News Kids Can Trust
An independent, award-winning newspaper for curious kids
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- Read the weekly newspaper
- Read & Listen to daily news via the app
- Play puzzles, polls, wordies & competitions
- Watch award-winning news show Sky Kids FYI
Print & Digital
12 months
£114.99
£89.99
Get 52 weekly issues for a one-off payment. That’s just £1.73 per week including delivery
Free annual Kids Pass worth £39.99 with savings on family days out worth up to £400.
Print & Digital
6 months
£62.99
£49.99
Get 26 weekly issues for a one-off payment. That’s just £1.92 per week including delivery
International Subscriptions
Print & Digital
12 months
£236.99
Get 52 weekly issues for a one-off payment. That’s just £4.55 per week including delivery
Print & Digital
6 months
£124.99
Get 26 weekly issues for a one-off payment. That’s just £4.80 per week including delivery
Benefits of a First News subscription
Trusted and impartial news
Founded in 2006, we are the original, independent news source for children. Our journalists and editors work tirelessly to bring children the most comprehensive age-appropriate coverage of the issues that matter.
Boosts kids’ love of reading
The National Literacy Trust carried out an independent evaluation with over 500 children. It showed that reading First News led to positive changes in children’s reading attitudes and attainment.
We have a lot of fun!
Our paper and app are jam-packed with puzzles, polls, competitions, exclusive interviews, gaming, science, sport, world news and more!
In Print
Your 28-page newspaper will be dispatched every Wednesday via Royal Mail on a second class service.
Each issue is packed with comprehensive, age-appropriate coverage of the issues that matter plus reviews, puzzles and special features.
Digital
Read each weekly issue via the First News app plus so much more!
Read
Weekly edition of First News with interactive features, plus a searchable archive.
Watch
Hundreds of videos, including news explainers presented by children for children.
Play
Mind-bending, interactive puzzles helping to promote cognitive development all linked to the weeks news.
Listen
Daily news feed featuring 5 age-appropriate news articles from the UK and around the world available to read and listen to.
“I love getting home from school on Friday and First News has arrived. We have it in the kitchen and I share it with my sisters so we all talk about what we’ve read.”
Poppy, First News reader
“I like learning about what’s going in the world and the paper boy comic is hilarious! The activity page is the best because I like challenging myself to do them.”
Amelia, aged 11
Tips & Talking Points
Explaining Scary News
News stories can be scary to children, our editor Nicky Cox has some useful tips for explaining difficult news stories.
Engaging With News
Why it’s so important to encourage children to learn about the world around them.
How to Explain the Cost of Living Crisis to Kids
Written in collaboration with Starling Bank. What is the ‘cost of living crisis’?