Secondary-teaching resources
4 Learning
Online educational resources for teachers, pupils and home learners
and a complete guide to over 400 hours of Channel 4's programmes for
schools.
AccessArt
AccessArt is a collection of online workshops and arts educational
activities aimed at all ages. For teachers, educators and artists, AccessArt
provides access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange
of information and ideas.
AS and A level guideThe QCA's official guide is free of charge; order print copies for your school, or download a copy directly from the QCA site. It's a useful publication to give to students, as it clarifies for them what the exam process is, how marking and results work, and where to find further information.
AngliaCampus
AngliaCampus is a subscription-based online education service written
exclusively to support the National Curriculum by a team of teachers.
BBC Schools Online
Learning resources for all ages.
BBC Schools Online: Revision
BBC multimedia revision services with websites, TV
programmes, books and CD-ROMs. All are closely linked and can be used together
or separately.
Creative Chemistry
Site contains full-colour worksheets and teaching notes for activities
suitable for a chemistry club, and around 200 pages of question sheets and
practical guides for GCSE chemistry (ages 14 to16) and AS Level chemistry (ages
16 to 18).
Curriculum Online
This DCSF website is an online catalogue of thousands of multimedia
resources, linked to the National Curriculum in England. Resources go
up to Key Stage 4, and cover SEN. Many are free, the rest can be
bought with a school's eLC (electronic learning credit) money. See
TeacherNet's guide to buying
resources through Curriculum Online.
Digital Art Resource for Education (DARE)
DARE is produced by the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA) in
partnership with Middlesex University's School of Lifelong Learning and
Education (LLE) and the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts (CEA) and is aimed
at a broad education audience, but primarily teachers, student teachers and
pupils of art and design, working at secondary-school or high-school level.
EducationGuardian.co.uk
EducationGuardian.co.uk is the Guardian newspaper's
online news and information service for the world of education.
Electronic Telegraph: Internet for Schools
Internet for Schools is a free service provided by the Electronic
Telegraph, to help teachers and students get more out of the Internet.
English Resources
Site contains free resources for teaching and revising English language and
literature.
Film Education
Film Education is a registered charity funded by the film industry in the
UK. Its aim is to encourage and promote the study of film and cinema
within the curriculum. In addition to providing a range of free educational
materials, Film Education organises INSET courses, workshops, seminars
and events, including the National Schools Film Week.
Granada Learning
Granada Learning produces a range of educational resources
spanning the syllabuses of primary and secondary schools to meet the
requirements of learners of all ages and abilities, ranging from infants
through to A level and adult education.
HomeWork Elephant
Internet resources to help complete pupils' homework assignments. Over
5 000 carefully selected resources to assist with homework problems.
Homework High
A Channel 4 site that allows students to ask for and receive assistance with
homework questions on a range of subjects.
Independent Advancement
Independent Advancement is the Independent newspaper's
online news and information service for the world of education.
Learn.co.uk
Learn.co.uk is a learning resource for homework, revision or
preparing lessons.
Literacy.co.uk
This website provides information about literacy for all age groups
throughout the UK. It includes a searchable database of literacy initiatives,
overviews, research, statistics and resources, as well as a calendar of events
and discussion boards.
MathsNet
Mathematics education, with particular emphasis on providing online
interactive resources. Major resources include AS/A2 maths and interactive
geometry.
National Archives Learning Curve
The National Archives Learning Curve is an online teaching resource,
structured to tie in with the History national curriculum for Key Stages 2 to
5. Designed for teachers, the Learning Curve contains a varied range of
original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound
recordings.
Nuffield Support for post-16 mathematics
The site will keep you up to date with news about Free-standing maths units.
The site complements the information that is available from the websites
maintained by the awarding bodies AQA, Edexcel and OCR. The main purpose of
this site is to share and publish teaching approaches, student assignments and
other resources for teachers.
The Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive is a free online resource which makes available recordings
of English-language poets reading their own work. The website is packed
with information about poets and poetry, with advice on teaching poetry
effectively, lesson ideas based on the Archive's recordings and an
area where teachers can create and save their own lesson plans.
RSPCA education
The RSPCA has produced a large number of curriculum-linked resources. Topics
range from Animals and the Law to Biodiversity. They are aimed at different age
groups and cover curriculum material for Key Stage 1 to 4. Many of the
resources are also available in Welsh.
QCA AS and A level guide
The official guide is free of charge; order print copies for your school, or
download a copy directly from the QCA site. It's a useful publication
to give to students, as it clarifies for them what the exam process is, how
marking and results work, and where to find further information.
Schoolhistory.co.uk
Ideas for the use of ICT in secondary-school history.
Schoolsnet
An online guide to schools. Also includes guides on lessons and
revision as well as a jobs section.
SciShop: Key Stage 3
Science Resource Database
SciShop is an online resource area designed to support teachers and
students in Key Stage 3 science. The resources are drawn from a number of
locations: the Internet, ASE Books and Images, and contributions from members
of the ASE. SciShop is intended to help teachers and students to locate
suitable resources that are related to specific learning objectives of the Key
Stage 3 National Curriculum.
Teacher
Assessment Activities
QCA has developed support materials for the Teacher Assessment Activities
series in art and design, design and technology and history. These
materials are fully integrated with the National Curriculum, and provide
examples of assessment activities to help identify, track and enhance pupil
progress. Each book includes activities and teacher guidance.
teachit.co.uk —
English Teaching Online
An online library of English-teaching resources,
including photocopiable worksheets, lesson plans and schemes of work.
The
MusicLand.co.uk
MusicLand contains a wide selection of materials to help with teaching or
learning A Level, GCSE and Key Stage 3 music, plus online interactive
tests for aural and theory.
The Visual Arts Data
Service (VADS)
VADS provides Internet access to and preservation of its collection of
visual arts digital resources and advises in all areas of digital creation, use
and management.
Times Educational Supplement
Internet version of the Times Educational Supplement
publication, covering the world of primary, secondary and further
education.
Published: 8 May 2008
