Links

Dept for Education and Skills – you can access OFSTED reports from this site. You can also see the capital funding for 2000/2001 – visit the site and click on the site index then choose capital funding from the list of What’s New. Another announcement of more funding is due January 2001. click here
Dfee performance tables – click here
Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) – click here
General Government information (Open Government site) – click here

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
North Tyneside Council click here
4Ps – local government public private partnership site – click here – check out their report on the progress of PFIs in schools (October 2000) – it makes very interesting reading and shows up the culture clash between the public and private sectors
Partnerships UK – Private investment brokers for local government (interestingly, East Lothian LEA is involved with this company , the LEA our new Chief Education Officer came from) click here
NEWSPAPERS
Whitley Bay Guardian – who have done much to promote the public debate of the schools issues – click here
TES – Times Education Supplement – journal for the teaching profession and all those involved or interested in education – click here
LEGISALTION
If you are interested in legislation, the following site may be useful – HMSO – click here