COVID-19 AND TEACHING
We are collating useful information from across the education sector and global public health to support the profession. We will look to keep this updated as information changes.
Online, distance and home learning – Practical resources for teachers
– Our most popular resource – Distance learning selected reading
– Free online courses
– Free distance learning resources pack
– Compact guides
– Research Highlights: Distance, independent and outdoor learning
– Webinars and videos from leading education professionals
DfE COVID-19 updates
– DFE COVID-19 guidance for schools
– Department for Education coronavirus helpline:
This helpline is available to answer questions relating to education. It is available to staff, parents and young people.
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday), 10am to 4pm (Saturday to Sunday)
Mental health and wellbeing updates
– Education Support website / Twitter / Helpline – 0800 562 561
– Coronavirus and wellbeing in learning [Mind]
– Resources for mental health and wellbeing [Mentally Healthy Schools]
– Bereavement Support [Chartered College of Teaching and others]
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday), 10am to 4pm (Saturday to Sunday)
Education resources
Remote Learning +
- BBC Bitesize daily lessons
- Oak National Academy online classroom
- UK Parliament learning resources
- Applying past leadership lessons to the coronavirus pandemic
- Collected online learning resources [EdTech Impact]
- Free COVID-19 school community resources [TheSchoolBus]
- Advice on Safe Remote Learning [UK Safer Internet Centre]
- Remote learning: why hasn’t it worked before and what can we do to change that?
- Advice on Safe Remote Learning amidst Coronavirus
- Safe remote learning
- Firefly Learning - FREE online access
- COVID-19 and Safeguarding
- FREE Online Textbooks - Cambridge Core
- Literacy Resources - Driver Youth Trust
- How to use PowerPoint screen recorder
- Home learning resources and links - Padlet
- CPD at home
- Setting work for a long-haul shut-down
- Learning in the time of coronavirus: planning distance schooling
- 5 habits of an effective learner - Revision and assessment support
- Cambridge Assessment makes Resource Plus free of charge to all schools
- Estonia offers its digital education solutions for FREE to support other countries
Primary Resources +
- Maths resources for children aged 4-11
- Planning for the gathering storm: Coronavirus
- Supporting children wit EAL during school closures