Teacher Testimonials

What an amazing service! This website is a blessing for teachers, I can look for a title and they are almost always there, however if they aren't you can request a title. I requested a title at the start of my teaching day and I was able to access it on their site by lesson 2, this is amazing service and really helps with planning lessons ( especially last minute plans!) I have shared the site with my colleagues and I will continue to do that - Thank you.

Geography Teacher

Nailsea School, Bristol

We are studying Klara and the Sun for GCSE as one of the new Edexcel diverse texts and wanted to share the R4 adaptation with our SEND students as a more accessible way into the book. It had disappeared off BBC sounds but within two hours of requesting it from ERA it was available to stream - amazing resource!

English Head of Department
King’s School, Gloucester

What an absolutely brilliant, brilliant service. Literally a dream come true! The number of times over the years videos have come and gone and I've had no way of addressing this loss. I'd always hope there was some service that could help with this issue (as a teacher) and thank God this website exists!

Geography Teacher
St Thomas More High School, Westcliff-on-Sea

Thanks so much for the radio programmes and TV shows that you have uploaded. This give access to some of the fantastic BBC resources that are hidden in the archives, not available on Youtube or any other platform, and in quality copies that are suitable for class room use and CPD.

English Teacher
St George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh

ERA is one of the most valuable resources I have come across - having access to such a vast library of video clips, films and documentaries is of real benefit when planning and delivering lessons. The ability to request specific clips and documentaries has been a gamechanger - no more using grainy old videos that were recorded years ago! ERA have provided access to a number of one-off documentaries that are no longer available online. To have free access to these resources is incredible - thank you so much!

History Head of Department
Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School, Swansea

An incredible service! I have been able to find so many video clips that I've struggled to find elsewhere. This service has really supported teaching and learning within my A level Psychology class. I am particularly grateful for the 'request a clip' service. I requested a video that I have tried to source for some time on a Sunday afternoon and by Monday lunchtime they had sourced it and it had been uploaded. Such a valuable service for all teachers. Thank you.

Psychology Deputy Head
Wilsthorpe School, Nottingham

This is such a fantastic resource for using in the classroom. It's great to be able to use so many fantastic documentaries and clips as part of the curriculum and not having to worry about them expiring on services like BBC iPlayer. The ERA team were also incredibly helpful in finding documentaries we requested - the three were requests were available less than 24 hours later!

Geography Head of Department
William Perkin Church of England High School, Greenford

I was desperately looking for a clip from an old documentary for my PHSME lesson the next morning. I had never heard of ERA, but I send them a message and they had sent me access to the whole documentary by the next morning. I was so impressed with the service - thankyou!

PSHE Teacher
Christian Fellowship School, Liverpool

This is a fantastic service - every teacher should know about it! This is improving how we are able to access and use video footage in our Geography lessons. And above all, the customer service is the best I've ever experienced in my (too) long teaching career. Thank you.

Geography Head of Department
Highfields School, Matlock

What a fantastic resource the Education Recording Agency is becoming! As a teacher of Geography I'm always looking to use relevant clips, documentaries and programmes to suplement my classroom teaching. To be able to get access to high quality recordings is an absolute godsend! Thank you, the ERA has become a real game changer!

Geography Teacher
The Birley Academy, Sheffield

I requested an episode of a BBC documentary series for use alongside a text students are studying. The resource was added within the hour! Amazing service - thank you.

English Teacher
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing

What a fantastic resource for teachers and schools. I requested a BBC dramatisation of real events to use in my teaching and it was done almost immediately. Great service and highly recommended.

English Teacher
Healing Science Academy, Grimsby

This service is incredibly helpful. I wanted to show my students clips from a Panorama TV programme and it’s no longer available through the BBC. My request for it was actioned within 24 hours. This resource really supported the topic I was teaching as my students were able to link theory to real world situations. Bravo ERA.

Health and Social Care Teacher
Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove

Absolutely brilliant service - exactly what teachers across the country have been waiting for! Instead of videos being uploaded and then disappearing from other platforms, this is far superior. The BBC quality you would expect. The team are incredibly helpful and happy to upload clips if you get in touch. It is fantastic if you've just watched something and know it would be perfect to show one of your classes!

Geography Teacher
Kirkbie Kendal School, Kendal

I use ERA a lot for my lessons as it has access to programmes that are no longer available or if they are they are broken up with adverts. When a show I wanted was not on I emailed the service and within an hour it was on the site - amazing. Keep it up!

Religious Education Teacher
Withington Girls’ School, Manchester

This is an excellent service: quick and efficient every time. The videos we have been able to access as a result have supported our teaching of Geography by providing a visual insight into the world.

Geography Head of Department
King Charles I School, Kidderminster

This is a fantastic resource! I have managed to access clips/episodes I thought were long gone but are so useful for teaching and learning. Requesting videos/clips is so easy and the team are very efficient.

Psychology Head of Department
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, Dronfield

Hi, I am new to ERA and am now able to source a depth and range of TV content that I can use in lessons to support this generation of A/V learners. So grateful for the materials they are finding and the quality of the streaming service.

Geography Teacher
Carrington School, Redhill

ERA is an absolutely brilliant resource. I have used it to support my teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. They have an extremely wide range of different clips, including video and radio, to help support students' learning. What is also brilliant is that you can request clips and the turnaround is extremely quick for these to be added to the website. I have shared this with my colleagues and they are also absolutely amazed at the breadth of media available.

English Teacher
Canons High School, Edgware

An excellent resource- has clips to support almost every area of the curriculum that you can think of. Great for supporting learning, for extension tasks, or setting home learning and pre- "reading". I use it with an AI program to generate question work sheets for use in lessons. This site has saved so much time that would have been spent trawling popular video sites for appropriate clips, and has the benefit of having no adverts.

Geography Teacher
Holly Lodge High School College of Science, Smethwick

ERA is an excellent resource for schools. I enquired in April to see if they had plans to add subtitles to their content in order to ensure accessibility for Deaf/HoH students. (I had specifically wanted this for Twelfth Night, which I have never been able to find with captions). Within two months Twelfth Night now had captions. I simply cannot thank him enough - what might seem like a small thing to most, will make a world of difference to myself (as a deaf teacher), the HoH pupils at my school, and hopefully numerous other students across the country.

English Head of Department
Alderman Peel High School, Wells-next-the-Sea

ERA are a fantastic service which responds greatly to staff needs and requests. With brilliant customer service and a wide range of resources available, it is a perfect platform to support teaching both in and out of the classroom. Thank you!

English Teacher
Peacehaven Community School, Peacehaven