• Education Otherwise
  UK-based membership organisation providing support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school.
  
• Advisory Centre for Education
  News and information for parents, school governors and teachers. Freephone advice line for parents: 0808 800 5793 (2pm- 5pm Mon-Fri)
  
• After 16 : what's new?
  Aimed at teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment or disability and are wondering what opportunities and services there should be when they leave school.
  
• AHEAD
  Independent voluntary organisation working to promote improved access for persons with disabilities to 3rd Level Education in Ireland.
  
• AQA
  The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance.
  
• Basic Skills Agency
  Agency for basic skills in England and Wales, supported and funded by the Government.
  
• City & Guilds
  City & Guilds is the leading provider of vocational qualifications in the United Kingdom.
  
• Comhairle Nan Sgoiltean Araich (Gaelic Pre-School Council)
  Charity No SCO01092 Gaelic-pre-school programme.
  
• DfES A-Level Guidelines
  Guidance for parents and students on the new advanced level qualifications that includes information on choosing a course, workload and examinations.
  
• DfES Choosing A School
  Arrangements for admissions are similar across the whole country, but they can differ quite a lot in some important points, including when and how you must apply for a school place.
  
• Dfes Early Years
  Information on establishing and developing early years and childcare services & their implementation at local level by Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships.
  
• DfES Higher Education
  Aims to provide information on a wide range of topics that students intending to enter higher education, their parents and advisers, will find useful in making effective decisions.
  
• DfES Learning & Skills
  Covers key providers such as further education and sixth form colleges, schools with sixth forms, local authority and adult education institutions and private and voluntary sector providers.
  
• Education: DfES Parents' Centre
  This site tells you about your child's education and how you can help.
  
• DfES Parents Online
  Lots of information and ideas to accompany the Parents Online internet initiative.
  
• Education: DfES Performance Tables
  Find out the facts about your local schools.
  
• DfES Qualifications Info
  Information for parents, teachers, pupils, lecturers, students, employers and anyone with an interest in qualifications.
  
• DfES Reading
  A little reading goes a long way - helping with your children's reading.
  
• DfES Reading & Writing
  This website sets out some of the main things we know about how children learn to read and write & describes ways that reading and writing are taught in schools.
  
• DfES Standards Site
  Suggestions on how to achieve effective partnership with parents and how best to manage and use your home-school agreement.
  
• DfES Student Support
  Information about the help that is available to students in England and Wales who want to go into Higher Education.
  
• Independent Schools Information Service
  Official site for the 1,300 UK schools accredited by the Independent Schools Council.
  
• Learn Direct
  Promoting lifelong learning.
  
• National Curriculum Online
  The Government's definitive curriculum site for teachers - but handy for parents too.
  
• National Grid for Learning
  Bringing together a vast and growing collection of sites that support education and lifelong learning.
  
• OFSTED
  Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), officially the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.
  
• Parents Information Network
  Independent service for parents who want to know more about the educational benefits of computers and the Internet.
  
• Parents Online
  Website designed to help parents through their children's primary school years.
  
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
  Maintaining and developing school curriculum and associated assessments, and accrediting and monitoring qualifications in schools, colleges and at work.

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