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Training and Development Agency (TDA) for Schools

It wasn't long ago that I went into teaching. This is a fantastic resource to bookmark. It is a content-rich, well-updated site.

Teachers TV

I love free resources! and this site has some super free videos to learn great stuff from. Keep up the good work, Teachers TV! It's well worth bookmarking their site to get their latest content.

BBC Education

Most people visit BBC Bitesize which is a great link, however I think this website gets overlooked. It is a fantastic resource for students, teachers, and parents alike!

Department for Education

The Department for Education was formed on 12 May 2010 and is responsible for education and children's services. This website provides information on statutory guidance and legislations.

About Education

This website is managed by education writers. I love browsing this site as it is packed full of content that is easy to read, useful, and worth sharing. Do check it out.

Teaching Ideas

This site gives you hundreds of useful teaching ideas, lesson plans and primary/secondary classroom resources. Mark Warner, who created and runs the site is very helpful and I am sure he will point you in the right direction.

Homework on Wikipedia

Great resource as a starting point for information but be weary as not all the information is accurate. I always make a mention to my students not to use it as their only reference.

Woodlands Homework Help for Kids

Mandy Barrow has done a great job collecting really useful information, images and resources that cover a wide range of topics from Literacy, Maths, History and Geography, Art and Religion. A great site for your students.

HomeWork Elephant - Homework Help at your Fingertips

A great revision source for GCSE and A-level. The site also provides helpful tips and advice for answering exam questions. A great site for students to visit.

Homework High

A colourful and engaging approach to helping student with homework questions by channel 4 learning. Covers a variety of subjects and topics, well worth a look for students aged 11-16.

Primary Resources

Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers. An ideal places for all primary school teachers covering a wide range of topics.

Topmarks Education

Topmarks is one of the largest independent educational websites in the UK and has games, whiteboard resources and educational content for both primary and secondary teachers. All their content is reviewed by qualified teachers.

Yahoo! Kids

Great resources for your students, they can get homework help, look up words, ask questions, explore the encyclopedia.

Homework Help from Mapzone

Mapzone is a cool site for students, with exciting online games, free maps, wallpapers, competitions, and a fascinating trivia section.

Discovery Education – Maths Homework

Great site for maths worksheets, games and resources. The rest of the site covers a large variety of subjects with very useful content, although it is geared for US education standards.

Homework Packs

Site contains free Homework Packs for primary school children in Key Stage 1, 2, and 3 covering literacy and numeracy for the National Curriculum.

Solefield School - Homework Links

A carefully selected collection of homework resources for the students at Solefield School, covering all subjects across the curriculum.

Need2Know Learning

Useful advice for students surrounding homework and how to get the most from it, especially with regards to exams and revision. The rest of the site provides useful information and advice on 'growing up issues' eg. Drugs, Sex and relationships.

GrowStoryGrow

This is a language learning resource combining fun with learning. Aimed at primary and secondary learners, adult beginners may find it fun too.

Macmillan Publishing

Macmillan Education specialise in learning materials for non-native speakers of English – from tiny tots to high-powered business professionals. Their materials include a strong range of cross-curricular titles for those teaching English through another subject such as History, Science or Geography. For more information please visit www.macmillanenglish.com.

Daydream Education

Recognised as the UK's leading provider of educational wall charts, with a range of over 600 titles from Art to ICT. By combining a bold, visual approach with simple, concise information, Daydream Education has provided over a million wall charts to more than 100,000 educational establishments worldwide.

MathBase

Mathbase was created in 2001 for pupils with Special Educational Needs at Horizon School in Hackney and is now use in more than 2000 schools across the UK. It is especially useful for pupils with under achievement in maths that need a boost. It also enables pupils to work more independently with less adult support.

Roger Frost's Organic Chemistry

Roger Frost's Organic Chemistry is the A level learning resource for everything 'organic' in your syllabus. It uses animation and wonderful graphics to add meaning to mechanisms; curly arrows and everything taught at ages 15-18. Read more at organic.rogerfrost.com

Board Works

Boardworks is a publisher of a complete range of software designed for whole class teaching on interactive whiteboards and projectors. With complete curriculum coverage across 21 subjects at secondary, and a complete cross-curricular solution at primary, Boardworks' ready-to-use lessons offer one simple solution to embedding ICT across all departments.

Guroo - making sense of Functional Skills

Functional Skills are the essential component of all Diplomas, Apprenticeships, GCSEs and Foundation Learning. Guroo provides brilliant multi-media resources for Functional English, Maths and ICT from Entry Level to Level 2 including interactive web activities, paper-based worksheets, solutions, supporting lesson plans, standards mappings and practice assessment materials. Everything is available on-line or as pre-formatted scorm packages for easy upload to your choice of VLE.

NumberGym Software

NumberGym Software specialises in maths software for school and home. Fantastic on whiteboards. Recent winner of the Pirelli Internet Award for the Communication of Mathematics, "for its ability to provide children, by means of interactive tools and games, with an informal and fun approach to the complex world of mathematics". Trading since 2004.

Widgit Software

Widgit pioneer the worldwide use of symbols to support vocabulary development, learning and communication - in print, onscreen and online. Widgit’s software helps people who need support in reading and writing to participate and communicate with the help of symbols.

Crocodile Clips Ltd

Sumdog's free maths games are designed to improve numeracy in upper primary and lower secondary (students aged 9 to 13). Covering 100 fine grained numeracy topics, ranging from simple addition to square roots, Sumdog adapts to the skill level of each student, helping them to work through each numeracy topic comprehensively. Sumdog is provided by Crocodile Clips. Since 1994, we have been passionate about producing high quality educational technology. Our software is used by schools in over 50 countries worldwide.

Term Times

The Term Times magazines provide families with information of what’s on and where to go along with fun packed ideas for planning children’s holiday activities when school's out. Other advertisers, educational, governmental and charitable organisations also provide advice and indispensable information for parents, teachers and children.