Got a question? View our database of over 300 frequently-asked questions or use the linked sites for further reading or research. The linked sites are grouped under: other organisations and bodies, government-related links and resources.

 

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

• QCA's online database of frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Other organisations and bodies

• Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA - formerly AEB/SEG/NEAB)
• Association for Science Education (ASE)
• Basic Skills Agency
• British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)
• City and Guilds (C&G)
• Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
• Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (formerly ACCAC)
• Edexcel (formerly ULEAC and BTEC)
• Education Development International Plc (EDI)
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom (HERO)
• The Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
• Learning and Skills Network (LSN)
• National Education Trust (NET) 
• National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
• Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (OCR - formerly UCLES and RSA)
• Qualifications Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC)
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
• Quality Improvement Agency (QIA)
• Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
• Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA)
• Teachers' TV
• Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
• Welsh Joint Education Committee/Cyd-Bwyllgor Addysg Cymru (WJEC/CBAC)

Government-related links

• Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI)
• British Educational Communications and Technology agency (Becta)
• Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
  • DCSF: Adult Learners
  • DCSF: Excellence in Cities
  • DCSF: Parents
  • DCSF: Qualifications
  • DCSF: Section 96 (list of qualifications for under-19s)
  • DCSF: Section 97 (list of qualifications for over-19s)
  • DCSF: Schemes of Work
• Department for Education, Northern Ireland (DENI)
• Department of Innovation, Universites and Skills (DIUS)  
• DirectGov
• General Teaching Council for England (GTCE)
• Information for Local Authorities
• Office for standards in education (Ofsted)
• National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
• Specialist Schools Trust (formerly Technology Colleges Trust [TCT])
• Teachernet
  • Teachernet (Special Educational needs and Disability)
• Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA - Formerly Teacher Training Agency [TDA])
• Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC)
• Working group on 14-19 reform
• UK Government's Post-14 Mathematics Inquiry

Resources

• Books raise standards
• CEGNET (National support programme for careers education)
• Childline (PSHE Teacher Pack)
• Curriculum Online
• Electronic Training Village (hosted by CEDEFOP)
• International Curriculum and Assessment Database (INCA - Descriptions of the education systems, the curriculum and the assessment frameworks in 18 countries
• National Database of Accredited Qualifications (NDAQ - formerly openQUALS)
• SchoolNet
• Teacher support network
• TestBase
• The Centre for Educational Management
• The Stationery Office