What is Connecting Classrooms?

“Connecting Classrooms prepares children to take their place in the 21^st century,” Karen Noble, Headteacher, Juniper Green Primary School.

Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme, which offers funding and resources for school partnerships, professional development for teachers, and the opportunity to share best practice with colleagues in the UK and more than 50 countries throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.

Join our growing community - over 5,200 schools and 936,000 young people across the world have participated in Connecting Classrooms.

What is on offer?

• School partnerships - get the support you need to build a sustainable relationship with a link school

• Professional development for teachers - get equipped to tackle global themes in the classroom with our free, regional face-to-face workshops and online courses
• British Council International School Award - gain recognition for your school

Connecting Classrooms also provides specially developed resources to help you and your partner school explore a number of social, environmental, and cultural themes.

Why take part?

Connecting Classrooms equips young people with:

• Greater understanding of other countries and cultures
• Deeper understanding of their rights and responsibilities as global citizens
• Skills to work in a global economy and build a fairer, more sustainable world

Teachers also benefit from gaining understanding of other countries’ education systems, being better equipped to teach about global issues, and improving their own teaching and curriculum

Find out how rewarding Connecting Classrooms can be for you and your students

Case study

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