4. Home education help and resources
Homeschooling and teaching resources for primary and secondary school children
GSCE pod
For awarding-winning content and assessments for 28 GCSE subjects take a look at GCSE pod. It has resources for teachers, children and parents.
Oak National Academy
10,000 free video lessons, resources and activities, covering most subjects, from Reception to Year 11
- Online Classroom - Oak National website
Joe Wicks
For P.E. lessons check out Joe Wicks’ YouTube channel.
- The Body Coach - You Tube
National Literacy Trust
Learn and play with the National Literacy Trust “Words for Life” resources. For ages 0–12.
White Rose Maths
Let White Rose Maths help with teaching primary and secondary school level maths with their range of workshops.
BBC bitesize:
- Learning at Home - lessons, videos, quizzes and practice activities to help you with home learning. - BBC website
- Primary - age 3 - 11 - BBC website
- Secondary - age 11 - 16 - BBC website
- Post -16 - age 16+ - BBC website
Oxford Owl
Oxford Owl provides teaching resources for schools and for homeschooling, including advice and support for parents, educational activities and games and a free ebook library for 3–11 years olds.
Ruth Miskin Phonics
Get reading and keep reading with Ruth Miskin’s phonics lessons.
Tiny Happy People
Simple activities and play ideas to develop your child's communication skills.
- Tiny Happy People - BBC website
StarLive
Weekly programme to support parents with home learning.
Literacy expert and author, Alex Quigley shares simple insights into how parents can support their children to develop their reading, writing and vocabulary whilst learning at home
- Upcoming live streams - youtube
The Skills Toolkit
Free online digital and numeracy courses to build skills and help progress in work and improved job prospects.
- The Skills Toolkit - gov.uk website
Hungry Little Minds
For simple, fun activities for children aged 0–5.
- Hungry Little Minds - gov.uk
LuCiD
Free resources on child language development for parents with young children.
- Resources for parents - lucid.ac.uk website
P.E. with Greater Sport
It's important for all children, from birth to eighteen, to keep moving to help with their physical development, wellbeing and mental health. Greater Sport have pulled together a number of different resources that are freely available online to help you and your children keep moving.
- Moving for children - Greater Sport website