Bristol Early Years & Childcare Partnership
Whats On  News  Policies  Guidance  About Us   98 Plan  99 Plan

UK LINKS

National Organisations  UK Centres   Other Organisations   Partnership Links     Report broken links

Bristol Links  WWW links  Parents links  Childrens Rights   Quality

The dfeelogo.gif (2329 bytes) are promoting a model information page for Information Services. Check out the Cambridgeshire model - due to be rolled out in first half of 1999. They have a Bulleting Board and a "Searching for childcare" facility (currently only in Cambridgeshire). Check out their guidance:

Understanding Childcare: in Bristol APN in first point of contact.
Creches & Employers Schemes  - try BAND locally.
Childminders - try  Childminding Association or APN
Day care & pre-school playgroups - try PSLA locally
Nannies & au-pairs
Paying for Childcare; Free early years education for 4 year olds.
Links and Map

80-00-00.gif (1007 bytes) National Organisations:

British Educational Communications & Technology Agency- BECTA (formerly NCET)
CHIC (not funded by DfEE!) Childrens Information Services, Sheffield
David Blunkett's Home page   Includes speeches etc
Daycare Trust, 4 Wild Court, London WC2B 4AU T:0171-405 5617 F:0171-831 6632 or eMail. Produce various helpful newslterrs & briefings eg on on Childcare Tax Credit for £2
dfeelogo.gif (1693 bytes) & their press releases (Note DfEE site is being reorganised so some links are temporarily not working - whether it is for the better remains to be seen.) The old 97 Nursery Education News.
Ireland's Department of Education & Department of Health (well not quite UK!)
Dept of Health -
Guidance to Children Act 1989 (Annex C)
Daycare Services for Children
Quality Protects Progamme or guidance
Healthy Living Centres
New stuff
Early Years Co-ordinators Network (NCB)
Government Guidance                            eyhands.gif (3485 bytes)
Government Organisations
Kids Club Network
Lone Parents Into Work
National Early Years Network, 77 Holloway Road, London N7 8JZ T: 0171-607 9573 F: 0171 700 1107 or email.  Produce Network Post for DfEE.
National Campaign for Nursery Education BCM Box 6216, London WC1N 3XX
National Childrens Bureau
Childrens Play Council
Council for Disabled Children
Education Act 97 - Excluded Children
HERA 2 Project
Home Zones - reclaiming residential streets
Links
NCB Policy
NCB Press Releases
Parent Education & Support Forum
NCB Publications
NFER site - including papers on
impact of class size,
on age of starting school, and
on raising achievement in Newham
National Playing Fields Association
Childrens Play Services
Playwork Education & Training
OFSTED
PLEIAD
QCA - QCA Links (formerly SCAA)
 
Special Needs Information Exchange
TES, TES Primary, TES Links Page, TES Curriculum Links. Their model primary school web building site.

80-00-00.gif (1007 bytes) UK CENTRES

Bridgewater College -Centre of Excellence - press coverage
College of Care & Education, Bristol.
The Riverside Early Years Training Centre, North Tyneside
Kids Club Network, Darlington
Knowsley Educare Program
Out of School schemes in Richmond
St George Nursery School, Edinburgh

80-00-00.gif (1007 bytes) OTHER ORGANISATIONS

ACE - Advisory Centre for Education - includes database & publications
BBC Education
CASE - Campaign for State Education
Good Education Links; inc David Blunkett's home page (with key speeches);
Institute of Education; Education On-Line; Times Education Supplement;
National Council for Education Technology (NCET)
National Association for Primary Education (NAPE)
National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
Schools Net UK and Schools On-Line
Early Years Easy Screen - Short form for undertaking QCA accredited baseline assessment.
Education Network
Kids&Co - a refreshing look at childcare
Local Government Websites - Index to all Council sites
National Autistic Society
NUS
NUT
NUT News
Open University Booklist
PANN (Professional Association of Nursery Nurses) (and PAT)
Publications
Code of Practice
PLAYPEN - Campaign for Nanny Registration

 

Report broken links
 

News | What's On | Policies | Guidance | QualityLinks | Info on Bristol | Parents Page 
98 Plan | Key Issues for 99 Plan | Emerging 99 Plan | The Bristol Partnership | APN

Send comments or questions or information for inclusion.
© 1998/1999 - but feel free to print & circulate 
Site Version 0.3 Last modified 10 January 1999