Free Learning Resources
Find free teaching resources to bring the arts into your class
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Art Fund Teacher Needs Research 2021-22
For teachers
Published by Art FundA research study working with teachers to learn about what support they need to use museums and galleries as resources in their teaching.
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Nutcracker Resource hub
Early Years, KS1, KS2 and SEND
Published by English National Ballet
Step into the magical world of Nutcracker! Enjoy printable games, the magical soundtrack of Nutcracker and tutu craft activities, all available for free.
We also have a suite of symbol resources, in partnership with Widgit, to make ballet more accessible to children with learning difficulties and disabilities.
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My First Ballet: Swan Lake Resource hub
Early Years, KS1, KS2 and SEND
Publish by English National Ballet
Visit our My First Ballet: Swan Lake resource hub, for read alongs, dance tutorials, tutu craft pages, clips from the ballet and so much more, all available to access for free.
We also have a suite of symbol resources, in partnership with Widgit, to make ballet more accessible to children with learning difficulties and disabilities.
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Schools Hub
For teachers
Published by National Portrait Gallery
Visit Schools hub, the National Portrait Gallery's ever-growing online hub, designed to support Art & Design and History learning. Schools hub features hundreds of resources to help you cut down on planning, from simple how-to videos and tutorials with artists, to step-by-step portrait analysis guides, and interviews with leading experts.
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Wallace & Gromit Teacher Resource Pack
Key Stage 1 & 2
Published by The Cartoon Museum and Aardman
Unique Teacher Resource Packs featuring six fur curriculum-linked activities featuring everyone’s favourite animated duo, Wallace & Gromit!
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Draw Cartoons & Comics
Key Stage 1-3
Published by The Cartoon MuseumFree drawing resources to inspire children to explore their creativity through comics. For use at home and in the classroom.
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Free Art Resources from the RA
All ages
Published by the Royal Academy of ArtsCross-curricular resources to teach your students about the climate, citizenship, emotions, and more through art.
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Fuel Engage: Theatre Resources
For teachers
Published by Fuel Theatre
Fuel Engage is a free, online learning platform for teachers and anyone interested in creative learning. It includes multiple free learning resources, lesson plans, and digital theatre content for use in the classroom and beyond. -
Music Resources for KS2 & KS3 Classes
Key Stage 2 & 3
Published by Royal Albert HallDownload resources to use with KS2 or KS3 classes which explore some of the most famous pieces of music from the Western Classical music cannon, designed to meet your curriculum aims for understanding, listening and composing.
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Free Resources from Westminster Abbey
All ages
Published by Westminster AbbeyA growing catalogue of free, downloadable teaching resources covering a variety of subject areas across multiple key stages, bringing Westminster Abbey to your classroom.
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Activities for all ages
All ages
Published by Two Temple PlaceFree activities and resources for schools, community groups and families.
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Free Arts Resources for Early Years
Early Years & Key Stage 1
Published by Creative Futures
Explore a range of free resources and research reports supporting arts education for Early Years and Key Stage 1 students. You can also find valuable resources about teaching music to deaf children. -
Science Activities for Children
Key Stage 1
Published by Anaesthesia Heritage CentreThe Anaesthesia Heritage Centre tells the remarkable story of anaesthesia since is first public demonstration in 1846. Their free resources include fun and easy science activities for small anaesthetists to be, suitable for science and history curricula.
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Art and Art History Learning Resources
All ages
Published by The CourtauldFree learning resources and activities for all ages from The Courtauld using a combination of art history and practical art-based approaches to uncover the intentions and processes behind works of art. These resources can be used by teachers, young people and anyone interested in finding out more about the artists and artworks in The Courtauld’s collection.
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How to market a theatre show
Teachers and group leaders
Published by The CockpitThe Cockpit’s guide to bringing a show to their theatre. The tips in this page may be useful advice for anyone lookng to market a show in London.
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The Perfect School? A Classroom Game
Year 5 & 6
Published by The Serpentine
The Perfect School? is a resource and classroom game which invites children and teachers to explore the transition from primary to secondary school and rethink how schools can be. -
Here Is The Place: Resource for Teachers
Year 5 & 6
Published by The SerpentineThe resource aims to support children to develop the tools to work together to form democratic communities. It invites children to think about difference, acceptance, trust and empathy through play.
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Two Temple Place's Teacher Resource Packs
All ages
Published by Two Temple PlaceTwo Temple Place’s Teacher Resource Packs are produced alongside each exhibition, but also function as stand-alone resources. The packs include a variety of schemes and resources to support teaching in subjects such as; Art & Design, Maths, PHSCE, Music, English, Science and History.
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Music Curriculum Guidance for Schools
Teachers and school administrators
Published by Tri-borough Music HubUseful documents to help Headteachers, Senior Leadership Teams, Governors, and Music Leaders to articulate their plan for delivering high-quality music education and supporting pupils to progress.
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Science Learning Resources
All ages
Published by The Science MuseumFree science-learning resources for all ages.
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Culture in Westminster: City Lions Year in Review 2022-23
For teachers & cultural organisations
Published by City LionsA review of how City Lions and its partners, enriched young people’s lives in Westminster in 2022-23.
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My Music Hub
Calling all teachers, parents, carers, learners and young people! We’ve put together our favourite live streamed concerts, music making activities and resources designed for schools, families and young people. We hope you have fun making your own music!
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Cracks in the Curriculum: What is it to be Oneself?
Key Stage 3-5+
Published by Serpentine Galleries
This free resource supports teachers working with young people to consider the impact gender, race, class, religion, disability, culture, and politics has on our sense of self. What is it to be Oneself? delves into Afrofuturism and digital culture, using the process of collage to normalise fluid exploratory approaches to the formation, deconstruction and reformation of identity. It offers ways we might imagine liberated futures where everyone can live freely and thrive.
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Cracks in the Curriculum: Poetry from the Personal
KS2-5+
Published by Serpentine Galleries
This free resource is an invitation for educators in primary, secondary, further and higher education to create safe spaces for people of the global majority to feel confident to speak their lived experiences. It aims to open up a space for teachers and students to talk about race and racism in the classroom. The resource features a series of questions for critical discussion, activities for the classroom and a reading list for further study.
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Cracks in the Curriculum: Sweet Rebellion
Key Stage 3-5+
Published by Serpentine Galleries
This free resource offers a series of activities, which look at the histories of rebellion on British Caribbean plantations through drawing, discussion, group investigations and further study. On the reverse is an illustration by artists Rudy Loewe and Jacob V Joyce, which depicts people who have resisted British colonial rule and injustice.
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Cracks in the Curriculum: Countless Ways of Knowing – A Mixtape on Education as a Practice of Freedomnowing
KS1 - 5+
Published by Serpentine Galleries
This free resource is an invitation for educators in primary, secondary, further and higher education to create safe spaces for people of the global majority to feel confident to speak their lived experiences. It aims to open up a space for teachers and students to talk about race and racism in the classroom. The resource features a series of questions for critical discussion, activities for the classroom and a reading list for further study.
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Cracks in the Curriculum: Sex (re) education
KS3-5+
Published by Serpentine Galleries
Sex (re) education, is a research tool for educators to develop anti-sexist, LGBTQ+ positive and anti-racist Relationships and Sex Education (RSE). It can also be used to teach sex education as part of Personal Social Health Education (PHSE). It aims to create space for teachers and students in Years 9 and 10 to talk about sex and relationships in an anti-sexist, anti-racist and LGBTQ+ positive way. The resource features a series of questions for critical discussion, activities for the classroom and a reading list for further study.