Education Links
For a list of links to individual school websites, please click here.
Further Education
- Bracknell and Wokingham College - Offers a wide range of full and part-time courses at more than 20 different venues around Bracknell and Wokingham.
- Open University -The United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning.
- Reading University - Homepage of the University of Reading.
- UCAS - The Universities and Colleges Admission Service.
- Universities.net - Online student guide to university.
Parents/Governors
- Advisory Centre for Education - Independent advice centre for parents, offering information about state education for 5-16 year olds.
- DfES Parents' Site - Website for parents from the Department for Education and Skills.
- DfES School Governors Centre - Website for school governors from the Department for Education and Skills.
- FASNA - National forum for the head teachers and governors of foundation and aided schools.
- Govenorline - Free professional helpline offering e-mail and telephone support to school governors, clerks and individuals involved directly in school governance in England.
- Parentlink - Set up by a group of teachers to give parents practical tips on helping with children's school work.
Resources
- Bracknell Forest Education Centre - Provides a well serviced centre to support education in Bracknell Forest.
- British Educational Communications & Technology Agency - The government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology and e-learning strategy.
- Capita - The leading supplier of information systems to the education sector.
- DfES - Department for Education and Skills website.
- National Curriculum -Includes programmes of study, non-statutory guidelines and attainment targets for every subject.
- Records Management Society - Reference website and point of contact for discussion and the exchange of ideas.
- SEGfL - South East Grid for Learning website.
- QCA - Qualifications & Curriculum Authority website.
Standards
- DfES Standards Site- Website on standards from the Department for Education and Skills.
- Information Commissioner - Independent official appointed to oversee the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
- OfSTED - Office for Standards in Education website.
Teaching
- Association of Teacher and Lecturers - Represents over 160,000 teachers, lecturers and education support staff in the United Kingdom.
- Eteach - Teaching recruitment service.
- National College for School Leadership - Provides career-long learning and development opportunities, professional and practical support for England’s existing and aspiring school leaders.
- Teaching Agency - Provides high quality teachers and supply teachers to schools in Berkshire, Surrey & Hampshire.
- TeacherNet - Developed by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource to support the education profession.
- Training and Development Agency for Schools - Information on becoming a teacher.
Other
- Basic Skills Agency - Independent charity organisation with aim of helping to raise standards of literacy, numeracy and language.
- BBC Education Online - Online learning, support and advice.
- Berkshire Young Musicians Trust - Offers high quality opportunities in schools, music centres and at county level.
- Bullying Online - Help and advice for pupils and parents.
- ContinYou - Creates learning programmes and services that offer fresh opportunities to people who have gained least from formal education and training.
- Development Education Association - Aims to raise awareness and understanding of how global issues affect the everyday lives of individuals, communities and societies.
- Education Maintenance Allowance - Gives young people from lower income households the chance to stay on in further education.
- Every Child Matters - Shared programme of change to improve outcomes for all children and young people.
- SafeKids - Contains information on how to keep your children safe both in and outside of the home.
- Learndirect - Aims to inspire existing learners to develop their skills further, win over new and excluded learners and transform the accessibility of learning in everyday life and work.
- Learning and Skills Council - Aims to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to make sure we have a workforce that is of world-class standards.
- UK Open-Learning - Provide distance learning courses with full tutor support.
Links to other sites from these pages are for information only and Bracknell Forest Council accepts no responsibility or liability for access to, or the material on, any website which is linked from or to this website.
If you have any difficulties accessing a website, or if you would like a link to your own website added, please contact the council's web team using the contact details provided on the right. Please note that preference will be given to link requests for websites related to Bracknell Forest and we reserve the right to decline a request for a link.
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