External links - information for teachers

• Attendance registers   
  Offers advice on how to maintain registers and record common types of absence.
  
  
• BBC Schools Online  
  BBC Schools Teacher's page where you'll find information, news and links related to teaching all stages of the National Curriculum.
  
  
• Behaviour  
  Gives advice to teacher on citizenship and better behaviour
  
  
• Connexions   
  Connexions offers a range of guidance and support for 13 to 19 year olds, to help make the transition to adult life a smooth one.
  
  
• Curriculum 2000   
  National Curriculum assessment, reference and resource material for primary and secondary schools.
  
  
• Disapplication of the national curriculum     
  Guidance from the Department for Education and Skills
  
  
• Education Action Zones   
  Information from the Department for Education and Skills.
  
  
• Excellence in Cities    
  Information from the Department for Education and Skills.
  
  
• General Teaching Council  
  The General Teaching Council will:
  raise the status of the teaching profession; provide a professional voice for teachers; listen to and work for teachers; guarantee high standards of teaching and learning.
    
  
• Home School Agreements      
  Information from the Department for Education and Skills.
  
  
• ICTeachers  
  Company of professional teachers offering online support to colleagues in schools.
  
  
• Job Opportunities   
  Teacher recruitment website
  
  
• Learning Matters 
  Book publisher
  
  
• National Curriculum online  
  On this site you can find out about the National Curriculum for England, and read about the requirements for each subject.
  
  
• New Opportunities Fund    
  A Lottery Distributor created to award grants to health, education and environment projects throughout the UK. Many grant programmes focus particularly on those in society who are most disadvantaged.
  
  
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)    
  "The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is a guardian of standards in education and training. We work with others to maintain and develop the school curriculum and associated assessments, and to accredit and monitor qualifications in schools, colleges and at work."

• Supporting pupils with medical needs   
  Guidance from the Department for Education and Skills and Department of Health to help schools draw up policies on managing medication in schools, and to put in place effective management systems to support individual pupils with medical needs.
  
  
• Sure Start   
  "Sure Start aims to improve the health and well-being of families and children before and from birth, so children are ready to flourish when they go to school."
  
  
• TeacherNet A-Z   
  Comprehensive list of useful links via the Department for Education and Skills website.
  
  
• Teacher Support Network  
  National Charity offering practical and emotional support to teachers, including teacher support line with free 24-hour information, support and counselling service.
  
  
• Teacher unions 
  Links to Professional Bodies, Associations and organisations.
  • Association of Teachers and Lecturers
  • National Union of Teachers
  • National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
  • Secondary Heads Association
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • Association of University Teachers
  • International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
  • Professional Association of Teachers
  • Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama

   

• Times Educational Supplement
  
  
• Virtual Teacher Centre  
  The VTC is a service for school professionals providing news, support for professional development and the facility to search quality-badged resources across the National Grid for Learning