Teachers at the independent school are making their own online library of lessons and course materials for GCSE, A-levels and International Baccalaureates.
These are interactive resources, with video links and lesson notes, customised for the specific needs and speeds of their classes. There are extension exercises and links to further reading and ideas.
They are made to share on iTunes U, the academic version of Apple’s iTunes download service, so pupils can access them at school or at home or anywhere else.
There has been a huge amount of hype about online university courses – the so-called Moocs (massive online open courses).
But here in this ancient university city, it’s a school that is really putting the idea of online courses into practice.
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In two years’ time we may have to make decisions about whether we have printed textbooks”
Tricia Kelleher Stephen Perse Foundation principal
It still requires excellent teachers – to make them and to make sense of them – but you can see the far-reaching possibilities of creating the exam course equivalent of a box set of a TV series.