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.
Educational Impact
Additional evidence
 Company | Business Name: Britannica Education 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 £492 / 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. | |
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Britannica School Reviews
from 149 Verified Reviews
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Ulrike Trey
teacher / librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+
Nov 2023
Excellent resources; good customer service; excellent guides; we would give 10 stars if it could be used for our foreign languages as well
Ulrike Trey found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It is easy to find texts on different language levels”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment“Referencing guide”
- Slightly builds student knowledge
Stella
Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Nov 2023
Stella found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“It is not there to reduce work but to facilitate clear, correct and factual research. It is a tool for teachers to reply on”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“It is a shared resource parents can work with with their children”
- Significantly improves attainment“the diverse levels and languages help differentiate and the citation tools model proper use of research”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“gives them a place to research safely”
John
Class teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 3-4 years
Nov 2023
It's child- and teacher-friendly, simple to use, safe and accurate
John found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It guides the students and I appreciate how up-to-date, safe, and accurate it is”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Variety of things to explore, clear language”
Rosa Alonso
Class Teacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 3-4 years
Nov 2023
It’s a reliable source of information appropriate for children, and has translations and meanings available.
Rosa Alonso found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Rely on the website when researching information.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“None”
- Slightly improves attainment“None”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Research”
Najd
Teacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Oct 2023
Najd found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“None”
- Moderately improves parent engagement“Communication”
- Significantly improves attainment“None”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Increasing skills”
Ghina Sabih
Teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 1-2 years
Oct 2023
Ghina Sabih found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Planning”
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Simona Kucsova
Library Assistant
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Oct 2023
It is one of many useful tools available
Simona Kucsova found Britannica School:
- Does not reduce teacher workload
- Does not improve parent engagement
- Does not improve attainment
- Does not build student knowledge
Lindy
Teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 1-2 years
Oct 2023
Excellent educational resource
Lindy found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
- Moderately improves parent engagement“Helping with project work”
- Moderately improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Renate Kirmse
Head of Libraries
Used Britannica School daily for 5 years+
Oct 2023
Best information source for our students
Renate Kirmse found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Citation tool - easy to use, great impact on referencing competences”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Emelie Pettersson
School librarian
Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+
Sep 2023
Easy to use, a great resource in English.
Emelie Pettersson found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The students use it as an encylopedia during English education. Our international programmes are also interested in using it more in the future.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Unsure.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Knowledge about a wide variety of subjects.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Helps with English studies and their essays when they need reliable sources.”
Duncan Hopwood
Class Teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 4-6 months
Sep 2023
The concept and content is good, but would be even better if the library was more expansive.
Duncan Hopwood found Britannica School:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
- Moderately improves parent engagement“suggesting sources for research which are safe for children to use”
- Moderately improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Thomas
Grade 5 teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 1-2 years
Sep 2023
It is great.
Thomas found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“I always use it as the first resource for my students to start researching a topic.”
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement“None”
- Slightly improves attainment“Some students engage with it and enjoy learning independently. For those students it is a great tool and impacts them in a positive way.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“It has a great bank of information and the students really enjoy reading about topics for class and topics that interest them.”
Julie
Librarian
Used Britannica School occasionally for 1-2 years
Jul 2023
It’s a safe resource for children.
Julie found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“None”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“None”
- Slightly improves attainment“None”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Lorna
Head Of Digital Learning
Used Britannica School occasionally for 7–12 months
Jun 2023
I think it is a good resource for pupils and a safe environment
Lorna found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“finding information”
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment“Finding information on topics”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Alison Immelman
Head of Library
Used Britannica School monthly for 1-2 years
Jun 2023
Just a personal frustration that we are not using our money's worth on what is a fantastic platform.
Alison Immelman found Britannica School:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“The staff are very busy and prefer to stick with 'same old' than try something new. Most of them avoid project based learning because of the plagiarism aspect. They claim that Britannica does not fit with the South African curriculum. None of this is the fault of Britannica.”
- Does not improve parent engagement“I haven't thought to engage them :( I'll get right on it!”
- Slightly improves attainment“Those girls who use it, benefit. The rest are hooked on Google!”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“The girls were able to browse and see aspects of interest. They were particularly keen on the videos. They have short memory spans - that which I did with them in Grade 8 has been forgotten, and, unfortunately, I do not engage with the rest of the school.”
Alison Harding
Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
May 2023
Ease of use, reliable content, breadth of content, additional features like dictionary, citations etc
Alison Harding found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“I include Britannica in most research sessions I run with students”
Dagnija Ivanovska
Librarian
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Mar 2023
Lots of information in different spheres
Dagnija Ivanovska found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“writing scientific research papers”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Neutral”
- Moderately improves attainment“develop their skills to select sources of information”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
kelvin Mutale
Class Teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 4-6 months
Mar 2023
It's an authentic resources covering a wide range of subjects.
kelvin Mutale found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Research on certain topics”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Home learning”
- Slightly improves attainment“Science”
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Bozhura Panayotova
Librarian
Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+
Mar 2023
I think the resource is very useful.
Bozhura Panayotova found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It saves explanation time and helps the lessons to be interactive and innovative.”
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement“Our students do not study with parents.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Coursework could be more varied with the help of Britannica.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Interaction in the learning process improves the learning of the school material.”
Ben Bauknecht
Librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 4-6 months
Mar 2023
Academic is a fine ressource, although a bit sheltered. If you have access to it it's a reasonable alternative to open source projects
Ben Bauknecht found Britannica School:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“None”
- Does not improve parent engagement“None”
- Does not significantly improve attainment“None”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“We use Academic as one of our starting points to formulate research strategies”
Amira
English teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 0–3 months
Mar 2023
I find it useful and easy to use
Amira found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“The information is ready and accurate”
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement“No”
- Moderately improves attainment“No”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“They can search and learn at home and at school”
FAIZA
CLASS TEACHER
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Feb 2023
Its a very helpful material
FAIZA found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Nil”
- Significantly improves parent engagement“Nil”
- Slightly improves attainment“Nil”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Nil”
Elisabeth Eichmeyer
Department Leader
Used Britannica School weekly for 4-6 months
Feb 2023
Elisabeth Eichmeyer found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“still trying to figure out if the pre prepared resources will help in the long run”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Ņina Trahnova
librarion
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Feb 2023
trusted database
Ņina Trahnova found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“makes work easier”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“more trusted sources”
- Moderately improves attainment“based on scientific sources”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Shakespeare is widely regarded”
Rory Parker
Deputy Head (Prep)
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Feb 2023
So far, it has been very useful. I feel we are only just starting to tap it's potential.
Rory Parker found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Not needing to source and proof lots of different websites to support research”
- Does not improve parent engagement“We haven't really thought about how to use it to impact on parent engagement”
- Slightly improves attainment“We haven't been actively using it long enough to gauge yet”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The range of content that can be used to support pretty much every part of the curriculum”
