Support for parents and learners during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Free activities and resources to support learning at home
Welcome to free activities, tools and advice to support learning at home - including sample homeschool planners, reading and maths support, access to free eBooks and much more. As you are getting used to your children learning from home, we’ve got resources to help.
We’re working hard to provide a broad range of support and will add to this bank of resources as our teams develop more and, as we learn together with you, parents and students, what type of support is most needed and useful.
Latest qualifications updates
We are working with our fellow international exam boards - Cambridge Assessment International Education, International Baccalaureate Organization and Oxford AQA - to ensure fairness for all students affected by the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Although our qualifications and processes are different from one another, we will draw on our wealth of expertise in international education and assessment and find the best ways of delivering for you in these difficult times.
Primary parents
We know how important it is to continue learning when children can’t be in school. However you’re planning to approach homeschooling or remote learning, we have free tools and activities to help you.
Your homeschool planners for Reception to Year 6**
Access your weekly homeschool timetable planners with links to relevant activities and games for your child's specific year group. They are designed to fit around your daily routine to help you with your child's home learning!
Free ActiveLearn Primary access
Access our ActiveLearn Primary website with exciting activities and games, matched to your child's year and ability, as used by schools across the world. Request a login and password now to get started.
Download our free home school planner for all Primary year groups (PDF | 551 KB) for you to use at home.
The Maths Factor
Maths Factor sets children on a maths learning path of videos and games, across Year 1 to Year 6.
The Maths Factor has been made freely available (from Monday 23 March 2020) to support children's continued learning at home for the duration of the closure period. Take a tour of The Maths Factor with these short YouTube videos with Carol Vorderman.
Read our useful Guide to Tackling Maths Anxiety (PDF | 1.68 MB)
This blog post has some useful tips to help you teach maths at home.
Bug Club
Our school reading programme, Bug Club, is proven to raise attainment – and loved by more than a million children worldwide.
Download and print the Bug Club Reading Record (PDF | 33.02 MB) to use with your child at home.
Read our useful Guide to supporting phonics (PDF | 132.95 MB)
Secondary parents & learners
Whether you’re a student or supporting someone who is, find qualifications, resources, and career guidance to help you while you are at home.
Free eBook access
To help you continue learning while the schools are closed, we're giving you free access to our e-books for KS3 (11-14) and GCSE (14-16) student books. Follow the link below. You'll need to accept the licence agreement, then you can view your student books online.
GCSE Spanish / French / German Translation and Literary Texts
GCSE 9-1 History Topic Booklets
These topic booklets for all 16 GCSE (9-1) History options offer guidance for the assessment requirements for each topic. These will give you a good starting point for understanding what your children are studying alongside textbooks and revision materials.
Support and tips for difficult times
Feeling a certain amount of concern or worry is natural when we encounter difficult or unsettling times. We've pulled together a number of resources including mindfulness practices and blog posts to support parents and learners.
Five resources for practising mindfulness
10-minute introduction to mindfulness guided practice
How to talk to children about scary news stories
Being kind, being thankful (PDF | 189 KB)
Staying connected (PDF | 389 KB)
Look for the silver lining (PDF | 198 KB)
Customer support
Visit our website for the most up-to-date information or get in touch with our customer services team.
If you have any unanswered questions or need to talk to us about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the effect on your centre and students, you can call our hotline on +44 (0) 120 4770 696.