Useful links - education

The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) aims to promote excellence in the education of all deaf children, young persons and adults; to advance the status of teachers of the deaf; and to ensure and enhance the high quality of mandatory training of teachers of the deaf, and their continuing professional development.

Mr Paul A Simpson
BATOD Secretary
175 Dashwood Avenue
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP12 3DB
Email: secretary@batod.org.uk
Website: www.batod.org.uk

The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make England the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. We want to:

• make children and young people happy and healthy
• keep them safe and sound
• give them a top class education
• help them stay on track.

The Department of Education is responsible for the central administration of all aspects of education and related services in Northern Ireland.

Information for parents and young people on education, including preschool, school, 14 to 19 options, university and higher education, qualifications and adult learning.

Early Support is for families with young disabled children. It is the Government’s recommended approach to co-ordinating services across England.

This website is for anyone who works regularly with very young children and for families. It explains how the Early Support programme is facilitating better coordination of information and service delivery in response to the objectives set by the Government green paper Every Child Matters.

Enquire is the Scottish independent advice and information service for additional support for learning (special educational needs). It is managed by Children in Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government.

Estyn is the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. It is independent of, but funded by, the National Assembly for Wales under Section 104 of the Government of Wales Act 1998. The Chief Inspector and her staff are civil servants.

The Headteachers' Association of Scotland (HAS) seeks to promote the highest standards of education in Scotland's secondary schools, provide for the needs and interest of members and to be a major factor in influencing educational policy at national and local level.

HAS
University of Strathclyde
Jordanhill Campus
Southbrae Drive
Glasgow
G13 1PP
Tel: 01292 293918
Fax: 01292 293918
Web: www.has-scotland.co.uk

The inspections and reviews carried out by HMIE, allied to meaningful self-evaluation, are central parts of the approach to quality improvement in Scottish education. The effective combination of these two processes constitutes a powerful means of identifying strengths and priorities for improvement across the system.

On this website, you can find out about inspections, and find inspection reports for education settings in your area.

The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including cultural, developmental, linguistic, and educational topics.

The Mary Hare training programme includes courses for education professionals, audiologists, health visitors, and social care professionals.

The National Association of Head Teachers is the largest organisation of its kind in Europe. It has provided over a century of support to its members and speaks with authority and strength on educational issues covering early years, primary, secondary and special school sectors.

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is a national charity which aims to enhance the development and education of children in their early years, through the provision of support services to members.

NDNA is dedicated to the provision, support and promotion of high-quality care and education for the benefit of children, families and communities. 

NDNA
National Early Years Enterprise Centre
Longbow Close
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire
HD2 1GQ
Tel: 01484 40 70 70
Fax: 01484 40 70 60.
Email: info@ndna.org.uk
Website: www.ndna.org.uk

The National Priary Headteachers Association (NPhA) links primary headteachers throughout England with the aim of improving primary education. Its members are either individuals or, increasingly, those who belong to a similar group at LEA or regional level.

NPhA
Queniborough CE Primary School
Coppice Lane
Queniborough
Leicester
LE7 3DR
Email: npha@ntlworld.com
Web: www.primaryheads.org.uk

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) campaigns for better schools, more resources and improved conditions for pupils and for teachers.

Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
London
WC1H 9BD
Tel: 020 7388 6191
Fax: 020 7387 8458
Web: www.teachers.org.uk

Ofsted inspect and regulate to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.

The new Ofsted brings together the wide experience of four inspectorates to make a greater difference for every child, and for all young people and adult learners, in England. Their educational, economic and social well-being will promote our success as a country.

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) is the professional body for speech and language therapists and support workers.

It promotes excellence in practice and influences health, education and social care policies.

RCSLT
2 White Hart Yard London
SE1 1NX
Tel: 020 7378 1200
Email: info@rcslt.org
Web: www.rcslt.org

The SLA is committed to supporting everyone involved with school libraries, promoting high quality reading and learning opportunities for all. They provide advice and support, publications and training courses amongst other things.

For everyone who is involved in the education of deaf children, deafblind children and visually impaired children and young people, the young people themselves and their families.

The Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments, that is; visual impairment, deaf and deafblind. It achieves this by means of CPD short courses, conferences, research and providing a postal resource library; and by dissemination of reports, research, course materials and new developments via this website, publications and presentations.

The SSC collaborates with: education authorities; schools and groups of teachers; voluntary organisations; parents groups; young people themselves.

The home page for the Education and Training section of the The Scottish Government website.

Teachernet is an education website containing information, publication, research, online programmes and more on a range of school issues and subjects.

This section of the Teachernet website contains useful information on BB93, the design guide for schools. You can read about it, and download the documents from the website. 

Aiming High for Disabled children: better support for families was published in 2007 as a result of the 2006 Comprehensive Spending Review. Transition was one of four elements outlined in the report as areas of specific focus, with funding attached. £19million has been identified over a three year period, to support a Transition Support Programme.

The national transition support team, a consortium led by the Council for Disabled Children, will work in partnership with local authorities, PCTs, Regional Advisers from a range of agencies and with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Department of Health and other government departments to support the effective delivery of the programme.

The Welsh Assembly promote lifelong learning from early years through to adult learning to help to improve opportunities for people at all stages of life, through Welsh and English, from school through college and university to workplace training.   

They provide leadership, policy and guidance for a range of key stakeholders involved in education, lifelong learning and skills, in accordance with our strategy ‘The Learning Country’. They work closely with the many organisations involved with children’s services, learning and skills in Wales.