For Schools

For schools, GIMAGINE offers exciting projects to motivate students, provides tangible resources and materials, and can provide teaching services to schools who face an HR shortage.

ÖkoScoop Competition:
German meets Sustainability

Get ready for an exciting new challenge that blends investigative journalism with creative digital storytelling – all in German! In teams of four, students will explore a local sustainability issue, analyse their findings, and present them in an innovative format. The project wraps up with a live online press conference – a perfect real-world opportunity to apply their German skills and prepare for the IRP!

Image of a boy taking a photo with a professional camera on the street with small illustrations as speech bubbles from the Gimagine Award Sustainability and Diversity Modules. @Goethe-Institut/Olad Aden @Goethe-Institut/Olad Aden

Online Career Roadshow

Career Roadshow goes online:
Explore career and study opportunities with German! Join interactive workshops, inspiring talks and a virtual fair. Register now for your school group or individual students.

Career with German Online Edition written in blue and green on a white and blue background

e-Space:
Virtual Exchange

Discover the e-Space Virtual Exchange Programme and engage your students in a unique linguistic and cultural journey. Inspire your students to connect with peers worldwide and join e-Space Virtual Exchange today!

E-space Logo colourful written @Goethe-Institut UK/Géza Schenk @Goethe-Institut UK/Géza Schenk

Business Lunch

Meet inspiring German speakers from the world of work and discover different career paths with German

The business lunch series is a series of online live conversations with different people from the world of work whose careers have been shaped by learning German.

two grey women and three grey men on a blue background with a sign on which ‘Careers’ ‘with’ ‘German’ is written in three letters ©Goethe-Institut London

Workshops

Here we present and document motivational in-person activities for young learners and school groups.

A colorful illustration shows a character with a red head wearing large black headphones and sunglasses with lightning bolt symbols. In the background are the Berlin TV Tower, various colored trash bins, a blue bicycle sign, and a blue bear on a white brick wall. ©Bismuto ©Bismuto

Young Goethe Scheme

Invite university and A-Level/Highers students of German into your primary or secondary classrooms to inspire and motivate younger students to learn or continue with German!

Goethe Logo with students © Goethe-Institut London © Goethe-Institut London

German Days for Autumn 2025

We are delighted to announce the dates for more German Days in the autumn. Sign up soon to avoid disappointment!

Institute @Goethe-Institut London @Goethe-Institut London

Support for schools

Vorsprung Deutsch

Is your German Department facing a short-term HR shortage? With Vorsprung Deutsch, the Goethe-Institut can step in until your department has got back on its feet again.

©Goethe-Institut London ©Goethe-Institut London
Language assistants

Language assistants are an additional teaching resource for you in the classroom.

© Jayne Lloyd © Jayne Lloyd

German Expert Mentors (GEM) network

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) Network delivers support to German departments and professional upskilling to German teachers in schools across England. Part of a nationwide network, our GEMs will coach and mentor language-teaching professionals, supply updated teaching resources and materials, and re-energise language learning with free-of-charge, bespoke offers that can be tailored to individual needs upon request.

Professional development for teachers

Scholarships, courses & more ...

German for your classroom

German cinema for your classroom

We have a number of great German movies available to rent from us in your German classroom. All movies are in German with English subtitles.

© Buena Vista International Germany © Buena Vista International Germany
Advertising Kits

Order standardized advertising kits: infomational brochures, printed material to help grow your German program, fun items to decorate your classroom or small prizes to motivate your students.

© Goethe-Institut / Bettina Siegwart © Goethe-Institut / Bettina Siegwart
Poster exhibitions

Do you want to bring topics to life in your German classroom? Then borrow a poster exhibition free of charge from your nearest Goethe-Institut!

© Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut
Deutschstunde

Your portal to German teaching materials

Deutschstunde is the portal for teaching materials of German as a foreign language, advanced training and the "Magazin Sprache". Contact with other teachers via local communities is just a few clicks away.

© Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi