Study Support Online Reference links
14-19 Gateway (DCSF)
This is a link to the DCSF page for education for 14 to 19 year olds. The information on this website explains how the DCSF are transforming learning for 14 to 19 year olds by working with its partners and with local authorities, the Learning and Skills Council, schools, colleges and work-based learning providers.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/14-19/
Artworks
The Artworks Award Scheme was launched with the aim of enabling and providing funding for art in schools. The website gives information on the initiatives it supports, including the Awards themselves, Children's Art Day and various publications.
http://www.art-works.org.uk
Barnardo's
Barnardo's is a prominent children's charity in the UK. It offers a range of support services for children, young people and their families and its website will tell you more about its work and how you can donate.
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/
Breakfast Club Plus (ContinYou)
Breakfast Club Plus is a UK-wide network that supports breakfast clubs. The website provides information and resources for starting breakfast clubs as well as a support network for those that already exist.
http://www.breakfastclubplus.org.uk
Children's Services Network (CSN)
The Children's Services Network (CSN) was formed with the intention of helping to develop, promote and disseminate the role and good practice of local authorities in the delivery of education. Its website offers policy briefings, newsletters and publications.
http://www.csn.info/
Children's University
The Children's University is a national organisation that provides 7 to 14 year olds with exciting and innovative learning activities and experiences outside normal school hours. Raising children's aspirations is important to us and we aim to develop the understanding that learning can be the satellite navigation to better places in life.
www.childrensuniversity.co.uk
DEMOS
Demos is a think tank for everyday democracy which aims to put a democratic idea into practice by working with organisations in ways that make them more effective and legitimate. All its publications, including its books, can be downloaded for free from this site.
http://www.demos.co.uk/
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is responsible for government policy on the arts, sports, libraries, museums and galleries, broadcasting, creative industries including film and the music industry, press freedom and regulation, licensing, gambling and the historic environment. This website provides details on its policies on these matters as well as information on publications, press releases and annual reports.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/
Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is responsible for the central administration of all aspects of education and related services, with the exception of the higher and further education sector. One of the department's main priorities is to ensure that children, through participation at schools, reach the highest possible standards of educational achievement. This website provides access to the Department's policies and strategies as well as keeping up with the latest education news.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk
Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) - Study Support site
This site offers information on all aspects of study support, such as guidance on establishing and managing study support activities, good practice, and how study support can bring real benefits in terms of improving attainment, behaviour and attendance for those who participate. It acts as an online resource to support anyone with an interest or involved in out-of-school-hours learning.
http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/studysupport
Department of Health
The aim of the Department of Health (DH) is to improve the health and well-being of people in England. Its website contains information on its policies, publications and statistics.
http://www.dh.gov.uk
Every Child Matters - key documents access site
Every Child Matters is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19. This website allows access to the key documents of this approach.
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/publications/
Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is an independent government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
http://www.food.gov.uk/
Four Nations Child Policy Network
The Four Nations Child Policy network website provides child policy information from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Whitehall and Westminster.
http://www.childpolicy.org.uk
Home Office
The Home Office is the government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales that works to build a safe, just and tolerant society, to enhance opportunities for all, and to ensure the protection and security of the public is maintained.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
Leeds Children's Breakfast Initiative
The Leeds Children's Breakfast Initiative (LCBI) is a partnership that includes representatives from health, education, childcare, play and the Leeds Children's Fund. It supports the development of school-based breakfast provision across Leeds. As well as allocating start-up grants to schools, the LCBI offers a wide range of support and guidance to allow schools to develop appropriate, high quality and sustainable breakfast schemes.
http://213.210.8.133/Breakfastclub/
Local Government Association
The Local Government Association (LGA) promotes the interests of English and Welsh local authorities, aiming to put local councils at the heart of the drive to improve public services and to work with government to ensure that the policy, legislative and financial context in which it operates, supports the objective of a better local government.
http://www.lga.gov.uk
London Schools Arts Service (LONSAS)
The London Schools Arts Service helps schools, teachers and other education providers make greater use of London's arts and cultural resources and to build partnerships between the arts and education sectors.
http://www.lonsas.org.uk
National Assembly for Wales/Welsh Assembly Government
The Welsh Assembly Government is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programmes for all issues that have been devolved to Wales. The website provides information on all the subject areas covered by the Welsh Assembly Government as well as outlining the strategic plans and key themes of the government.
http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm
National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
The National College for School Leadership (NCSL) exists to make a difference to the lives and the life chances of children and young people through the development of effective school leaders. Its website contains information about its goals and its work, including its corporate plan, details of key publications and events, links to the press office and all the latest news releases and information about getting in touch - including links to current vacancies.
http://www.ncsl.org.uk
National Evaluation of School Breakfast Clubs
This links brings you to an evaluation of school breakfast clubs which was commissioned by the Department of Health.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/swk/research/summaries/abc.htm
National Healthy Schools Standard (Teachernet)
The National Healthy Schools Standard (NHSS) is the mainstay of the healthy schools programme and was introduced in 1999 as a vehicle to support delivery of Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE). The NHSS and PSHE framework support each other and engage staff, pupils, governors, parents and the wider community in a whole school approach. This aims to improve educational achievement, health and emotional well being, and make schools a safe, secure and healthy environment in which young people can learn and develop.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/n/nhss/
National Youth Agency (NYA)
The National Youth Agency supports those involved in young people's personal and social development. It provides resources to improve work with young people and its management; create and demonstrate innovation in services and methods; support the leadership of organisations to manage change; influence public perception and policy; and secure standards of education and training for youth work.
http://www.nya.org.uk
New Policy Institute (NPI)
The New Policy Institute aims to advance social justice in a market economy. The majority of its work leads directly to public-domain reports. Summaries of its projects, as well as access to its publications, can be found on this page.
http://www.npi.org.uk/
PE and School Sport (PESS) &endash; guidance and case studies on high quality provision (QCA)
This page contains case studies of schools that have used physical education (PE) and school sports for certain ends. Posters, leaflets and newsletters are available for download and tips and resources are provided on how to enhance the presence of sports in schools.
http://www.qca.org.uk/pess
PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) national strategy, policy, guidance and evidence (Teachernet)
This Teachernet page provides updates on the physical education, school sport, and club links national strategy.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/pe
Personalised learning website (DCSF)
This website crystallises what has been learnt about personalised learning in practice and policy to date. The intention is to provide headteachers, teachers, support staff, parents and governors with a shared foundation for the development of personalised learning.
http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/personalisedlearning/
Playing for Success (DCSF)
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) initiative, Playing for Success, is establishing out of school hours study support centres at football clubs and other sports' grounds. The centres use the environment and medium of football, rugby and other sports as motivational tools, and focus on raising literacy, numeracy and ICT standards amongst KS2 and 3 pupils who are struggling a little and often demotivated.
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/playingforsuccess/
Primary National Strategy - mathematics (DCSF)
This site provides teaching resources for mathematics including frameworks for lesson plans and case studies on new teaching methods.
http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/primary/mathematics/
PSHE - access site for Resources, Training, Professional Development and Support (Teachernet)
Physical, Social and Health Education (PSHE) includes everything schools do to promote pupils' good health and well-being. The National Healthy Schools Programme backs it. This site is aimed at teachers of PSHE Key Stages 1 to 4 and of Citizenship Key Stages 1 and 2. Here you will find a comprehensive resource database as well as general information and a professional development tool.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/pshe/
QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
The Qualifications and Curriculum authority (QCA) maintains and develops the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredits and monitors qualifications in colleges and at work.
http://www.qca.org.uk
QiE (Quality in Education)
The Quality in Education (QIE) Centre is a specialist unit in the Faculty of Education working with central government, education authorities, schools and other public bodies to improve the quality of education. Areas of particular expertise include school improvement, school self-evaluation, study support, child protection from abuse, intercultural education and technology in education.
http://www.strath.ac.uk/qie/
School Workforce Remodelling &endash; information and guidance access site (Teachernet)
This Teachernet page provides information on the implementation of the programme of change to teachers' conditions of service entitled Raising Standards and Tackling Workload: A National Agreement.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/remodelling/
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
Three Trust sites reside here: the corporate website, which informs about how to become a specialist school or a sponsor of the Trust; the schools network, which includes information and support for schools and their partners; and iNet, the Trust's international arm.
http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/
Sport England
Sport England is an organisation that aspires to create opportunities for people to start in sport, stay in sport and succeed in sport. It promotes and invests in sport and is responsible for delivering the government's sporting objectives.
http://www.sportengland.org.uk/
TeacherNet
TeacherNet is a support website for teachers offering information on teaching and learning including educational news, job vacancies, school funding calculations and tips on whole-school issues.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk
TeacherNet - Extended Schools
The extended schools page on the TeacherNet website provides information on the benefits of extended schools as well as available funding, evaluation and case studies.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/extendedschools/
The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits for Learning, Institute of Education
The DCSF funded Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning (WBL) investigates the benefits that learning brings to the individual and to society as a whole. WBL's main objectives are to clarify, model and quantify the outcomes of all forms of intentional learning so as to inform the funding, implementation and practice of educational provision through the life course.
http://www.learningbenefits.net/
Wired for Health - online health resource/initiative (NHS/Health Development Agency)
Wired for Health is a series of websites developed by the Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Health information is provided for a range of audiences that relates to the National Curriculum and the National Healthy Schools Programme.
http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/
