A FEW USEFUL LINKS

Thinking of developing your own Branch site? This is one of the best resource sites on the web. Dennis can provide invaluable help whether you are a novice or a pro and if what you need is not on his site, he will tell you where to look. In developing this site itself I am hugely indebted to Dennis in his persona of "BoogieJack" so you can't do much better than boogie on down to his site via the link at the start.

Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL's site is a treasure trove of information about the association and our concerns, responses and policies on every educational issue of note.

Department for Education and Skills
All you could ever want to know about government policies, proposals and personnel across the full educational spectrum. A must for that elusive full text of Green and White Papers.

Ofsted
Thinking of applying for a job? Read what the Inspectors thought of the school, college or LEA. Dip into it too for those delicious moments of schadenfreude.

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Planning a new course? See the full range of possible certification.

The Standards Site
An offshoot of the DfES site dedicated to setting out the targets, providing teaching materials and publishing performance tables.

The Times Educational Supplement
Carries the main news stories of the weekly hard copy plus access to its news archive. Fascinating range of discussion forums in its Staffroom - this alone is worth checking on regularly.