A free online hub designed to support learning about portraiture and art and history through artworks. It includes activities, videos, and lesson ideas for primary and secondary pupils that help children look closely at portraits and analyse meaning.

(npg.org.uk)

The Smithsonian’s Portrait Gallery (USA) offers downloadable worksheets to help students explore portraits with thinking routines such as See–Think–Wonder, Compare and Contrast, and Storytelling — useful for deepening observation skills and historical interpretation.

(npg.si.edu)

A set of free school and family resources on how to look at and make portraits, explaining key ideas about what portraits tell us and how artists represent people.

(rct.uk)

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A large library of free teaching materials covering British history, timelines, historical sources, and activities, which can support lessons on historical houses and past lives.

(english-heritage.org.uk)

Free downloadable packs, images, worksheets, and local history guides that can support work on historic buildings like Petworth — especially useful for linking art with broader history and places.

(historicengland.org.uk)

A timeline of the site from early ownership through medieval and modern eras, including its transfer to the National Trust and conservation history — useful for linking art with place and people over time.

(nationaltrust.org.uk)

The National Trust’s Petworth pages include detailed background on the house’s architecture, rooms, and art collection across centuries, and downloadable tours and guides that bring its stories to life.

(nationaltrustcollections.org.uk)

A free online art history resource with accessible videos and essays for teachers and pupils on artists, painting analysis, artistic movements, and cultural context, suitable for deeper classroom discussion.

(smarthistory.org)