Free FT for schools

Click here to check if your school is registered for free access, to sign up and to request an individual FT account

The Financial Times offers free online subscriptions to pre-college students aged 16-19, their teachers and upper secondary/high schools around the world, and to colleges of further education in the UK.

We believe reading the FT will help in study, essay writing, exams and broadening knowledge; foster media awareness and global literacy to tackle disinformation; improve performance in interviews for further study and provide guidance on employment and the world beyond school.

It also sets an example by providing clear writing and helps those learning English including through audio versions of articles on the app, as well as podcasts and videos which provide subtitles and written transcripts.

As well as news, analysis, data and comment, you can read our explainers, watch video, listen to podcasts and test your knowledge with our weekly news quiz.

Our resources include a visual vocabulary guide to presenting data fairly. You can watch a collection of FT videos useful for schools on YouTube.

Teachers and other staff can click here to register for the service, allowing them to read the FT on school premises.

They and their students can use the same link to see if their institution is already signed up and to request individual FT accounts, allowing them to download the app and access content online from home and on mobile devices. They will also receive a weekly school newsletter by email.

We encourage school readers to follow us on Twitter @FT4S and TikTok, share articles and explain the reasons they find them useful. Readers can also comment beneath FT articles. We are also on Instagram and LinkedIn.

There is some special content for students and teachers including our reports on Climate Change for Schools, the World of Work and AI for Schools, and our Understanding Economics webinar.

We welcome new teacher advisers to help select FT articles and add suggested questions and classroom discussion points in subjects including economics, business, geography, politics, philosophy and psychology; the International Baccalaureate theory of knowledge, history and geography classes; AP Comparative Government; as well as English as a second language.

We have mapped FT articles and sample questions to the A level economics curriculum with Core and to Edexcel’s business courses.

We also regularly host writing competitions for students, including with the World Bank, the Royal Economic Society, the Political Studies Association and the Royal Geographical Society.

Every year we run an FT advocates’ programme for students overseen by university mentors to provide online work experience and support linked to the Schools service.

We welcome teacher and student input to provide feedback and help showcase useful content. You can email us at schools@ft.com for more information and with queries and suggestions.

The articles beneath the story on this FT Schools page provide a selection that is useful for schools, but any student or teacher who is registered can read the full range of FT content.

Once signed up, you can register here for the full range of email newsletters or tailor your own selection of articles using myFT.

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