrolling on one of your courses. Students beware, you can't park at their facilities without being handed a parking fine! AVOID!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"James","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/111858944141414864492\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLmoTKGZD7hcjjm_zs0m7NGi9wCWAvm0vbUXfGZi72jXA=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba2"},"publishTime":"2023-06-01T15:12:43Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"10 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I was informed that this was uk based. That I would be able to complete courses online at home.\nI was also informed that as an adult i wouldn't have to pay to complete gcses I didn't gain a grade c or above in.\nThis isn't the case. I am in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, apparently this isn't part of the uk. As funding isn't available to me.\nTook 6 weeks to find this out too","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I was informed that this was uk based. 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Staff did not care in the slightest about the students nor our wellbeing. I've always tried in school but this is one of those places where over time you become so unmotivated and so deprived that you don't want to attend anymore.\n\nAt the point I dropped out I was about 22 Weeks into my course. At this stage I had still not learnt the essential stuff I needed to know to pass assignments. When I had requested help on certain areas for this I was told 'No' and was to do it by myself. I took to YouTube and other educational platforms to be able to get the knowledge to be able to pass these assignments.\n\nIf google didn't make you choose a rating then I would have chosen 0! Don't make the mistake I made.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"One of the worst forms of education I have ever had, Dropped out half way through as I was neglected and bullied by teaching staff. Staff did not care in the slightest about the students nor our wellbeing. 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