Parents Online
A Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and National Grid for Learning (NGfL) initiative celebrating all educational aspects of the Internet. Parents Online will help parents find out about information and communication technology and the ways it can help their family and children's education.
Popular Questions
Designed especially for students and provides information on issues such as careers, news, This DfES website has an increasing number of questions about education and skills. The site will allow you to quickly find the answer to your question.
StudentZone
Designed especially for students and provides information on issues such as careers, news, travel, legal and finance matters, sport and much more, which both current and prospective students will benefit from. Part of NISS (National Information Services and Systems).
Connexions - West of England
The Connexions service aims to give young people the best start in life by helping them make the transition to adulthood and working life. Connexions gives all young people a single point of access to support on all the issues affecting them including careers information, advice and guidance, work/training/further/higher education opportunities, advice on drug abuse, sexual health and relationships, housing and money matters. There is a vacancy database of jobs with training for 16-19 year olds.
Kidscape - practical advice to help beat bullying
Registered charity committed to keeping children safe from harm. Kidscape focuses upon preventative policies - tactics to use before any abuse or harm takes place, and provides practical guidance for children, parents and teachers on a range of issues, including bullying.
Bullying at School (Scottish Council for Research in Education)
Information about the Scottish Council for Research in Education's (SCRE) research into bullying, along with some basic advice, and details of relevant publications and sources of further information.
Children of the 90s
Bristol is home to an outstanding research project, ALSPAC, short for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, or more popularly as Children of the 90s.
Familyrapp
An on-line magazine for parents and carers of
children between the ages of 3 and 13. It is a one stop reference point
for parents; including informative articles and directories of days out,
family holidays worldwide, book reviews for adults and children, drug help,
education, health, recipes and shopping, along with a wide variety of links.
DfES: The Parent Centre
The Department for Education and Skills website for parents. It has information about schools and the curriculum, as well as a facility to search for local schools.