Classroom Secrets vs SparkleBox

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.

SparkleBox is a library of downloadable teaching resources for teachers, with a separate section of printables for parents. It covers EYFS, KS1 and KS2, with subjects including literacy, maths, science, ICT, geography, history, design and technology, religious education, art, music, PE, PSHE, modern foreign languages, dance, drama, HSIE and PDHPE. The site says its collection has grown from a small initial set to many thousands of resources, and editable files are available. Formats vary by resource: a home visual timetable, for example, includes more than 30 JPG images and a PDF arranging images six to a page on A4. SparkleBox launched in February 2006 to share downloadable materials with teachers. Nearly every resource is free to download; paid options start from £1.49. Free resources may be copied and shared with attribution for non-commercial use, provided digital products are not altered. The site accepts email enquiries, though its team says it cannot guarantee a response to every message.