LibGuides: Education: Useful Websites

Key websites

Department of Education
The Department for Education is responsible for education and children’s services in the UK.
Department for Education: Publications
Search facility for DfE publications.
The National Curriculum
Detailing the set of subjects and standards used by primary and secondary schools within the UK.
Types of School within the UK
Definitions of types of school within the UK as defined by the Department of Education
Get Information about Schools - England
The Department for Education’s register for several organisation types and where information on other organisations is recorded and maintained.
Ofsted
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills, reporting directly to Parliament. It inspects and education and children's care services.
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
A charity research-funder dedicated to support teachers and senior leaders to raise attainment and close the disadvantage gap.
BBC Newsround Coronavirus and Kids UK Survey
A UK survey of 2000 children reflecting on life during the year following the start of the first lockdown, with sections covering Remote Learning and Mental Health.
Campbell Collaboration Library
The Campbell Collaboration (C2) helps inform decisions by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews in education, social welfare, and crime and justice.
Encyclopaedia of informal education (Infed)
Infed was established by a small group of educators in 1995 and aims to provide a space for exploring the theory and practice of informal education, social action and lifelong learning.
Local child protection procedures
This is the latest operational version of the Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Safeguarding Children Boards Procedures Manual.

Official Publications

UK Legislation
Command Papers and House of Commons Papers
UK Government papers, including Command Papers (known as "White" or "Green" Papers), House of Commons Papers originating in Government departments, and reports on public bodies and inquiries.
Central Government Departments
Links to the webpages of Government departments, executive agencies and public bodies, from which departmental reports can be accessed.
Hansard
Parliamentary Research Briefings
Historical Cabinet Papers

Open Access Research

DORA
De Montfort Open Research Archive (DORA) is De Montfort University’s research repository. It forms the primary public and institutional record of DMU research outputs.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.As well as providing a simple repository list, OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.
BASE
BASE is a search engine especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.

Statistics and Data

Schools, Colleges and Children's Services - Data Collection and Statistical Returns
Research, data and statistics from the UK Department of Education.
Office of National Statistics: Education and Childcare
The major site for UK government statistics: provides averages and overviews.
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Official agency for handling quantitative information about higher education.

Impact of COVID-19 Reports

Evaluating Information

Wherever you get your information from it is important that you evaluate the quality of the information. There are many factors that you need to consider when assessing the quality of the information, such as currency, the authority of the writer ...

Here is a link to the Information Source Evaluation Matrix (click on picture), a useful guide that takes you through the factors you need to consider to assess the quality of information you are relying on.