Links for Parents
About Autism - A website written by parents for parents with autistic children. It includes constructive advice based on experience, and a section on education.
Advisory Centre for Education - News and information specifically for parents, school governors and teachers.
Basic Skills Agency - BSA is the national agency for basic skills in England and Wales. This site aims to ensure that effective opportunities exist to help children, young people and adults strengthen their basic skills.
Book Box - This site from Channel 4 supports literacy and hosts information on favourite writers, poets and illustrators. Visitors can pick up tips from video clips of authors explaining how to write a story.
British Activity Holiday Association
BT Education Programme - Apply for a BT Schools Award for your school or use the online walkthrough tutorials to hone your ICT skills.
Bullying Online - Bullying Online is a UK charity helping parents,children and schools deal with bullying. It contains practical advice, information on school projects and details of many of the bullying policies used in UK schools.
Develop your Child - Develop your child delivers self-esteem and confidence programmes for children between 7 and 14, and offers personal coaching to support both parents and professionals who work with children. A free session workbook and coaching session is available for those wishing to try out the programmes.
Homework Standards Site - This site has been set up to support the development of independent learning skills and attitudes for successful lifelong learning.
Parental Involvement - The Parental Involvement site has been designed to help users get the most from parental involvement and offers some suggestions on effective partnerships with parents.
The Parenthood Education and Support Forum - (the national umbrella body for people working with parents) supports teachers and others delivering parenthood education as part of the PSHE curriculum. The site includes news, a list of resources, links and Parenthood Education Guidance for Schools, a document prepared by a working group of experienced professionals, and available to download and print free.
Parent Centre - Information for parents on all aspects of their children's education including the curriculum, administrative and social issues, and school performance data.
Parents for Inclusion - Parents helping parents so their disabled children can learn, make friends and have a voice in ordinary schools and throughout life.
Parents Online - This website supports the Parents Online initiative designed to encourage parents to understand the educational benefits of the Internet. The site is full of age defined interactive educational sites and also includes the latest online safety advice for parents.