Classroom Secrets vs Scootle

Classroom Secrets is a web membership of teaching resources for planning and teaching from EYFS through Year 6. Its subject coverage includes maths, English, reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling, writing, phonics, science, history, geography, languages, PSHE, religious education, sustainability, and morning work. Resources come as PDFs, PowerPoints, online lesson slides, worksheets, and videos, with editable files available. The membership page advertises more than 19,000 resources and 140 new downloads each month. Maths lessons combine teaching presentations with fluency practice, adaptive support, reasoning, and problem-solving. Reading materials include comprehension work, guided reading packs, Rise and Read activities, and Reader’s Theatre units. Subscribers are offered access at school and home, with unlimited plays of lesson slides and videos; the terms say reasonable download limits may apply. The free plan is listed at free. Flexible Monthly costs $6.56 a month, billed every 30 days for one user, and Annual Saver costs $62.99 a year for one user. School plans include staff accounts, management, and sharing, with pricing by quote.

Scootle is a free digital learning repository for Australian educators, available through the web and an iOS app. It provides resources aligned with Australian Curriculum content descriptions and elaborations from Foundation to Year 10. Subjects include English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts, Technologies, Health and Physical Education, Work Studies, and Languages. Materials range from interactive multimedia, images, audio and video to courses, text, assessments, downloadable resources, work samples, curriculum collections, teacher ideas and units of work. Teachers can find quality-assured resources with student activities and teacher support, then assemble personalised learning paths for individuals, groups or learning purposes. Students open a path with a unique PIN without logging in. Teachers can export paths as spreadsheets or PDFs, share them with colleagues, or place them in a searchable bank for others to adapt. Registration uses eligible education or university credentials, while guests can continue without them. Scootle was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Melbourne.