What is Britannica School?
The information in Britannica School is aligned to the national curriculum for England, Scottish Standards, IB and US Common Core. The platform is updated daily by a team of 100 editors and spans a range of media, including video, images and audio content for all learning styles. As well as Britannica's rights-cleared content, we have also collaborated with trusted partners to deliver academic journals, primary source materials, and a collection of the internet's most reliable websites.
Britannica School offers three different levels to support early years and primary, secondary and sixth form. In addition, various differentiation tools are built into the platform to meet the diverse range of student needs within a mixed-ability classroom at all age and skill levels. Students can adapt the reading-level of information within any text they access and are futher supported with read-aloud functionality, double-click dictionaries, and article translations available in over 100 languages for EAL pupils, meaning that every student is catered for.
Educators and students are able to save and view their favourite content from Britannica School, and organise them into Resource Packs within a personalised 'My Britannica' account. Within this area, users have the option to upload their own content such as worksheets and mark schemes, to personalise the content. For further customisation, the 'notes' section allows for simple communication between educators and students, making the 'My Britannica' area a great tool for remote learning and homework activities.
The Britannica School service is accessible both in school and from home on any device. We provide integration options for any VLE, most notably Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom, making it easier for you to implement Britannica in order to meet your school's learning strategies.
Recommended Usage
We recommend Britannica School replaces general internet searches within your school. Through daily use and interaction, students will be better equipped to research independently and become more knowledgable about the subjects they are studying.
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 Company | HQ Location: United Kingdom Founded: 1768 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18 |
 Features | Read-aloud FunctionMerriam Webster DictionaryTranslation ToolShare ContentRights-cleared VisualsDifferentiated Reading-levelsCitationSafe ResearchEbsco JournalsCollection Of Reliable Websites |
 Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish |
 Accessibility | Moderate features |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android Log in details will be provided by Britannica upon start date and internet access required. |
 Set Up | Within 24 hours. |
 Training | In PersonWebinarsVideos Online CPD sessions are included in Britannica School subscriptions and training is offered for free throughout your subscription in the format that works best for your school. |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumPhone Support Every subscribing school is allocated their own Britannica Account Manager who will be their point of contact and who will provide them with whatever support they need. |
| Home Learning | Parent Access Anyone can create the account. Britannica has a range of parent-facing guides and materials to encourage parental engagement with our resource. Login details can also be made available to parents to assist with home learning. |
 Tags | Research skillsOnline learning BritannicaBritannica DigitalLibrary toolsSafe search Classroom resourcesProject-based learningDifferentiationEAL supportReading supportEPQ resourcesCurriculum resourcesCurriculum-alignedEBSCOJournalseBooksArticlesImagesPrimary Sources |
Britannica School PricingPricing Plans Free TrialPaid Subscription Britannica School pricing starts from £679 / year Britannica School's subscription costs £679 per annum for a primary or prep school and £1140 per annum for a secondary. This price gives access to all members of your school community. For smaller-than-average schools, prices can vary and discounted rates are available for mutli-year licences.  Optimised for a quick response | |
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from 97 Verified Reviews
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Kayti Selbie
Teacher Librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 1-2 years
May 2022
It is a good resource
Kayti Selbie found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload“An easily accessible resource to direct students to”
- Not improves parent engagement“None”
- Slightly improves attainment“None”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“None”
Nathan Deeney
Student Life Coordinator
ISC-Lahore, Pakistan
Used Britannica School monthly for 3-4 years
May 2022
Nathan Deeney found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Moderately improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
May 2022
I use it weekly for library lessons, it is a great resource!
Lucas Maxwell found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“It helps me a great deal in Library Lessons”
- Not significantly improves parent engagement“I am unfortunately not aware of parent engagement with it.”
- Slightly improves attainment“I do not assess attainment”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“It is a very useful site in ensuring students are researching responsibly”
Fátima Canha Laima
Library assistant
Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+
May 2022
User friendly, integrates Ebsco journals, offers a selection of good websites, presents a translation tool useful for international schools, the useful reading levels, etc.
Fátima Canha Laima found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly improves parent engagement“On research skills”
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge“User friendly database”
Sara
Library Assistant
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
May 2022
It's user friendly, attractive design, accessible, variety of reading levels, students can learn easily through it
Sara found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“They don't have to question the transparency and reliability of the texts they'd like to use”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I'm not sure”
- Slightly improves attainment“I'm not sure”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“The accessible visuals help them learn easily without having to read all the time”
Pam
Teacher Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
May 2022
Pam found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Lindy
Remedial Teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 4-6 months
May 2022
A wonderful resource that is safe for our children and families to use
Lindy found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“The information, pictures and videos are easy to find and use for lesson presentations”
- Moderately improves parent engagement“Pupils have easy access to a great resource for projects and extension”
- Moderately improves attainment“Interesting, well-presented information is easily accessible”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The three levels are great for differentiation”
Jules Crossley-Nilsen
Media Centre Manager
Used Britannica School weekly for 3-4 years
May 2022
I really like working with Britannica and hoping that my knowledge of its useage will get much improved.
Jules Crossley-Nilsen found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload“The issue at the moment is that we haven't used it for a while so we are currently learning everything again, so that's impacting my work load working with the students.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Haven't got there yet!”
- Slightly improves attainment“We haven't tested it within the library. It is used mostly in the class room.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Primary School when searching information about people - Rosa Parks, Gandhi etc.”
Alison Immelman
Head of Library
Westville Girls' High School, South Africa
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
May 2022
Training was amazing and inspirational. Can't wait to get started 😊
Alison Immelman found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Discussion topics, project research”
- Not improves parent engagement“None currently”
- Moderately improves attainment“Potentially fantastic”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“Looking at potential”
Apr 2022
Grace found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Monique Ottevanger
DP Coordinator
Used Britannica School occasionally for 3-4 years
Apr 2022
Great differentiation, great diff reading levels, fabulous resources, great search tools
Monique Ottevanger found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“no, sorry”
- Not improves parent engagement“no, sorry”
- Moderately improves attainment“no, sorry”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students can easily expand their horizons”
Matthaios Prokos
Mathematics teacher
Hfar, Italy
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
Britannica is a very useful tool, especially for teachers on their beginning. Not 10 because there is always room for improvement needed!
Matthaios Prokos found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Less research for specific examples”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“No”
- Moderately improves attainment“No”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Not yet”
Golbarg Khorsand
English language and literature teacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
ease of access, amazing differentation tools, student friendly,,,
Golbarg Khorsand found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload“Makes the differentation much easier with the tools it provides”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment“Kids can do a meamingful research which will enrich their learning experience”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“plenty of articles on different topics”
Ijanaya Jacob-Brown
Teacher Librarian, Media Specialist and MYP Projects Coordinator
Used Britannica School weekly for 7–12 months
Apr 2022
I think Britannica does a great job of providing appropriate information for students of all ages making it a perfect research platform. It is easy to use and I do not have to worry about students finding inappropriate content.
Ijanaya Jacob-Brown found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload“Researching topics”
- Not improves parent engagement“N/A”
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students research topics of interest and topics connected to their units in class.”
Gergana
Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Apr 2022
Britannica is a perfect primary source of academic knowledge!
Gergana found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“I'm not familiar with the teacher workload, sorry”
- Moderately improves parent engagement“No idea”
- Moderately improves attainment“I cannot give you any examples at the moment”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“You name it :)”
Maria Pencheva
Library cataloger
American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+
Apr 2022
It is a great way to receive peer reviewed information very quickly.
Maria Pencheva found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
- Moderately improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Krasimir Spasov
Information Literacy Librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+
Apr 2022
The database is well organized and the content is excellent
Krasimir Spasov found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Providing background information”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I am not sure about this and that's why I chose 'neutral'”
- Slightly improves attainment“Same here”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“By providing background information”
Lia Haskett
Lead Curriculum Developer
Explore Learning, Scotland
Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+
Apr 2022
It's a very valuable resource that is safe to browse and the information can be trusted.
Lia Haskett found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Provides information at different reading levels in one place. It's easy to source and for students to navigate.”
- Not improves parent engagement“We don't use with parents.”
- Slightly improves attainment“It's hard to ascertain impact, but the resource is valuable to give the information needed for lessons and to explore topics.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Topic based learning.”
Kerry Gibbons
HOD Senior Primary
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
I think it has a good range of resources
Kerry Gibbons found Britannica School:
- Not significantly reduces teacher workload“I think it will help with the sourcing of images”
- Not improves parent engagement
- Not significantly improves attainment“No”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“I think it will provide resources for research”
ESMALET VAN ZYL
TEACHER
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
ESMALET VAN ZYL found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“`”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“`”
- Slightly improves attainment
- Slightly builds student knowledge
Sara Castellanos Subirats
Teacher (Class Teacher)
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
It can be a great tool for students AND teachers. It helps with different areas: language, units of study, research skills...
Sara Castellanos Subirats found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Translation, research tools/sites, materials for lessons”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Share units of inquiry, share learning, encourage kids to learn.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Students like watching videos and listening to read alouds.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students can learn with any tool from Britannica (games, articles...).”
Michelle Roberts
Library Team Leader
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Apr 2022
I think the content on Britannica is excellent for students. It is user-friendly and there's great functionality. It is one of my favorite resources for student inquiry
Michelle Roberts found Britannica School:
- Not reduces teacher workload
- Not improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
George Potgieter
Head of Department, Music Junior School
Used Britannica School daily for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
The content is easily researchable and easy to implement.
George Potgieter found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“20th Century music; the article is very helpful and age appropriate.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Not yet.”
- Significantly improves attainment“The videos and material will have a big impact on attainment.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“No examples yet.”
Trish
teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Apr 2022
It's an excellent platform for teachers and learners
Trish found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“sourcing articles”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“none yet”
- Significantly improves attainment“not yet”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“They are more interested in the articles”
Yoshua Zimmermann
MYP coordinator
Used Britannica School weekly for 1-2 years
Apr 2022
I think it's a brilliant tool! Then it's building the habit of using it more often and taking full advantage of it (both staff and students).
Yoshua Zimmermann found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Being able to find reliable and accessible information to share with students.”
- Not improves parent engagement“Don't know.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Trustworthy information for students, citation tool that helps them reference things properly.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“They haven't used it much so far, but the news, and exploration tools can make them read/see info they wouldn't have otherwise.”
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