A subscription based resource aimed at primary teachers for the cost of a small subscription you receive access to thousands of items of digital and interactive media. Subscriptions range from £2.95 monthly or £16.95 annual.

Primary Resources

www.primaryresources.co.uk

This site is founded and managed by Gareth Pitchford, who worked as an ICT Consultant for the Dingle Granby Toxteth Education Action Zone in Liverpool. The site contains a bank of free, ready to use ideas, resources, worksheets and lesson plans. They're available for you to use with your class at no cost whatsoever (except the cost of your connection to the Internet!).

Official agencies

TeacherNet

www.teachernet.gov.uk

Best Practice Research Scholarships

www.teachernet.gov.uk/research

Department for Education and Skills TeacherNet pages

www.teachernet.gov.uk/Professional_Development

TeacherNet provides a gateway on behalf of the DfES to provide access to information relating to career development, management and finance, pupil support, online discussion groups and over a thousand teacher evaluated lesson plans and resources.

Department for Education and Skills

www.dfes.gov.uk

The Dfes is a Government Department whose aim is to give children an excellent start in education, enable young people to equip themselves with life and work skills, and encourage adults to achieve their full potential through learning. The site offers a wide range of information for teachers, parents, and governers.

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)

www.ofsted.gov.uk

The Office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England. The office is independent from the DfES and carries the responsibility to improve standards of achievement and quality of education through regular independent inspection of educational establishments.

Training and Development Agency for Schools

www.tda.gov.uk

The purpose of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is to raise standards by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of training for teachers and the wider school workforce

General Teaching Council for England

www.gtce.org.uk

Research of the Month

www.gtce.org.uk/ResearchOfTheMonth

Teachers' Professional Learning Framework

www.gtce.org.uk/TPLF

The General Teaching Council for England, as the professional body for teaching, provides an opportunity for teachers to shape the development of professional practice and policy, and to maintain and set professional standards.

Association for Teachers and Lecturers

www.askatl.org.uk

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is a professional association and trade union representing over 160,000 teachers, lecturers and education support staff in the United Kingdom.

British Educational Research Association

www.bera.ac.uk

Provides members with details of events, publications and other services. It provides visitors with an overview of some of the activities and aims of BERA, with an invitation to become members.

The Farmington Institute

www.farmington.ac.uk

The Farmington Institute was founded to support, encourage and improve Christian education in schools, colleges and universities. It is ecumenical in its commitment to the Christian faith and takes a particular interest in and is keen to develop good relationships with other world religions

Head Teachers in Industry

www.hti.org.uk

Heads, teachers and Industry is an independent consultancy with charitable status, which works in partnership with education, business and government to enhance leadership and management in schools.

National College of School Leadership

www.ncsl.org.uk

The National College for School Leadership offers opportunities to develop the potential of school leaders at every level to enable their schools to work collaboratively with other schools.

National Union of Teachers

www.data.teachers.org.uk

The NUT is a professional association which puts education first, campaigns for better schools, more resources and improved conditions for pupils and teachers.

Teachers' International Professional Development

www.britishcouncil.org/education

This site offers a range of information for students, young people, adult learners and teaching professionals. If you work as a UK education and training provider the British Council can help you recruit international students, and develop partnerships.

Universities Council for the Education of Teachers

www.ucet.ac.uk

The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers acts as 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. Its members are UK universities involved in teacher education, and a number of colleges of higher education in the university sector.