BBC Bitesize commissioning

BBC Bitesize is the most used educational platform in the UK. It’s trusted by teachers and rated best at school and home by students.

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Current opportunities

BBC Bitesize Careers brief: Follow Your Passions 

We’ve joined forces with the Open University on a three-year careers campaign and are commissioning 15 short films for the Bitesize Careers website to showcase a range of roles within the football industry.

Deadline for ideas: 7 May 2026

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How we commission

We publish new commissioning opportunities as briefs on this website throughout the year and encourage independent production companies and education businesses to pitch for these following the processes outlined in each document.

Briefs are usually for a specific set of deliverables against agreed learning objectives and will typically ask for a particular content format across a single subject, for example, animation for Key Stage 1 History or video case studies for job profiles.

For Bitesize for Teachers only, we are also interested to hear speculative ideas for content. These should be emailed to Alex Harris as an A4 page and cover the subject area, target age group/key stage and a brief explanation of the curricula need.

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Bitesize Primary, Secondary and Teens

For over 25 years, BBC Bitesize has been providing educationally approved, curriculum-relevant self-study and home learning materials to 4-16 year-olds.

Bitesize is knowledgeable, approachable - and never patronising. Our content helps users to feel supported and confident while giving them the information they need to succeed. No matter what level the user is at, we want them to know we are there for them.

All Bitesize content is kept up to date with the UK curricula to ensure accuracy and trustworthiness, and each year we commission short-form video and animation, games, interactive content, graphics and text, for a range of subjects.

Bitesize curriculum content includes:

• Video-rich self-study modules covering all the main GCSE and Scottish National and Higher subjects. These revision resources include videos, exam-style questions, podcasts, and quizzes based on past papers.
• High-quality interactive guides across a range of subjects for younger secondary students. These guides include video, quizzes, infographics and award-winning games.
• Thousands of learner guides with videos, activities and quizzes to help children learn step-by step on Bitesize Primary.
• Popular educational games covering maths, science, English, computing, history, geography and more, at primary and secondary levels.

Bitesize also features content for inspiration beyond young people's academic studies, helping them to navigate the challenges they will face throughout their school lives and as they transition into adulthood:

Bitesize Study Support includes video-led articles offering guidance for young people on topics such as revision techniques and exams, choosing options and bullying.

Bitesize Careers supports young people whether they are deciding what to study, planning their future career or just curious about the world of work. There are hundreds of job profile videos, tips and advice about careers choices and next step after school, and content for Apprenticeship Week and Careers Week including videos, podcasts and quizzes.

Bitesize Other Side of the Story is a media literacy project which aims to help 11-16 year-olds navigate fake news and be more critical and curious about what they see and share online.

Plus, we’ve got resources to help parents with Bitesize Parenting, which includes stories, expert advice and fun activities to help the parenting community support children in a changing world.

Watch this showreel to get an overview of what BBC Bitesize does:

Bitesize for Teachers

BBC Bitesize for Teachers (previously called BBC Teach) is now part of the BBC Bitesize website to make it easier for teachers and educators to find everything they need in one place.

Bitesize for Teachers is a dedicated teaching resource site which aims to support teachers by curating the best BBC content for use in the classroom. It's packed with short curriculum-linked classroom videos bringing subjects to life for pupils of all ages, and Live Lessons marking key moments in the educational calendar. The website is also home to curated resource collections for key moments in the educational calendar, assembly frameworks with classroom video and audio content, classroom projects including BBC micro:bit,Moodboosters and Ten Pieces, and a Teacher Support section.

Examples of successful content include Beano – How to create a comic, our online safety collection, Musical Storyland, Let’s Move with Naomi and Nigel, financial literacy classroom challenges and UK rivers case studies.

Educational initiatives

Bitesize runs a variety of educational initiative campaigns which all aim to address societal deficits and inspire behaviour change in our audiences.

Tiny Happy People supports parents and carers in developing the language and communication skills of their 0-4 year-old children. Its aim is to close the language gap and ensure that all children start school with the communication skills necessary to thrive. With help from a coalition of partners including The Royal Foundation, the website includes a range of simple, engaging activities and play ideas to improve the development of speech in babies and young children. Tiny Happy People is now part of the CBeebies family.

BBC Bitesize Guide to AI is a fun and engaging digital literacy campaign helping young people to thrive in an AI era.

Super Movers for Every Body encourages and supports young disabled people and sporting allies to enjoy being active. Working with the Premier League and Paralympics GB, it offers a comprehensive package of free teaching and learning resources to primary schools for the inclusive Paralympic sports of blind football, boccia and par athletics.

BBC micro:bit – the next gen in partnership with the Micro:bit Educational Foundation and Nominet offers a free set of 30 micro:bits to primary schools across the UK to empower primary school children with the digital skills to understand the world around them. We also launched a playground survey to encourage schools to use their micro:bits to understand the value of data and we also ran a competition for school children to use their micro:bit to design a machine or gadget that could improve one of the Gladiators’ performances.

Tip for making strong learning content

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Guidelines

All content should adhere to Bitesize style guides. Relevant guides will be provided alongside deliverables as part of the commissioning process.

The BBC Education diversity and inclusion commissioning guidelines set out how we will work with suppliers to meet our ambitions for diversity and inclusion. Please consult these guidelines when responding to any of our commissioning briefs.