Homework reference and research help
Home learning resources
You can find recommended titles, learn how to search our library catalogue for specific titles and subjects, check to see what's available to borrow and find links to our favourite online resources.
View our home learning resources.
Homework clubs
Some of our libraries have homework clubs where you can get extra help from volunteer helpers.
Find out more about homework clubs.
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference brings together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s dictionaries, companions and encyclopaedias spanning around 25 different subject areas.
Visit the Oxford Reference website.
Free websites
BBC Bitesize
Learning resources for school and home for key stages 1 to 3 and GCSE level students.
Visit the BBC Bitesize website.
BBC Tiny Happy People
BBC's Tiny Happy People offers online resources for families with babies and preschoolers.
Visit the BBC Tiny Happy People website.
BookTrust
Families can enjoy storytime with free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test their knowledge in book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters on the BookTrust website.
Britannica
Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos and more.
National Archives Education
Award winning suite of online resources for students and teachers on various periods of history from medieval times to today via the Victorians and the world wars. Includes podcasts, lesson plans linked to downloadable documents and video-assisted tours of various resources.
Visit the National Archives Education website.
Oxford Owl
An award-winning website packed with expert advice, top tips, eBooks and activities to help you support your child's reading and maths at home. Free registration.
Primary Homework Help
A site packed full of homework help resources and games suitable for primary school age children.
Visit the Primary Homework Help website.
Productivity tools
The University of Kent has pulled together a list of useful apps and software to help with work and study. Resources include support for file storage, text to speech and voice recognition and most of the tools are free to use
Visit the University of Kent website.
Puffin publishers
Publishers of children’s books such as Puffin, provide activity packs, craft ideas and recordings of authors reading their own books.
The Department of Education
The Department for Education have brought together a list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home. These websites have been identified by some of the country’s leading educational experts and offer a wide range of support and resources for pupils of all ages.
Visit the Department of Education's website.
The Literacy Trust
The Literacy Trust’s Family Zone has ideas and guidance for fun, simple activities that will engage children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development, which are all broken down into different age groups.
Visit the Literacy Trust website.
The Reading Agency
The Reading Agency Hub has free activities and resources for all ages and abilities, with more being added all the time.