Bigfoot Theatre Bigfoot provides quality drama based workshops for children of all ages within schools and local communities. They are based in London, Brighton & Bristol.

Bright Tutors Bright Tutors - based on a traditional agency model and offers a more tailored service with Bright Tutors applying their personal knowledge of all the tutors to make the right match for you.

The Child Literacy Centre Information for parents about all aspects of children's reading and writing, including pre-reading skills/activities, teaching methods used in schools, reading to babies, and suggestions about what to do if a child has difficulties learning to read or write. Parents can email for expert individual advice.

Chuckra Educational Chuckra Educational provides quality 11 plus practice papers to everybody for FREE. We believe that if everybody has the same access to 11+ practice materials it will 'level the playing field' and make the exam a fair test. We have thousands of registered users and our site is recommended by teachers and tutors across the UK.

Create and Wait Superb free creative site, set up by teachers and parents, which showcases children's examples of their own work in all subjects. Is your child creative and between 7-11? Would you like to have his/her work recognised and perhaps shown on the gallery? Send in some work and you receive a free certificate for your child within 7 days with positive and helpful comments. The site also holds free competitions and has a wealth of information and helpful advice on all aspects of encouraging creativity in our children.

Eleven Plus Courses ElevenPlusCourses.com give provides information about holiday and half term 11 Plus courses in the UK. Courses vary according to the time of year but each includes work on study techniques and planning time, help with learning to read questions carefully, how to check answers and tips to help your child gain confidence. The courses are provided by The Extra Tuition Centre, a company with 27 years experience in helping children do better at school.

Eleven Plus Exams 'By a parent - for parents', this site has a wealth of information and helpful advice on all aspects of Eleven Plus Exams (Secondary Selection Exams for Grammar and Senior Independent Schools). ElevenPlusExams is an online network of parents pooling their knowledge on everything from exam preparation and revision techniques to offering products with discounts negotiated direct with publishers. Visit ElevenPlusExams for advice, tips and product recommendations from the people who know best, other parents.

Family Learning Family Learning provides information and resources for parents, with games and activities to help children with reading, writing, maths and more. You will printables such as cards for the high frequency words which children are expected to learn in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, plus links to all the best free online games for learning to read and count.

First Tutors First Tutors - a web-based find-your-own tutor service. Just browse and select your preferred tutor in your chosen subject from an area that is convenient for you and enjoy top class tuition in the comfort of your own home.

Fleet Tutors FLEET TUTORS has 29 years experience matching students of all ages and abilities with qualified, experienced and highly selected tutors who offer one-to-one tuition in the comfort of your home or school. Recently described by the Daily Telegraph and The Times as England?s leading tutoring company, their tutors hold excellent track records in helping pupils from the state and independent sectors gain admission to the UK?s leading preparatory, public schools and universities.

The Good Schools' Guide The Good Schools Guide is the independent guide to UK schools, written by parents for parents, with as much information as we can compile on all UK schools, and critical reviews of over 1,000 of them, plus extensive links and advice. The ideal place to begin your search for the right school.

The Guardian's education unlimited Full of features and articles on everything to do with kids, plus more tangential stuff that parents might find interesting. With lots of information on every aspect of education (their webguide includes sites to help you become a school governor, and safe guarding kids on the net as well as the usual stuff on how to find the best schools) the site also includes the pick of the parenting articles from the Observer and the Guardian, including a recently published special report on what to do and where to go in the summer holidays.? Worth checking out.

High Notes LIVE music groups for babies and toddlers (6mths - 41/2 yrs) in the Buckinghamshire area :Little Chalfont, Hazlemere, Beaconsfield, Great Misssenden, and in Hertfordshire in Rickmansworth. The aim of the group, called High Notes, is to stimulate the children with live music and to let them have fun whilst reacting to and exploring the rhythms and melodies. I play the piano (and other instruments) whilst the youngsters and adults sing, move about and play instruments themselves. The tunes used - classical, original and contemporary - are of varying pitch, rhythm and melodies with the music ranging from Mozart to Disney. Contact: 01494-725408 www.highnotes.co.uk

Home education Support and information for families educating their children outside school. As well as detailed information on the law, some background education philosophy and comments from parents who have taken this route, the FAQs are very good. If you join this voluntary organisation there are extensive local support networks.

Ofsted Somewhere buried in here are all the reports available on English schools, though judging by the Frequently Asked Questions page, we weren't the only ones to fail to extract any information. You need a program called Acrobat Reader to read the reports and you can theoretically download it free from the site, but half an hour later, still downloading, we gave up - don't they realise parents just don't have time for that sort of thing? FAQ page also has link to league tables.

PleaseMiss.co.uk Please Miss provides information for parents across all educational issues ? from curriculum, special needs and maths homework to activities, healthy eating tips and childcare advice.

Sats Past Papers Practice makes perfect! Get the back copies of the ACTUAL Sats Past Question Papers at Key Stage 2 (Year 6) and Key Stage 3 (Year 9) in Mathematics, Science, and English. These papers have already been taken by hundreds of thousands of pupils in the UK, during SATS in May. All tiers are available from level 3-5 to level 6-8, and for 2005, 2004, & 2003. These papers will give you an idea of the questions that children are given during their forthcoming SATS exams. Order before 3pm any weekday, and your delivery goes out the same day by first class post.

Time For Citizenship This website is run by primary schools in the UK and Ireland, and is co-ordinated by Liam McGurrin, Headteacher in Sheffield. Because of the support of our sponsors, it is a free resource. Registration allows you to view/download the lesson plans (Teacher's page), submit entries for the termly Art competitions (Gallery), and win fabulous prizes for your school/group - as well as building up a very valuable resource for all schools to share. If you find the site useful, we only ask that you share your best practice with us.

UK Schoolsearch The place to access Ofsted reports and league tables for all your local primary and secondary schools - in theory, that is. Be warned: you need a postcode to make it work and even that's no guarantee of success. All the areas we searched came up "not available". Coming soon on mumsnet - a beginner's guide to reading and understanding Ofsted reports and the questions to ask when looking round a prospective school.

UK School Trips www.ukschooltrips is a fantastic FREE resource to plan fun days out for children that are also educational. Great for parents, teachers, youth leaders, nursery managers, child minders and lecturers. It's quick and easy to use. 'Plan Your Trip' allows you to make searches to your exact criteria, showing how each venue can support a child's education. Register with us for free to receive our monthly newsletter and you will be automatically be entered into a prize draw every three months and have the chance to win an educational visit of your own choice.