English National Curriculum explains all the subject requirements for 3 -14 (Foundation, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3).  See the QCA website below for details about ages 14 -19 concerning GCSE, GNVQ, A-level and beyond


The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is an important link for teachers, governors and parents concerning UK education. It provides information about many aspects including education qualifications, annual results statistics, recommended schemes of work for teachers and lifelong learning. It brings together the work of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) and the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA) with additional powers and duties. This gives it a unique overview of curriculum, assessment and qualifications across the whole of education and training in the UK.


Ofsted is to the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), officially the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England. You can find out about the organisation, inspection process, announcements and events. You can see about OFSTED; the results of inspections, see inspection reports; the reports, advice and guidance they issue, see publications; queries about their work and links to other sites.


The DfES Standards and Effectiveness Unit provides on-line services for teachers in England and help for raising standards of achievement in schools.


The NGfL is the National Grid for Learning and supports students, teachers and parents with a wealth of information related to education in the United Kingdom and is the national focal point for learning on the Internet.


The General Teaching Council is dedicated to raising the professional status and public standing of teachers, provides an influential and independent voice for teachers and maintains and guarantees high professional standards of teaching.


The Teacher Training Agency aims to raise standards in schools by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training.


The Times Educational Supplement is a weekly newspaper dedicated to British Education. This is a very informative newspaper for teachers and parents.


Parents provides the British Government's education information for parents.


The British Council aims is to create enduring partnerships between British and other cultures and we do this by creating opportunities to connect with the latest skills, ideas and experience from the UK.


Digitalbrain is a huge UK website dedicated to supporting students and teachers using the English National Curriculum and Further Education. It is free to enrol and use. You can have your own work area and store work with Digitalbrain leaving your own PC memory free.


Samlearning is for SATs (KS1, KS2, KS3), GCSE and A Level courses. It contains examination revision, a as well as getting parents involved in their children's learning throughout the year. SamLearning.com is the nation's top website and the only one approved by the National Association of Head Teachers.


Homeworkhigh helps students with their homework.


Topmarks is a free web site which helps others to use the Internet effectively for learning, as an alternative to subscription services. Topmarks is aimed specifically at pupils, teachers and parents. Although there is bias our resources to the UK curriculum, they are appreciated globally.


ICT (Information and Communications Technology) skills is a website with over 250 full online training courses - Over 35,000 pages of professionally developed, high quality content pages.


EDEXCEL  is the British examination board mainly used for GCSE, GNVQ and A-levels at Alice Smith School.


UCAS is the site for UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE FOR THE UK.

Your Dictionary is a website with hundreds of different dictionaries in many of the world's languages.


The BBC is a website full of British and International news with live updates, live links to radio and masses of backgound information from an award winning website.