Recruitment – now open!

Funding is now available for school partnerships with China and Saudi Arabia .  We’re looking for UK schools who want to build and develop partnerships with these exciting countries.  

If you are a school outside the UK and you want to apply for Connecting Classrooms, please contact us.

What does Connecting Classrooms offer?

Our funded school partnerships give your pupils the chance to work with peers in other countries.  Enhance their understanding of other cultures, societies and languages.  And give them the skills they need for life in a global society and work in a global economy.  

•We find you international partner schools

•Funding for travel and project costs

•Free CPD to help you develop international work

•Advice and support with online collaboration tools

•Accredit your work with the International School Award

China funding for Spring 2012

We’re offering three different grant opportunities to help UK schools develop partnerships with China.  The deadline for applications is 31 March 2012.  

Visit Grants

Build your relationship and develop your partnership

Get funding for travel to visit your partner schools in China or host your Chinese partner teachers in the UK.  Open to UK schools in a cluster partnership with China.  

Project Grants

Work with your partner on a curriculum-based project

Choose a project topic to suit the curriculum in your school and your Chinese partner school.  Get funding for travel and project costs.  Open to UK schools in a cluster or individual partnership with China.  

Better Community, Better Life (BCBL) Grants

Work with your partners on a community-themed art project

Save time deciding on a project topic and let us do the work for you.  Use our ready-made BCBL project to work with your Chinese partner schools.  Get funding for travel and project costs.  Open to UK schools in a cluster partnership with China.

Funding for links with Saudi Arabia

We’re offering UK secondary schools the chance to develop a partnership with schools in Saudi Arabia.  The deadline for applications is 29 February 2012.   Open to clusters of three UK secondary schools.