CLA Education Licence
Covers copying from books, magazines, journals and websites
The licence provides annual blanket permissions to copy and reuse content from print and digital publications.
- Make copies from digital and print books, magazines, journals and certain websites
- Share copies with students and staff
- Use copies with digital whiteboards, VLEs and presentation software programs
- Copy up to one article, chapter, one short story or poem or 5% of the total, whichever is greater
- Copy publications from the UK plus 38 international territories
We license schools throughout the UK. In most cases, licences are held or administered by representative bodies that act as agents between CLA and the schools. Details of these arrangements are shown below:
| Type of School | Agreement via | Contact |
| State maintained schools in England | Department for Education | The relevant local authority |
| State maintained schools in Wales | Local Authorities | The relevant local authority |
| State maintained schools in Scotland | The Scottish Government | The relevant council |
| State schools in Northern Ireland | Education Authority | www.eani.org.uk |
| Independent schools in England and Wales | Independent Association of Prep Schools | www.iaps.uk |
| Independent schools in Scotland | Scottish Council of Independent Schools | www.scis.org.uk |
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Licence documents
Education Licence Terms and Conditions - the full licence agreement that applies to schools
Education Licence User Guidelines - detailed notes about what can and can't be copied under the licence
Education Licence Copying Notice - a notice to be displayed need your school's copying equipment or in staff rooms