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Skills Builder Hub: Free Teaching Resources for Essential Skills

Help Learners Build Essential Skills

The Skills Builder Hub brings together teaching resources designed to support the development of essential skills.

Educators can search and filter the collection to find resources suited to different ages, subjects, skill levels and learning needs.

Explore Teaching Resources

Resources cover essential skills including:

  • Listening

  • Speaking

  • Problem solving

  • Creativity

  • Staying positive

  • Aiming high

  • Leadership

  • Teamwork

The Hub includes a variety of materials, including self-assessment resources, display materials and activities that can be incorporated into teaching and careers provision.

Find Resources for Your Learners

Search the Skills Builder Hub to find materials that suit your learners and support their ongoing skills development.

More from Skills Builder

Celebrate Learner Progress

Recognise the progress your learners are making with downloadable Skills Builder certificates. They can be used to celebrate achievements across the essential skills and recognise how learners are developing their abilities across different subjects and activities.

Download Skills Certificates >

Embed Essential Skills in the Curriculum

Essential skills can be developed through existing curriculum activities without requiring a separate programme. The Skills Builder Universal Framework can help educators identify opportunities to connect skills such as problem solving and speaking with existing teaching.

View the Universal Framework >

Modern Work Experience Resources

Skills Builder's Modern Work Experience resources are designed to help learners, educators and employers make work experience more meaningful.

The resources include a learner workbook for assessing, tracking and reflecting on essential skills during a placement, alongside guidance to help educators and employers support skills development.

Access Work Experience Resources >

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