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The Government education bodies in
England & Wales, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and
the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), produce much that is
of value to educators. However it does tend to be produced by ever expanding and
name changing government departments and then hidden away in the depths of
byzantine, dry, lacklustre official websites. The intention of this page is to make
finding what is of value a little easier.
1. (UK) Education News
Independent Education
News
- Google news aggregator for
UK Education:
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UK Education in the News from the private news company
NewsNow. This collects (aggregates) news items together on
specific topics. Includes latest UK national & local education
stories including the TES. Otherwise click on one of the sub
topics below for the latest. An easy way to keep up to
date.....
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World Education in the News NewsNow. From the same
aggregator, this time with English language news items from
across the globe. You can configure the page to just show items
from a particular region or country if you wish.
Government Agency News
These are useful news sites from key government agencies (with the
exception of NewsNow & Google). Much are made-for-the-press Press releases,
but they are an easy way to keep abreast of what is actually
happening. They will also send you the releases as emails.
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DfE News
Centre News about schools from the Department for Education. The most
recent items are shown below:
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2. Official Education & Classroom Research
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Recent Publications & Search This website contains details
of research publications for both (DCSF) and (BIS), as well as
those previously published by the Department for Education and
Skills (DfES) which the two Departments have replaced. The
projects are clearly delineated by their titles being prefixed
with either ‘DCSF’ or ‘BIS’. See also
Research
& Statistics Gateway For access to the most current (DCSF)
and (BIS) publications and news of upcoming work.
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Publications The clearest way to browse DCSF & BIS research
publications. (Click for quick access):
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DIUS
Research Portal. DIUS (Dept for Innovation & Skills - I did
say the departments were byzantine!) is the Higher Education
part of BIS. This is their research section. The layout is clear
in that it includes the relevant admin reports from the next
section that are pertinent to research.
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Ofsted research
Information from Ofsted's research and inspections, including
consultations, thematic reports and statistics. See also
Ofsted school/LEA
Reports ........
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Teachernet
Research From the government created teachernet service for
classroom teachers. Use this to review findings and receive
interactive email updates about the National Foundation for
Educational Research and TeacherNet's current research and
topical updates pages to keep abreast of the latest insights and
discoveries. The site also includes short digests of recent
journal articles, a searchable online database that aims to
improve user access to academic research. Access research and
evidence based resources for teacher training through the
teacher training resource bank referencing over 5500
quality-assured education-related teacher training resources.
These materials include reviews of the latest policy documents
and published research.
- See
Statistical First Releases as outlined in the next section:
many are research items (but hard to find....
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3. School Management & Administration
This is
the really heavy stuff....
Dry and uninspiring in presentation, difficult to seek out - almost
as if they are not supposed to be read. Really only if you want to
go into local education management perhaps (or if you don't have
enough marking....)
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Statistical First Releases
Individual reports providing provisional information (But
usually the most up to date) on specific areas such as:
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Attendance
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Destinations of leavers from higher education
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GCE/VCE/Applied A/AS and Equivalent Results
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National Curriculum Assessments
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Neighbourhood Statistics
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Participation in Education, Training and Employment by
16-18 Year Olds
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Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools
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Post-16 Education & Skills: Learner Participation,
Outcomes and Level of Highest Qualification Held
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Provision for Children Under Five Years of Age in
England
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School Workforce in England
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Schools, Pupils and Their Characteristics
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Special Educational Needs in England
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Student Loans for Higher Education in England
Statistical Bulletins Irregular reports (often updates or
developments from SFR's as a basis for furure research or full
blooded reports) on areas such as:
- School Destinations of Secondary
School Pupils
- Youth Cohort Study of Young
People in England
- The Composition of Schools in
England
- The Characteristics of Low &
High Attainers
- Trends in Attainment Gaps
- Education and Training
Expenditure
Statistical Volumes Annual reports
providing finalised data based on Statistical First Releases and
Bulletins on areas such as:
- Annual Statistics for Schools &
Higher Education/font>
- Children Looked After by Local
Authorities & Children in Need in England
- School workforce in England
(including teachers' pay for England and Wales)
- Training statistics
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RISE Information Centre Find these sites too stodgy and
difficult to search? Try this site from
RISE, an
education research charity which catalogs and groups the above
government resources as well as parliamentary questions into a
searchable archive divided into categories for ease of use.
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