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.  Optimised for a quick response | |
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Britannica School Reviews
from 161 Verified Reviews
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Jill van Niekerk
Librarian
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Feb 2024
Britannica can be used by the whole school community. It is inclusive for students with special needs, language learners, young children and the oldest students. It is value for money.
Jill van Niekerk found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It helps with differentiation, and also including students with English as an additional language.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I have not measured this... but I am sure it does.”
- Significantly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge“I encourage students to use Britannica to understand the basics, particularly in the lower years. For example, the PYP often has quite descriptive units and lines of inquiry but Britannica can help them define the topic and start their research from a solid base of understanding.”
Grant
Headteacher
Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months
Feb 2024
Easy to use, great price and lots of functionality
Grant found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Not having to look for things on Google”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“We haven't been using it long enough yet”
- Moderately improves attainment“Provides children with high quality information and texts”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Sandra
teacher
Used Britannica School occasionally for 1-2 years
Feb 2024
Sandra found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“helps when i need a place where they can reserach without me worrying that they will encounter questionable content”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge“students that have learning differences have all the tools at their disposal too, so all can research!”
Feb 2024
Marco found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Helps with research.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Significantly builds student knowledge
Julian Saunders
Technology Director
Used Britannica School occasionally for 1-2 years
Feb 2024
Britannica offers a wealth of multimodal information in a safe online environment while encouraging good scholarship.
Julian Saunders found Britannica School:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Significantly reduces time having to guide online student research.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“N/A”
- Slightly improves attainment“Not sure. This would require further study to answer this question.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students are able to explore their interests in a safe online environment.”
Vibecke Asbjørnsen
Master
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Feb 2024
It's applicable, relevant and reliable.
Vibecke Asbjørnsen found Britannica School:
- Does not reduce teacher workload
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Moderately improves attainment“The students make use of a reliable source.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Clara Konkwo
School Librarian
Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+
Feb 2024
Because, Britannica does not cover all of the topics that my users are searching for.
Clara Konkwo found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“As a librarian who collaborates with the grade level teachers; I do connect my students/teachers with Britannica on topics of their lesson units. This encourages students to begin to find their research information using Britannica before redirecting their search on broad information platforms that they are bound to find on Google, for example”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“1. I've received emails from parents who have contacted me to ask about their child's login information. 2. I've also been invited by my school principal to present the Online Britannica School to parents during their Parent Workshop.”
- Moderately improves attainment“I believe that students and teachers who strongly feel the need to use Britannica resources are sure that they are using accurate and well-trusted information tools. The additional services that it provides , such as Citation tools, promote students' acknowledgement of academic integrity when writing their research papers.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“The provision of factual and visual information on its topics is a good way for students to read/watch and gain increased knowledge of a concept. The direct provision of the dictionary meanings of each word, as well as the ability of users to read translated versions of the covered topics are additional, but helpful tools that can very well impact the knowledge of every Britannica user of our time.”
Feb 2024
It's a great source of information. I'd like it to cover even more topics, countries and time periods.
Greta found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“We use it during research stage in our class for projects and for preparation for IB exams.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Feb 2024
satisfied
Katarina found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“preparations for lesson still required”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“not really”
- Moderately improves attainment“projects, research, interest”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“information”
KaMo
Teaching Assistant
Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months
Jan 2024
Simple, credible sources, still space for improvement
KaMo found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload
- Does not significantly improve parent engagement
- Slightly improves attainment
- Slightly builds student knowledge
Amber Crake
English teacher
Used Britannica School monthly for 3-4 years
Jan 2024
I cannot always find the information I am looking for
Amber Crake found Britannica School:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“students can assemble their own resource packs which reduces teacher research”
- Slightly improves parent engagement
- Does not significantly improve attainment
- Moderately builds student knowledge“improve research skills and awareness of citing”
Chantal Delessert
Head Librarian, secondary campus
Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+
Dec 2023
I'm happy with the layout and options it provides to a diversity of learner types
Chantal Delessert found Britannica School:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“different resources available on the same place”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“I wouldn't know”
- Significantly improves attainment“resources can be trusted and adequate tools provided to foster good practice and academic integrity”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“can't really articulate”
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
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”
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”
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
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
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.”