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Contains a news centre, resources, a ‘frequently asked questions’ section and also offers the facility to order DfE publications online.
Department of Education, Northern Ireland
Website for the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. Contains useful resources for parents, schools, teachers and students.
Works with and for member local authorities to realise a shared vision of local government that enables local people to shape a distinctive and better future for their locality and its communities.
Helps councils achieve the high standards of people management needed to ensure the continuous improvement of services. The employers’ organisation offers a range of services to local authorities, from free telephone advice and specialist guides to tailor made consultancy services.
Local government improvement and development
Supports self-sustaining improvement from within local government.
An education campaign group which campaigns for the right of all to the highest quality state education, regardless of race, gender, home circumstances, ability or disability.
Equality and Human Rights Commission
This body has a statutory remit to promote and monitor human rights; and to protect, enforce and promote equality across the seven 'protected' grounds: age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
A national charity promoting better management of charities and more effective use of resources through training, information, and advice.
Works to build good relations between the communities of all the major faiths in Britain: Baha'i; Buddhist; Christian; Hindu; Jain; Jewish; Muslim; Sikh; and Zoroastrian.
Committed to keeping children safe from abuse, Kidscape is the only national charity dedicated to preventing bullying and child sexual abuse. The site features a useful ‘professionals’ section.
Promotes the interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives.
Useful site for the campaigning student's union, covering a host of issues of interest to part and full-time students.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
The UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children.
With 70 affiliated unions representing nearly seven million working people, the TUC campaigns for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
British Association for Early Childhood Education
Provides support, advice and information on best practice for everyone concerned with the education and care of young children from birth to eight.
National Association for Primary Education
Promotes the education of children from birth to thirteen.
A lively site with film interviews, news and features.
Centre for Education and Finance Management
Provides school support services, including advice on finances, personnel and education issues.
The Teaching Awards aim to highlight excellence and to encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
The lead body for the government's specialist schools programme, the Specialist Schools Trust works to build a world class network of innovative, high performing secondary schools in partnership with business and the wider community.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
The HSE is responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. This site offers lots of advice and information.
Medical Officers of Schools Association
A professional association concerned with the provision of medical care in (mainly independent) schools. Most members are general practitioners who act as medical officers to independent schools in their practice area.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Provides information, advice, resources and training. RoSPA is actively involved in the promotion of safety in all areas of life - at work, in the home, and on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on or near water.
The leading authority on personal safety. Its role is to minimise the damage caused to individuals and to society by aggression in all its forms - physical, verbal and psychological.
Part of NAACE, supports the effective use of ICT in primary education.
A professional association for those who are concerned with advancing education through the appropriate use of information and communications technology.
The Girls’ Day School Trust is a group of 25 independent girls’ schools throughout England and Wales with around 19,500 pupils and 3,500 staff. The Trust is one of the largest charities in the UK and operates as a registered charity which owns its schools and allocates to each an annual operating budget.
The Girls’ Schools Association
Representing the heads of leading independent schools for girls in the UK, the GSA is the principal voice for the promotion of single sex education for girls.
Independent Schools Association
Represents the interests of the headteachers of nearly 300 schools in England and Wales.
Independent Schools’ Bursars Association
The Independent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA) exists to support the Bursars of over 800 independent schools that are in membership of ISBA.
Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools
The prep schools' headteachers' association serving over 500 independent prep schools in the UK and worldwide. The site includes information for parents, pupils, governors, staff and others about education in preparatory schools and the services that IAPS provides.
The Company was founded as an educational charity in 1883 with the principal objective of creating schools that would offer pupils a good academic education based on Christian principles of service and tolerance, with particular reference to the Church of England.
Education and Training Inspectorate, Northern Ireland
Information about the Education and Training Inspectorate, which sits within the Department of Education in Northern Ireland.
Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.
Independent Schools Inspectorate
An independent arm of the Independent Schools Council, the inspectorate is approved by the DfES to inspect independent schools.
Joint Council for Qualifications
Comprises of AQA, Edexcel, and OCR, togther with CCEA and WJEC. The site offers reports, news, information and advice for teachers.
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. It regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.
Builds relationships between people in the UK and other countries and increases appreciation of the UK's creative ideas and achievements.
An independent organisation dedicated to helping young people understand and confront global issues and challenges by promoting education for international understanding. The site contains lots of resources on citizenship issues.
A world-wide trade union organisation of education personnel, whose 26 million members represent all sectors of education from pre-school to university.
Promotes international understanding and human achievement through the English language through scholarships, awards, debating and public speaking events and a variety of educational programmes for young people from all over the world.
Provides information about the USA-UK Fulbright Exchange Programme, and also advice and guidance for anyone considering studying in the USA.
An international website enabling schools across the world to engage in creative partnerships.
Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council
A non-political, non-profitmaking organisation that was founded in 1943 to stimulate understanding between Britain, Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks
Provides up-to-date descriptions of the education systems for pre-school, primary and secondary education, and of the curriculum and the assessment frameworks in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales.
League of Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers
Support teachers and promote excellence in education through developing, supporting and promoting a wide range of international professional development programmes for teachers and educators.
An innovative internet-based network which brings together young people and their teachers from different European countries. It offers a virtual meeting place which enables young people from 8 to 14 years of age to co-operate and communicate in a virtual environment.
An education recruitment website. The ATL job-finder service, in association with e-teach, can be accessed at: ATL job finder service.
Teachers' Pensions administers the Teachers’ Pension Scheme for teachers in England and Wales on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.
Training and Development Agency for Schools
Information about being a teacher, routes into teaching, returning to teach and training.
The national development organisation for literacy and numeracy in England and Wales.
Works to support literacy through a support network and various practical initiatives.
The Advisory Centre for Education is an independent advice centre for parents, offering information about state education in England and Wales for 5-16 year olds. It offers free advice on many topics like exclusion from school, bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals.
The leading support organisation for lone parent families in England and Wales.
The national organisation for out of school childcare.
National Childminding Association
Promotes quality registered childminding for children, families and communities.
National Confederation of Parent-Teacher Associations
A national charity advancing education by promoting partnerships between home and school and providing support for parent teacher associations.
Careers Research and Advisory Centre
A national body based in Cambridge aiming to advance the education of the public, and young persons in particular, in lifelong career-related learning for all.
Helps and supports career guidance professionals to offer impartial, client-focused career guidance.
National Association of Careers and Guidance Teachers
An association for careers staff in schools and colleges in England and Wales.
National Association for Pastoral Care in Education
Establishes links between all those who have an interest in pastoral care and personal-social education (PSE). NAPCE now has a membership of 1600, which consists of individuals, schools, LEAs and higher education providers who work in support of pastoral care and PSE at all levels.
Produced by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers, this website offers advice for teachers who have pupils who are caring for someone because they are ill, disabled, or have a health problem. There is a section on how to recognise and support young carers, and sections for young carers with information about the issues many of them face.
Provides information relating to post-16 education and training in Wales for individuals, businesses, communities and learning and research providers.
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research in universities and colleges in England.
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
The Council is responsible for securing the provision of facilities for further education and for the administration of funds made available by the National Assembly for Wales in support of further education in FE sector institutions, higher education institutions and sponsored bodies in Wales.
Sixth Form Colleges' Employers' Forum
Advises colleges and to conduct national negotiations on pay and conditions with unions representing both teaching and support staff in sixth form colleges.
An agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, which funds and regulates adult further education and skills training in England, taking on some of the functions of the now-defunct Learning and Skills Council.
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
Information for students, schools and higher education staff on the application process.
Universities Council for the Education of Teachers
A national forum for the discussion of matters relating to the education of teachers and to the study of education in the university sector and contributes to the formulation of policy in these fields.
Workers' Educational Association
The UK’s largest voluntary provider of adult education.
Young People's Learning Agency
The Young People’s Learning Agency supports the delivery of training and education to all 16 – 19 year olds in England, taking on some of the functions of the now-defunct Learning and Skills Council.
The employers' organisation for lecturers working in further education, with useful sections including news on pay, best practice, resources, news and diary dates.
Website of the UK Association promoting and serving boarding education.
Represents the generic concerns of teachers and raises its status in the UK and locally, provides a continuing professional development framework and keeps the profession up to date on important issues affecting every teacher.
General Teaching Council for England
The professional body for teaching in England, providing an opportunity for teachers to shape the development of professional practice and policy, and to maintain and set professional standards.
General Teaching Council for Scotland
The independent professional regulatory body which maintains and enhances teaching standards in Scotland.
General Teaching Council for Wales
The statutory, self-regulating professional body for teachers in Wales.
General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
The statutory, independent body for the teaching profession in Northern Ireland.
National College for School Leadership
A wide range of advice, resources and information-sharing for school leaders.
National Society for Education in Art and Design
A professional association concerned with art, craft and design across all phases of education in the United Kingdom
Supports all those committed to the promotion and development of school libraries and information literacy.
British Educational Research Association
BERA works to promote a vital research culture in education. The website features an update on recent research and offers a number of topical publications.
Council for Environmental Education
CEE's website provides a gateway to a network of organisations with interests in education, and also to the fields of environmental education and education for sustainable development.
Human Scale Education was founded in 1985. It is an education reform movement committed to small scale learning communities based on the values of democracy, fairness and respect. HSE works directly with schools, parents and teachers to promote human scale learning environments where children and young people are known and valued as individuals.
National Education Research Forum
Oversees the development of a strategy for educational research. This website enables you to locate materials on these issues drawn from a wide range of organisations concerned with research across education and training, including NERF itself.
National Foundation for Educational Research
Contributes to improving education and training nationally and internationally by undertaking research, development and dissemination activities and by providing information services.
A useful site from the BBC, offering news, entertainment and resources for students and teachers.
The UK gateway to museums, galleries and heritage attractions.
The Guardian’s online site on education. A useful news resource.
A education search engine featuring 'hand picked' resources for teachers and other education professionals.
A resource site for teachers, with specific pages for ICT, maths, and literacy.
A knowledge management website, aimed at helping users to record learning and share best practice. Essentially, it provides a place for networks to share their news, calendars, events, activities, ideas, resources and learning.
Adventure Activities Licensing Authority
An independent watchdog on the delivery of outdoor adventure activities for young people. The site offers lots of useful links and answers to frequently asked questions.
British Activity Holiday Association
The trade association for private sector providers of activity holidays and courses in the UK. Member centres have all agreed to abide by the BAHA Code of Practice and are committed to high standards of safety, value for money and customer service.
Independent Schools Adventure Activities Association
Offers information about the Association in the form of guidance and advice, meetings, courses and workshops.
British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
Represents the interests of teachers of hearing-impaired children and young people in the United Kingdom.
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
Offers an overview of learning disabilities, with lots of resources and polices.
Formerly the Dyslexia Institute, an educational charity founded in 1972 for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia and for the training of specialist teachers.
An advice service for teachers and SENCOs, as well as an online catalogue of resources to support individual learning.
National Association for Special Educational Needs
The leading organisation in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs.
A good range of worksheets and activities for every SEN teacher, plus downloadable games suitable for pupils who have special educational needs.
Association for Physical Education
Exists to promote, develop and sustain high-quality physical education in the United Kingdom.
Offers information about the Duke of Edinburgh Award, how to get involved and where you can do it.
Formerly the Central Council of Physical Recreation, this umbrella organisation for 270 national governing bodies of sport and recreation, the alliance promotes, protects and maximises opportunities for sport and recreation in society.
Economics/Business
Economics and Business Education Association
Represents teachers and lecturers of business studies and related subjects in schools and colleges throughout the UK.
English
National Association for the Teaching of English
The UK subject teacher association for all aspects of English from pre-school to university.
Geography
Dedicated to promoting the development of geography as a subject. The site offers lots of useful resources including websites and teaching materials.
History
Aims to further the study, teaching and enjoyment of history at all levels: teacher and student, amateur and professional.
Languages
Association for Language Learning
A major subject association for those involved in teaching modern foreign languages at all levels and in all languages.
Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
Promotes a greater capability in languages across all sectors of the population. The site offers publications, research, careers and professional development information.
Mathematics
Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Encourages the development of mathematics education so that it is more closely related to the needs of the learner.
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The professional and learned society for qualified and practising mathematicians. Its mission is to promote mathematics in industry, business, the public sector, education and research.
Exists to bring about improvements in the teaching of mathematics and its applications, and to provide a means of communication among students and teachers of mathematics
Personal, social and health education
Works for the provision of drug education for all children and young people in England.
The national authority on sex and relationships education.
Sciences
Association for Science Education
A professional association for teachers of science, with a broad spread of membership from primary and secondary teachers, to technicians, those involved in Initial Teacher Education and student members.
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Promotes understanding and development of science and technology and emphasises their contributions to cultural, economic and social life.
Earth Science Teachers’ Association
Encourages and supports the teaching of earth sciences whether as a single subject such as geology, or as part of science or geography courses.
Society and professional body promoting advancement and dissemination of pure and applied physics. The site features books, journals, policy information and careers advice.
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
Invests in a wide range of projects that make a contribution to cultural development, scientific progress or economic growth.
The professional body for UK biologists. A registered charity, its 16,500 members work in industry, research, education and healthcare, among other areas.
Women into Science and Engineering
Promotes science and engineering as a valuable and interesting career option for women.
Works to inspire young people to recognise the importance and excitement of a career in engineering.