Grants available for schools to share teaching resources

The first round of £7.7million Curriculum Fund has been launched which will provide grants to schools to help them share teaching resources with other schools rather than them planning lessons plans from scratch.

It comes after research by the Department for Education found that many teachers feel lesson planning creates unnecessary workload and that they want easy access to practical resources that will help them put together innovative and effective lessons

Department for Education has worked with school leaders, teachers and experts from across the profession to understand how teachers plan lessons and use resources such as textbooks. Schools can now apply for grant funding to share their high quality curriculum programmes.

Schools Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: "Having easy access to high quality curriculum resources will not just save teachers time, it will make it easier for them to deliver knowledge-rich and engaging lessons that help young people to acquire the knowledge and skills they need.

"This fund will help great schools share resources that they know are effective. This will help to spread excellent teaching practices and continue the drive to raise standards in our schools."

The opening of the application window closes on 17 September.