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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

build student knowledge
86%
improve teacher knowledge
73%
improve attainment
68%
reduce teacher workload
67%

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Awards

The EdTech Impact Awards are based on independent, verified customer feedback, and recognise the top 10% of solutions across each of our 13 impact metrics.

Award: Top Student Knowledge Tool 2025.

Top Student Knowledge Tool

2025

Award: Top Teacher Knowledge Tool 2025.

Top Teacher Knowledge Tool

2025

CompanyBusiness Name: Britannica Education
HQ Location: United Kingdom
Founded: 1768
Age Range0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17-18
FeaturesRead-aloud FunctionMerriam Webster DictionaryTranslation ToolShare ContentRights-cleared VisualsDifferentiated Reading-levelsCitationSafe ResearchEbsco JournalsCollection Of Reliable Websites
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
AccessibilityModerate features
PoliciesTerms of ServicePrivacy PolicyGDPR
RequirementsInternet - 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.

TrainingIn 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.

SupportEmailFAQs/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 LearningParent 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.

TagsResearch skillsOnline learning BritannicaBritannica DigitalLibrary toolsSafe search Classroom resourcesProject-based learningDifferentiationEAL supportReading supportEPQ resourcesCurriculum resourcesCurriculum-alignedEBSCOJournalseBooksArticlesImagesPrimary Sources

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Pricing 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

4.5 out of 5

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Britannica School has collected 31 reviews in the past 6 months

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Nazneen

MYP Science teacher

Antwerp International School, Belgium

Used Britannica School daily for 1-2 years

Dec 2024

My main reason for using Britannica and have kids use it as well is that the data is authentic. It also supports translation and learning needs which in an international school are extremely important tools. It has everything a student would and should needs while honing their research skills

Nazneen found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    It gives enough and good information to plan the level of details in a lesson for a particular age group
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    Due it large database of content it is easy to find authentic and good information on any topic that may not be related directly to your subject. Also the explanations come with examples etc.,
  • Significantly improves attainment
    The visuals help students attain.
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
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Ann

Head of Senior School

St Edward’s College, Malta

Used Britannica School occasionally for 5 years+

Dec 2024

The knowledge available is amazing. The interactive methods used are engaging for student. And the price makes it worthwhile and affordable for schools.

Ann found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    It helps with searching for safe information that can be shared with students. It also helps with differentiation of tasks.
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    The articles can give a different slant to the knowledge you already have. And make you think of different ways of approaching a topic. There are also the interesting/fun facts that can pop up durinig the research. The more journalistic articles in the Advanced can give up-to-date information about topics.
  • Moderately improves attainment
    It expands knowledge for the students. It also allows gifted students to read more advanced information rather than sticking to what everyone else is reading.
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    It allows students to research areas of interest that may take them beyond what is done in class. Gifted students can read more advanced articles that help them move forward. Students can tackle the new information at their own pace.
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Gianella

Inco

St Edward’s College, Malta

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Dec 2024

it is reliable info

Gianella found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    possible research by students from safe place
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    easy way for accessing info
  • Slightly improves attainment
    file uploads
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    easy access to info
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Jolen Galea

IB DP Coordinator

St Edward’s College, Malta

Used Britannica School monthly for 7–12 months

Dec 2024

Jolen Galea found Britannica School:
  • Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
  • Slightly improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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Eva

Chief Librarian

Røyken Upper Secondary School, Norway

Used Britannica School occasionally for 4-6 months

Nov 2024

I recommended it to a colleage yesterday. I’ll recommend it to several more.

Eva found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    It solves two problems at the same time: finding research material and finding trustworthy information. We know Britannica provides both.
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
  • Slightly improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    The students learn where they can find research material, how to reference it in APA style and they learn about primary and secondary sources.
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Lynn Guyton

Essex Virtual School Inclusion Officer

Essex Virtual School, England

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Nov 2024

I think it is really good. I want to have time to have a look around the site myself but I feel it would be good for many students including those doing an ESOL course

Lynn Guyton found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    I am new to Britannica so too early to say yet
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
    Not yet
  • Slightly improves attainment
    I am new to using Britannica to no impact yet
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    Homework tasks can be researched easily
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Helene

Head of English department, tutor and responsible for Cambridge exams

International School San Patricio Toledo, Spain

Used Britannica School daily for 0–3 months

Nov 2024

Love it useful up to date a fantastic tool that makes your life easier

Helene found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    We have a lot of students with different languages sdo it is very useful to give them things in their mother tounge also for differenciating as we have a lot of students with special needs and just for differenciating with in the class as well
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    There are very detailes information and you have an infinite of related topics that you often don't think about and then it helps you relate it to other units
  • Moderately improves attainment
    Student's often "get lost" in reading the information and keeps on workling without even noticiong
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    I have had students telling me things they have inquiered about in Britannica in class and sharing it with other students
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Caitlin Mackenzie

Teacher

HSV International and Dutch Primary School - NSL Location - Haagsche Schoolvereeniging, Netherlands

Used Britannica School weekly for 7–12 months

Nov 2024

Caitlin Mackenzie found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Independent research
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    On particular topics
  • Slightly improves attainment
    Engages pupils
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
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Helene

Head of English department PYP , Cambridge coordinator and tutor

International School San Patricio Toledo, Spain

Used Britannica School daily for 0–3 months

Nov 2024

This is just a brilliant tool and it has taken the pressure of finding adecuate and good web sites with information for the students and also it helps the automatically with the vocabulary which is a relief for any teacher in a classroom

Helene found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    I have a lot of differenciation in my classes and this is an easy way to have the same material in different levels
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    I find it easy to look up things that students ask in class and that I am not certain of
  • Slightly improves attainment
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    We do free inquieries in my school and the students find it easy to find adecuate and great information this way
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Amber Crake

English and Global Perspectives teacher

Ecole Bilingue Internationale de Haute-Savoie (EBiHS), France

Used Britannica School weekly for 3-4 years

Nov 2024

accessible easy to use but limited in information on content that is of a historical nature

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you Amber, great to hear you find the site accessible and easy to use. Britannica's Explore section can be a good starting point to browse historical information. If there are any historical periods you would like to see more on, let us know and we can submit a request to the editorial team.
Amber Crake found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    reliable and safe information located on one platform is helpful
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
    quick research on facts perhaps
  • Does not significantly improve attainment
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    for research projects, Britannica is very useful, although the data base can be limited
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Marie Barholm-Hansen

Primary Librarian

Copenhagen International School, Denmark

Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+

Nov 2024

Marie Barholm-Hansen found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
  • Moderately improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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Brian Burleigh

Science Teacher

MEF International School Izmir, Turkey

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Oct 2024

Why would I need to?

Brian Burleigh found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    If a topic can be researched thoroughly by a student without the need for teacher intervention, the Britannica website is an excellent resource.
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
    Personally I don't use it for personal knowledge but I know that I could.
  • Moderately improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    Students can easily check sources and learn critical-thinking skills which directly impact the uptake of knowledge.
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Lucy

Head of Library

Used Britannica School weekly for 5 years+

Oct 2024

Easy to use, good level - but not so keen on new Intermediate interface for Yr 9 pupils

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your feedback. We have submitted this to our development team to consider.
Lucy found Britannica School:
  • Does not significantly reduce teacher workload
    Reduces time spent searching for age-appropriate, reliable resources
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    Links between subject areas
  • Moderately improves attainment
    Material at correct level for pupil understanding, therefore they learn more from using it
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    Understandable, plus links to related material to expand learning too
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M. Bassey Ekanem

Elementary ICT Teacher/Specialist

The Centagon International School, Nigeria

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Oct 2024

Well, because it is a very useful resources for research-based work and inquiry/project-based learning.

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback! We're happy to hear that you find Britannica useful for research and project-based learning.
M. Bassey Ekanem found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Well I can't really say for now because we just subscribed for this as school.
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    Same as my previous answer, it is too early to judge its impact on teacher knowledge because we just got it this academic session.
  • Slightly improves attainment
    No data or evidence to provide at this time.
  • Slightly builds student knowledge
    No data on this yet
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Augustina

Head of Elementary School

The Centagon International School, Nigeria

Used Britannica School weekly for 0–3 months

Oct 2024

There is no guide that shows where to navigate for subjects and also topics contained in the Britannica School

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your engagement with our resources. Please check our Guided Tour document, available here (https://sites.google.com/britannica.co.uk/customer-care-centre/getting-started). Additionally, I recommend visiting the homepage of Britannica School, where you will find the 'EXPLORE' section. This feature allows users to browse articles and media by subject area.
Augustina found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    Easy access to get resources
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
    Learn new things
  • Moderately improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    help students to retain memory because they can watch some videos live
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Sara

Learning Resources Coordinator

United World College of the Adriatic, Italy

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Oct 2024

I think Britannica is a truly excellent tool, it's easy to use and very rich in content. Not only does it provide students (or indeed any user) with very good material, but it also gives them the chance to organise their material in an efficient way.

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback! We're glad to hear that you find Britannica easy to use and rich in content.
Sara found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
  • Significantly improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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Shamna

Librarian

Alhussan International Academy, Saudi Arabia

Used Britannica School monthly for 3-4 years

Oct 2024

It is good for science topics and literature study. But i did not not find enough for business studies topics.

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your feedback! Please check the 'EXPLORE' section on the homepage. If you filter by 'Society and Economics,' you will see a range of Business Studies topics.
Shamna found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    It is easy to use. Minimum instructions needed for students
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
    It is UpToDate. I like primary sources
  • Slightly improves attainment
    It is positively affected students projects and assignments
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    It reflected on EE
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Catriona

Class Teacher

HSV International Primary School - VNS Location - Stichting Haagsche Schoolvereeniging, Netherlands

Used Britannica School monthly for 0–3 months

Oct 2024

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive review! We're pleased to hear that Britannica Education helps reduce your workload and provides safe, accessible content. Your feedback on improving teacher knowledge and student understanding is greatly appreciated.
Catriona found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    It's a safe and accessible website for research so I don't need to check beforehand that the content is appropriate. This saves me time
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
  • Slightly improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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Enrica

teacher

The International School of Genoa - The only IB World School in Liguria, Italy

Used Britannica School weekly for 1-2 years

Oct 2024

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive review! We're glad to hear that Britannica School is helping reduce your workload and enhance your lesson preparation. Your feedback is valuable.
Enrica found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    I can make students do an individual research knowing it will be easy to find appropriate material.
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
    When looking for info about a lesson I can refer to it
  • Moderately improves attainment
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
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Chantal Delessert

Head Librarian

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School, Switzerland

Used Britannica School monthly for 5 years+

Oct 2024

very pleased with it and the service provided (notably workshop had a tremendous impact on our middle school students following last academic year's workshop)

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback. We are delighted to hear that you were pleased with our service and that the workshop had a significant impact on your middle school students. Your insights are invaluable to us, and we look forward to the opportunity to support your educational initiatives in the future.
Chantal Delessert found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
    Can't comment, I don't have input from teachers
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
    unable to comment
  • Significantly improves attainment
    students access better resources
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    information is more designed for their levels
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Manuela Menekshi

ELT/ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

Kolegji Turgut Ozal, Albania

Used Britannica School occasionally for 0–3 months

Sep 2024

The platform's interface was intuitive and easy to navigate. I have appreciated the ability to quickly find information, access different reading levels, and switch between various media formats like articles, videos, and images without confusion.

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive review! We're thrilled to hear that you found our platform's interface intuitive and easy to navigate.
Manuela Menekshi found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    Searching articles,videos,illustrations in safe websites to use in the lessons
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
    in extra curricular activities/in projects when more than one subject is involved
  • Significantly improves attainment
    the platform can impact student attainment by enhancing research skills, supporting differentiated instruction, boosting engagement, and providing reliable, curriculum-aligned content
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    Students can explore various subjects like history, science, literature, and geography within a single platform. This cross-disciplinary exposure encourages connections between topics and deeper understanding, leading to improved critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
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Christine Mineva

Lead Tutor MYP1-2, Teacher of Humanities, English, French

Haut-Lac International Bilingual School, Switzerland

Used Britannica School occasionally for 3-4 years

Sep 2024

User friendly, engaging for young people, differentiated, excellent embedded tools

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback!
Christine Mineva found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    helping with research projects - great tool to help with organizing research
  • Slightly improves teacher knowledge
  • Moderately improves attainment
    Better comprehension of articles used in researching
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    Differentiated reading levels help with understanding, great images/media to support written text
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Vivian Day

Resources Manager/EAL Teacher/PP Supervisor

Bogaerts International School - South Campus, Belgium

Used Britannica School weekly for 1-2 years

Sep 2024

Yes, it's a very useful tool, it is levelled and it's accurate and current

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback!
Vivian Day found Britannica School:
  • Moderately reduces teacher workload
    When asking students to do a reading comprehension and writing task it's very helpful to have Britannica as their research source. It's levelled and full of visuals that significantly help primary students to stay focussed.
  • Moderately improves teacher knowledge
    Whenever there are articles with greater detail on scientific issues related to recent technological advances I personally find myself learning new things.
  • Moderately improves attainment
    Students like the interactive features and tend to stay focussed on the specific topic
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
    Several, including animals and their habitats, leaders in History, Geography and many more
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Bianca Strydom

Knowledge Center Supervisor

American Creativity Academy, Kuwait

Used Britannica School weekly for 7–12 months

Sep 2024

It is a trusted source ever since I can remember. As it started from books it is a global source of real time accurate information supporting not only teacher, students and parents but the learning and knowledge as a society.

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for recognizing Britannica Education as a trusted source of information. We are proud to have evolved from our roots in books to become a global provider of real-time and accurate information that benefits teachers, students, parents, and society as a whole. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Bianca Strydom found Britannica School:
  • Significantly reduces teacher workload
    Eases the process of research for student instruction on this topic.
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
    It expands it to trustworthy sources and not just something that may be inaccurate from the internet.
  • Significantly improves attainment
    It speeds up the process with the user friendly interface.
  • Moderately builds student knowledge
    It builds on the fundamentals of their knowledge.
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Eva de la Casa

DP Coordinator

Bogaerts International School - South Campus, Belgium

Used Britannica School daily for 1-2 years

Sep 2024

Very useful and easy to use tool

Reply from Britannica School:Thank you for your positive feedback!
Eva de la Casa found Britannica School:
  • Slightly reduces teacher workload
  • Significantly improves teacher knowledge
  • Moderately improves attainment
  • Significantly builds student knowledge
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