About Us

Collins publish a full range of textbooks, digital resources, revision guides and teaching support for Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Further Education colleges across the majority of subject areas, with particular strengths in literacy and numeracy at Primary and English, maths, science and sociology at Secondary.

We produce resources for the curriculum in England, and for Scotland under the Leckie imprint, as well as international curricula which support teachers and pupils at school and learning at home.

Our educational publishing delivers up-to-date and engaging student resources and exceptional teacher support to help schools tackle new initiatives and utilise the latest technology. 

Our digital resources are delivered via The Collins Hub collinshub.co.uk.

We also have an adaptive learning resource for maths in primary, and for science, maths, geography and history at secondary collinsadapt.co.uk.

For over 25 years, award winning Barrington Stoke has been publishing top-quality, dyslexia-friendly short novels by the UK’s best writers, expertly edited and produced to ensure they are accessible to all – as a quick engaging win for confident readers and a satisfying achievement for those who have to work harder.

The company receives wonderful feedback from parents, teachers and librarians every week, who have struggled to find age-appropriate, enjoyable and accessible books for their children. “You have given my children one of the most special gifts ever. To read!” - parent

With our database of over 4.5 billion words we are constantly monitoring text from publications, websites and transcripts around the world to ensure our dictionaries are up-to-date.

The creation of collinsdictionary.com, the free online dictionary, means that we now provide the sharpest snapshot of world languages. 

Collins is also home to a large range of mono and bilingual dictionaries and language learning products, including Paul Noble audio courses, and the much-loved Collins Gem phrasebooks. We also publish the official SCRABBLE dictionaries, a wide range of quiz books, and crossword books including both The Times and Bradford’s crossword series. 

In recent years we have grown our offering for learners of English as a foreign language with the Collins ELT range of publishing for teachers, students, and young learners. 

Digital innovations have seen us lead the way in language app and ebook development, so our content now fits the need of all users, wherever they are.

Our geographic publishing is a blend of traditional print, digital development, and cartographic services. Our flagship atlas, The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, is recognised as the most prestigious and authoritative reference atlas, and the Times atlas range as a whole is market leader in the UK, with the Collins atlas range a close second. 

Collins also publishes reference and non-fiction in broader interest areas such as walking, cycling, astronomy, history, and railways, often in partnership with world-renowned organisations like UNESCO, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and the Imperial War Museums. 
 
In 2020 we acquired the iconic street-mapping A-Z books and maps list and from 2021 the publishing rights for National Trust Books. 

Collins has developed a successful list of children's non-fiction books including the classic i-spy spotter's guides, puzzle books, the You Can guides and the Create Your Own happy series.  We also publish the National Geographic Kids list in the UK featuring the flagship annual Weird but True. 

For Collins Bartholomew digital mapping data, services and solutions, please visit collinsbartholomew.com.