The Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools is a user-friendly tool with an accessible layout, ideal for schoolwork and home study. It is fully updated and offers a rich vocabulary with excellent coverage of curriculum words, such as cell and fraction, as well as new words in topics like technology, health, and the environment.

It provides context with age-appropriate example sentences from the best children's and young adult literature, to show students how to use language in the most effective way. It is supported by the Oxford Children’s Corpus, a unique online database of millions of words written by and for children, ensuring that the vocabulary is presented in an accessible and challenging manner.

It provides practical support for young writers, with a unique tool for writing skills, including word icons, specialist synonyms, lists of commonly used words, writing tips, and usage notes. It also includes a new section for creative writing, based on 500 words to support students with their own writing.

It is the ideal resource for preparation in Spoken Language Study and the English Language GCSE specifications for KS3-4, and where permissible, it is excellent for use in Controlled Assessments, alongside the Oxford English Dictionary for Schools.

Free online learning resources, word games, puzzles, and much more are available for additional support online.