Each week we will be updating this blog space with the top 20 terms that have been most commonly searched for by Tes users in the past week. We have also listed the top 20 search terms for the upcoming weeks from September last year. As authors, you can use this information to stay up to date with current and past trends and monitor what content our users are seeking so that you can tailor your resources to their needs!
As well as this, to give a more granular insight into the trends we will provide a breakdown of the top three search terms for several subjects on Tes. So that we can give you the most useful insight we can, if terms are continuously showing up for specific subjects, we will highlight different top trending terms week-by-week to ensure variety and to avoid highlighting the same top three terms every week.
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Before taking a look at the breakdown of weekly search trends, here are some calendar events for September 2023 and topics which receive the most attention on Tes, to give you inspiration for your resource sharing.
Calendar dates:
Fathers Day [AU] (3rd Sept)
Back to school
Roald Dahl Day (13 Sept)
R U OK Day [AU] (14 Sept)
National Coding Week (19 - 25 Sept)
Sexual Health Week (11 - 17 Sept)
European Day of Languages (26 Sept)
Harvest Festival [UK]
Looking for more calendar dates? Take a look at our 23-24 academic events calendar here.
25 September 2023
Now we are well into September, we are seeing users looking towards current and future events such as Black History Month, European Day of Languages and the Rugby World Cup. Additionally searches indicate that many are looking at resources to support the teaching of a new topic such as An Inspector Calls, Judaism, Map Skills and Python.
| English | Maths | Science | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Inspector Calls | Place value | Specialised cells | Black History Month |
| Macbeth | Standard form | Diffusion | Crime and punishment |
| Comprehension | Rounding | Photosynthesis | Industrial Revolution |
| Geography | Religious studies | MFL | Computing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change | Islam | Qui Veut Gagner des Millions | Online safety |
| Latitude and longitude | Buddhism | Le familie | Python |
| Map skills | Judaism | French display | Binary |
| PSHE | PE | Primary | SEND |
|---|---|---|---|
| All about me | Joints | Year 5 place value | Zones of regulation |
| Careers | Balanced diet | Counting to 20 | Visual timetable |
| Mental health | Rugby World Cup | Phonics | Autism |
| D&T | Topical | Art | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition | European Day of Languages | Picasso | Form time |
| Food and nutrition | Harvest | Colour wheel | Display |
| DT projects | Autumn | Typography | Assembly |
Top 20 search terms in the past week:
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions
European Day of Languages
Form time
Place value
Standard form
Rounding
Negative numbers
Black History Month
Indices
Display
Exam question practice
Specialised cells
Colour monster
Ratio
An Inspector Calls
Phonics
Fractions
Diffusion
Zones of regulation
Trigonometry
Upcoming week 2022 (top 20):
European Day of Languages
Standard form
Place value
Black History Month
Rounding
Assembly
Indices
Negative numbers
Specialised cells
Fractions
Display
Surds
Diffusion
Macbeth
Bidmas
Careers
Ratio
Cells
Punctuation
Of Mice and Men
18 September 2023
| English | Maths | Science | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macbeth | Place value | Specialised cells | Black History Month |
| Reading comprehension | Indices | Cells | Democracy |
| Creative writing | Rounding | Photosynthesis | Titanic |
| Geography | Religious studies | MFL | Computing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latitude and longitude | Christianity | Qui Veut Gagner des Millions | Online safety |
| Sustainability | Islam | French numbers | Esafety |
| Climate change | Ethics | Spanish numbers | Excel |
| PSHE | PE | Primary | SEND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careers | Components of fitness | Counting to 20 | Zones of regulation |
| All about me | Rugby World Cup | Year 5 place value | Visual timetable |
| British values | Football | Writing area | EAL |
| D&T | Topical | Art | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | European Day of Languages | Colouring | Display |
| Food and nutrition | Back to school | Photoshop | Assembly |
| Materials | Harvest | Colour wheel | Quiz |
Top 20 search terms in the past week:
Place value
Indices
Rounding
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions
Standard form
Negative numbers
Macbeth
European Day of Languages
An Inspector Calls
Ratio
Colour Monster
Exam Question Practice
Display
Specialised cells
Cells
Assembly
Fractions
Photosynthesis
Creative writing
Careers
Upcoming week 2022 (top 20):
Place value
Assembly
Standard form
Rounding
Negative numbers
Indices
European Day of Languages
Queen Elizabeth
Cells
Comprehension
Bidmas
Specialised cells
Fractions
An Inspector Calls
Queen
Reading comprehension
Careers
Of Mice and Men
Display
Ratio
11 September 2023
With the Back to school period complete for most, popular introductory topics are starting to appear in the search terms including Macbeth, place value and photosynthesis. European Day of Languages and the Rugby World Cup 2023 have also popped up in the popular searches last week.
| English | Maths | Science | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macbeth | Place value | Cells | Crime and punishment |
| Creative writing | Rounding | Photosynthesis | Democracy |
| An Inspector Calls | Fractions | Atomic structure | Vikings |
| Geography | Religious studies | MFL | Computing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latitude and longitude | Hinduism | Spanish alphabet | Online safety |
| Travel and tourism | Judaism | French numbers | Python |
| Rivers | Workbook GCSE Religious beliefs | Les vacances | Internet safety |
| PSHE | PE | Primary | SEND |
|---|---|---|---|
| Careers | Rugby World Cup | Year 5 place value | Zones of regulation |
| British values | Basketball | KS2 computing | Visual timetable |
| Growth mindset | Components of fitness | Free time | Dyslexia |
| D&T | Topical | Art | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT projects | European Day of Languages | Picasso | Assembly |
| Food | Back to school | Colour wheel | Quiz |
| Nutrition | Rugby World Cup 2023 | Pop art | Display |
Top 20 search terms in the past week:
Place value
European
Back to school
Assembly
All about me
Zones of regulation
Cells
Quiz
Display
Rounding
Fractions
Macbeth
Colour monster
Ratio
Photosynthesis
Atomic structure
Lab safety
Ice breaker
Careers
Creative writing
Upcoming week 2022 (top 20):
Queen Elizabeth
Place value
Queen
The Queen
Cells
Assembly
Indices
Back to school
All about me
Negative numbers
Ratio
Display
An Inspector Calls
Rounding
Careers
Quiz
Photosynthesis
Colour Monster
Fractions
Of Mice and Men
4 September 2023
Back to school has arrived and start-of-school commonly associated search terms continue to dominate the weekly search trends list alongside teacher essentials including assemblies and displays.
| English | Maths | Science | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macbeth | Place value | States of matter | History display |
| An Inspector Calls | Fractions | Photosynthesis | Stone age |
| Grammar | Back to school maths | Cells | Democracy |
| Geography | Religious studies | MFL | Computing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers | Buddhism | French greetings | Python |
| Geography display | Islam | French numbers | Online safety |
| Climate change | Hinduism | Spanish greetings | E-Safety |
| PSHE | PE | Primary | SEND |
|---|---|---|---|
| All about me | Football | Cursive | Zones of regulation |
| Growth mindset | Rugby world cup | Creative area | Visual timetable |
| PSHE display | Gymnastics | Small world | Autism |
| D&T | Topical | Art | General |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT projects | Back to school | Picasso | Displays |
| Nutrition | Ice breaker | Pop art | Assembly |
| Product design | Meet your new class | Colour theory | Ice breakers |
Top 20 search terms in the past week:
Back to school
Display
Room on the Broom
Place value
Zones of regulation
Qui veut gagner des millions
Colour Monster
All about me
Displays
Visual timetable
Ice breaker
Assembly
Growth mindset
Ice breakers
Quiz
Fractions
PSHE display
Macbeth
Team building
All about me
Upcoming week 2022 (top 20):
Back to school
Place value
All about me
Display
Ice breaker
Assembly
Visual timetables
Zones of regulation
Displays
Ice breakers
Colour Monster
Lab safety
Rounding
Tutor time activities
Cells
Quiz
Getting to know you
Growth mindset
British values
Team building
September 2022
Week commencing....
| 6 September | 12 September |
| back to school | Queen Elizabeth |
| place value | place value |
| all about me | Queen |
| display | The Queen |
| ice breaker | cells |
| assembly | assembly |
| visual timetables | indices |
| zones of regulation | back to school |
| displays | all about me |
| ice breakers | negative numbers |
| Colour Monster | ratio |
| lab safety | display |
| rounding | An Inspector Calls |
| tutor time activities | rounding |
| cells | careers |
| quiz | quiz |
| getting to know you | photosynthesis |
| growth mindset | Colour Monster |
| British values | fractions |
| team building | Of Mice and Men |
| 20 September | 26 September |
| place value | European Day of Languages |
| assembly | standard form |
| standard form | place value |
| rounding | Black History Month |
| negative numbers | rounding |
| indices | assembly |
| European Day of Languages | indices |
| Queen Elizabeth | negative numbers |
| cells | specialised cells |
| comprehension | fractions |
| bidmas | display |
| specialised cells | surds |
| fractions | diffusion |
| An Inspector Calls | Macbeth |
| Queen | bidmas |
| reading comprehension | careers |
| careers | ratio |
| Of Mice and Men | cells |
| display | punctuation |
| ratio | Of Mice and Men |