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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Jamie Bird
Assistant Head Teacher and Leader of Learning
Used Britannica School occasionally for 3-4 years
Sep 2022
Great resource and a wonderful alternative to random Googling
Jamie Bird found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Teachers will need to pre-discover content before sharing or allowing their class to discover it”
- Not improves parent engagement“Not yet something we have ventured into but this is something for us to explore”
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Edita Roberts
Teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Sep 2022
I had a training yesterday and I love the features, I'm looking forward to using it
Edita Roberts found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“We are new to using Britannica”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Not sure at the moment”
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“as we are new to Britannica I don't have any examples yet”
Wanja Chiuri
Teaching Assistant
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Aug 2022
Still getting to familiarize myself with it
Wanja Chiuri found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Effective planning; curriculum overview”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Constant communication”
- Slightly improves attainment“Children love and enjoy school”
- Slightly builds student knowledge“Mastery of skills”
Cheryl Ngima
Class Teacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 7–12 months
Aug 2022
It's the best research tool for children. Children, teachers and parents find it easy to use Britannica school.
Cheryl Ngima found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“As a teacher of 7 year olds, I don't have to search online for age appropriate site links for my pupils to carry out research, since I have Britannica School which is an age appropriate tool.”
- Moderately improves parent engagement“The parents are able to help the children navigate through the website whenever needed. Most of the parents have familiarised themselves with the website.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Britannica school helps the children to enjoy research and improve on their research skills. The language feature is also very useful for EAL pupils.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Britannica school contains information in different forms for different age groups, thus making it enjoyable for pupils of different abilities.”
Noa
primary librarian
Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+
Aug 2022
Noa found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Osa Oyegun
Library Media Specialist
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Aug 2022
The site is useful across multiple subjects for both teachers and students.
Osa Oyegun found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Britannica can help shore up units that are missing core information for students. In our case, Social Studies units.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Significantly improves attainment“Students are more independent and use their time learning more useful information.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“See above.”
Steve
Educational Director
Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+
Jul 2022
Britannica is an excellent resource which has continually improved in recent years. To secure a 10, I would like to see materials that are more closely linked with Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses, which we use extensively within NSWLearning.
Steve found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Makes searching for material easier and with greater confidence in the outcome.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“At the very least it provides students in certain subjects with a great breath and at tiems depth of revelant knowledge.”
Jacquline. A
Kannada teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Jun 2022
Team work, creative, more
Jacquline. A found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“We got an idea to work”
- Moderately improves parent engagement“Nil”
- Moderately improves attainment“To understand”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“To encourage children”
Roy Abraham
Assistant master
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Jun 2022
It is definitely useful
Roy Abraham found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Saves time of preparation”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Kirsten
Head of Department for Foundation Phase
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Jun 2022
Really enjoyed the training
Kirsten found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Ruben
Grade 5 Teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 1-2 years
May 2022
Ruben found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Dina Abizaid
Librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 3-4 years
May 2022
I just learned today that Britannica has a partnership with EBSCO
Dina Abizaid found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Lesson Planning guide and multiple resources available”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I am not sure what to say here. As I am not aware if parents are involved at all here”
- Moderately improves attainment“Again, I believe so”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Yes, they display how to navigate and cite sources”
Fritjof Troll
Teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 1-2 years
May 2022
Excellent resource. Some information is not on Brittanica, then students need to revert to other sources.
Fritjof Troll found Britannica School:
- Not reduces teacher workload“--”
- Not significantly improves parent engagement“Possibly for parents to use with thier kids for their homework.”
- Significantly improves attainment“High quality, kid friendly Information for their research”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“inquiry based learning is enhanced with the help of brittanica”
Roxy Pérez
School Librarian and homeroom teacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
May 2022
I am happy with the support and tranining we are have access to.
Roxy Pérez found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Finding and searching for information is easier”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I don´t have experience enough to answer this as we just incorporated Britannica.”
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Students are able to inquire”
Rico Chow
Principal of Secondary
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
May 2022
Rico Chow found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It certainly saves teacher time to source credible sources for students!”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I'm not sure as I have not used Britannica enough to assess parent engagement.”
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
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”
Nada
Digital Learning Coordinator/ Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 3-4 years
May 2022
easy to use, age appropriate
Nada found Britannica School:
- Not reduces teacher workload“content”
- Not improves parent engagement
- Not improves attainment
- Slightly builds student knowledge“not really”
Nathan Deeney
Student Life Coordinator
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
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”
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