Education: Useful websites

UK Government Department for Education website. The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent social change organisation working to find solutions for UK poverty through research and advocacy.

The Office for Standards in Education has a database to search their reports. Most schools do include links to their reports on their own websites too.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow the EYFS, including childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.

The Society for Education and Training (SET) is the professional membership organisation for practitioners working in the post-16 education and training system.

Supports strategic change and continuous improvement through the development of individuals and organisations of higher education.

The independent regulator of higher education in England.

Public body directing UK Government research fand innovation funding.

The UK's largest digital collection of social sciences and population research data.

The Youth Justice Board’s library of resources, materials and information which is now available online, though not all resources are available in full text.