British Council Schools Online enables teachers around the world to find partner schools in other countries, network with one another, seek and share advice, and join or form clusters of schools that want to work together on international projects. You can use the site to work on collaborative projects with your partner schools, to discuss curriculum development and potential links with other teachers globally, and to access guidance from our support staff about Connecting Classrooms and other schemes and how these could work best for your school. The site also provides information about professional development opportunities and other resources, as well as everything you need to know about the International School Award.

The website is a free resource, accessible to teachers in schools that are not participating in Connecting Classrooms as well as those that are. During recruitment periods - when we are looking for more schools to participate in funded Connecting Classrooms partnerships - the site and its customer support team at the British Council can help you to find other schools in your area to work with you in a cluster.

British Council Schools Online combines the school partnerships support of the former Connecting Classrooms Online Community with the services of the Global Gateway, eLanguages and the International School Award. If you already have a login for any of these sites you will be able to sign in and start connecting right away. Alternatively, you can register on the site by filling in a simple online form.

Sign up and start connecting now at www.britishcouncil.org/schoolsonline.