Teaching materials

School.coop contains teaching resources developed by the network of Co-operative Business and Enterprise Schools and Colleges, see Schools Network. The network is supported by the Co-operative Group and the Co-operative College.

The materials are freely available for use within education, see the copyright information below. To access the materials you will need to register. This is an automated process that allows the Co-operative College to assess the use of the materials and keep you informed of new developments.

The materials on School.coop have been developed co-operatively benefiting from the national and international co-operative network.

The material is covered by international copyright. Copying, altering, reproducing, downloading, posting or storing by any means is forbidden unless with the prior written permission of the copyright owner. 

The Co-operative College co-ordinates and initiates and responds to the network of schools driving forward the development of School.coop. As part of this development materials will be updated and supplemented.

Please contact the College via the contact us section. If you:

• have comments;
• find inaccurate information;
• require specific materials

School.coop will contain materials to introduce co-operatives, co-operative enterprise and co-operative learning in schools. It draws on the rich global experience of co-operative enterprise.

For far too long the size, scale and impact of co-operative businesses has been invisible in curriculum, frequently consigned to brief references in History – and largely ignored in areas such as business studies.

There has been little recognition of the dynamism of the co-operative sector, the global application of the model, and how successful co-operative businesses can and are contributing to lifting and keeping people out of poverty, promoting social inclusion and developing active citizenship skills.

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