Apples, desks, teachers or even the school caretaker! Activity Village colouring pages section has a wide and varied selection of colouring topics suitable for back to school (some require sign up and membership), and also a wonderful selection of resources of colouring pages for any occasion or special event.

Twisty Noodle is a great back to school resource. Simply choose your desired colouring image. After you add your own text or header, you can then customise the font, for example change it to outline or joined if learning those skills – then print it out!

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As well as providing some familiar and useful printable images on back to school, Coloring Castle also allows you to get into the specifics like the alphabet, clock colouring, numbers and shapes.

SurfNetKids has a good selection of back to school colouring pages, covering everything from kids reading, desks and apples to teachers and back packs. It also offers other options including numbers, people, patterns, objects and related school activities – simply download and print.

As well as a selection of school colouring pages, there are also some activities, and easy puzzles available on Coloring Pages for Kids.

There are loads of school-related colouring pages and activities on Oncolouring.com, including some familiar characters like Hello Kitty, Harry Potter, Caillou, Monster High, My Little Pony, Playmobil and more. We particularly like these multiplication sheets that double as a colouring activity – you can download a sheet with the answers filled in or left blank.