School accepted my son when other schools wouldn't for some reason and is a great place to go of…read moreyour looking for a good school knowing your child is going to come away with lots of skills

Fitzharrys school is one of 3 state secondary schools in Abingdon…read more It is situated on the Northcourt road next to Abingdon college, and is spread across quite a large site with a huge playing foeld and all-weather pitch. The buildings are a mixture of old and new, with some departments better equipped than others. The school offers the usual range of subjects at all levels, and its position on the league table varies from year to year as do the other secondary schools in the area. The 6th form is part of a consortium with the other 2 secondary schools - John Mason and Larkmead, and also Abingdon College, and students can choose a range of subjects from any of these centres to study at A level.

This school is brilliant. The teachers are all good and can…read moreand will help if your child has problems. High SATS results

I do not remember exactly how I stumbled onto Merton College but I am glad I did. The campus is…read morevery pretty with the quads reminding of what an old English village would look like with student's legs hanging out of the windows. The Chapel is spectacular. It is a stand alone building from the other campus buildings so it has a charm of its own. The structure and inside are spectacular. The chapel alone is worth a quick visit.

This is pretty good as far as college bars go. Most of the Oxford colleges have their own bars,…read morewhich sell cheap drinks in often equally cheap surroundings. You generally need to be with a student to get in, but it makes a nice alternative to hitting the busier pubs of Oxford, especially at the weekend. Merton bar is bigger than most and has a really groovy barman who joins in with impromptu songs and banter. There are lots of bottles of wine for around a fiver, all the usual drinks, and, very excitingly, pizzas, toasties and other hot snacks! Excellent. The wall decorations vary from photo montages to Warhole-style pop art, to a pair of boxers labelled 'Women's Rugby club'...intriguing. There's an unobtrusive TV in the corner showing sports matches and the like. The only down side to the whole place is that the ladies' loos are upstairs, which is just too far when you're really bursting!

Oxford Karate Academy is Oxfords only full time karate school and without doubt, one of the best…read moreyou could hope to find. The chief instructor, Paul Coleman, is graded at 7th Dan by the Japanese Karate Federation and teaches Goju-Ryu karate, one of the oldest and most authentic styles in the world. He is respected throughout the world and in huge demand to teach in many countries. As a black belt instructor, I have sampled many so called karate schools both in the UK and in the US. and none have compared to OKA. If you are serious about your training whatever your level of competence, I would recommend OKA without hesitation. M Beard Shodan Great Britain Goju Ryu

My daughter has been at this school for 3 years and has come on leaps and bounds since she started…read more The staff are excellent and the headmaster is very approachable. There is a playgroup inside the school where the children can then move to the nursery and finally into the mainstream school. I have not encountered any problems in any of the areas, my daughter attended the nursery before starting school and my son is currently in the playgroup waiting to go into nursery in the new year.

Blue Tutors is a tutoring service that started in Oxford and Cambridge and still remains one of the…read moremost popular private tutoring services in Oxford. It employs mainly teachers, Oxford tutors and Oxford students, and is effectively an agency that can be used by tutors to find work and by clients to seek tutors. It's mainly used by parents wanting an hour or two's tuition a week for the children, but tuition is available in all areas from primary school to degree. There are tutors for English as a Foreign Language and even for some musical instruments. All tutors are qualified to a level above that which they teach and all have to give a demonstration lesson before being employed. Rates start at £15 and go up to £55, depending on the level of tuition needed. They also offer a 3-tier system of tutors, depending on the amount of feedback/experience a tutor has. The more experienced the tutor, the more you pay. In reality, it often comes down to who's available at the right time, but if you live centrally and you want tuition in a common subject, you should have more choice. How do I know all this? I work for them!

The University sports complex provides a number of facilities for the many sports clubs of the…read moreuniversity. Although the facilities for these are adequate, the gym at the centre is poor at best and hardly befits a University supposedly at the forefront of university sports. There are only 4 treadmills, 4 crosstrainers, 6 bikes, 2 crossramps and 6 rowers, with about 7 weights machines. If you go at peak times, it is almost certain you will have to queue. Alongwith this, there is NO ventilation in the gym area, with only two fans at the corner of the room. If you can afford it, go to one of the commercial gyms; however, if you're a student like me and paying £40/yr you can't complain! Please note, that I have not used the rugby pitch, track, swimming pool, climbing wall etc and cannot comment on the quality of these.

You can't help but be proud of Iffley Road sports centre. This facility is brilliant. I love going…read moredown here to watch rugby games and i've been thinking about joining the gym for ages.... I'll get round to it one day! Historic and state-of-the-art, this is one of Oxford's sporting treasures.

Abingdon college has lots of courses on offer, for everybody from 16 year old school leavers to…read moreadults wanting to further their knowledge or take up a new hobby. Some of the college is a bit tired looking but other parts are newer and more modern. The central cafe is a good meeting place, but gets very busy especially at lunch times with all the teenagers doing full time courses. The college has its own beauty/complementary therapy salon which offers treatments to the public at a low price for the students to practice. The website isnt great but has full details of all their courses - http://www.abingdon-witney.ac.uk If you are planning to drive to the college, depending on the time of day you may have trouble finding a parking space, although there are streets nearby where you could also park if there is no room in the college car-park.