A-Z: Educational Resources for Teachers, Parents & Carers


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BBC Learning

Newly updated and so much available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

BBC Teach

BBC Teach is home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject.

Big History Project

Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

Blue Peter Badges

If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

British Council

Resources for English language learning.

Cbeebies Radio

Listening activities for the younger ones.

Century Tech

Instant access to English, maths and science resources. Powered by the world’s leading AI teaching and learning platform, resources are suitable for Years 3-11 and aligned to the national curriculum.

Crash Course

You Tube videos on many subjects.

Crash Course Kids

As above for a younger audience.

Crest Awards

Science awards you can complete from home.

Darwin Correspondence Project

Learning resources for pupils aged 11-14.

DK Find Out

Activities and quizzes.

Duolingo

Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Futurelearn

Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Geography Games

Geography gaming!

iDEA Awards

Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

Khan Academy

Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

Literacy Shed

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that we have collected over 10 years as a primary school teacher.

Math is fun

Maths explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents.

Minecraft

Microsoft has made many of its its Minecraft Education games available for free due to school closures.

Mystery Science

Free science lessons.

National Geographic Kids

Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

National Geographic

Bundle of resources including lesson plans, maps, curated collections and more.

National Literacy Trust

Features a comprehensive web portal for parents with resources split into age groups to improve reading, writing and language development.

National Poetry Day

Toolkits, lesson plans and activities for Key Stage 1-5.

National Theatre Collection

The National Theatre Collection makes the best of British Theatre available worldwide to libraries, schools, universities and the wider education sector, presenting high quality recordings of 30 world-class productions.

Nature Detectives

A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

Natural History Museum

Lesson plans and activities to assist learning about Natural History, from the Museum itself.

Oak Academy

Government-backed initiative; online resources and lesson plans provided by teachers. 180 lessons a week across a broad range of subjects from maths, art and languages, for every year group from Reception through to Year 10.

Openlearn

Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.

Oxford Owl for Home

Lots of free resources for Primary age.

Paw Print Badges

Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Prodigy Maths

Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Red Ted Art

Easy arts and crafts for little ones.

Resource Bank

Free online resources for Early Years and Primary.

Rocket Rounding

Rocket Rounding is a multiple-choice maths game which focuses on rounding numbers to tens, hundreds and whole numbers.

Royal Shakespeare Company

Free teacher resources to help bring Shakespeare to life.

Spelling Frame

Spellingframe includes all the words - both statutory and the example words - from the National Curriculum for Spelling for Year 1 to Year 6. Choose a spelling rule and each word is read aloud and provided within a sentence for context.

S4Science

Science lessons for KS2&3, 4&5 from Swansea University.

Scratch

Creative computer programming.

Seneca

For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.

Spooky Spellings

Spelling activities for Year 1-6.

STEM resources

Online resources to assist teaching of science from Primary to A-Level.

Tate Paint

Interactive art games, activities and quizzes for all ages!

Ted Ed

All sorts of engaging educational videos.

The Artful Parent

Free art activities!

The Black Curriculum

For parents and teachers to use with children at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 focused on teaching Black history.

The Imagination Tree

Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

The Kids Should See This

Wide range of educational videos.

The World of David Walliams

Free activities to assist learning at home inspired by children’s favourite David Walliams.

Tinkercad

All kinds of making.

Toy Theater

Educational online games

Twinkl

Teacher-created resources provide entire schemes of work, lesson planning and assessments right through to online educational games, augmented reality and so much more.

White Rose Maths

A wide range of highly-recommended Maths resources, included printed work books, for Early Years to Post-16.

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