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- swamwac – the web site of the South West and Mid Wales Consortium where you will find further useful documents and links, and will be able to search the professional development opportunities catalogues of the six swamwac Authorities
www.swamwac.org
- Local Authority Portals
Carmarthenshire - www.amdro.org.uk
Ceredigion - www.ceredigion.gov.uk
Neath and Port Talbot - www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk
Pembrokeshire - www.pgfl.org.uk
Powys - www.powys.gov.uk
Swansea - www.swanseagfl.gov.uk
- Local Authority Consortia Web Sites
swamwac - www.swamwac.org
ESIS - www.esis.org.uk
cynnal - www.cynnal.co.uk
CPD SE Wales - www.cpdsewales.org.uk/cpd
- Children, Education, Lifelong learning and Skills - Welsh Assembly Government
http://wales.gov.uk/about/civilservice/departments/dcells/?lang=en
- General Teaching Council for Wales
www.gtcw.org.uk
- Welsh Local Government Association
www.wlga.gov.uk/english/
- Estyn – the web site of the Schools Inspectorate for Wales
www.estyn.gov.uk/home.asp
- iNet - International Networking for Educational Transformation is an international network of schools, organisations and individuals who are committed to transforming learning through innovation.
www.ssat-inet.net
- NGfL Cymru – the web site of the Wales National Grid for Learning
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/index-new.htm
- The Learning Country area of the NGfL web site provides a guide to a wide range of websites in Wales that can be useful to teachers and students. They include:
- official sites of LEAs
- educational bodies in Wales
- sites designed for a wider audience that are not curriculum specific but provide access to resources, information and materials that can be used in the classroom.
- Becta is the UK government agency aiming to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning.
www.becta.org.uk
- Training and Development Agency for Schools - England
www.tda.gov.uk
- Teachernet – the education site for teachers and school managers in England
www.teachernet.gov.uk
- Eco- schools Wales
www.eco-schoolswales.org
- Fair trade - The Fairtrade Foundation resources for schools
www.fairtrade.org.uk/schools/support_resources
- Healthy Schools - programme promoting a whole school / whole child approach to health in England
http://home.healthyschools.gov.uk/
- health.e.school – Welsh Assembly Government health promotion web-site
www.healtheschool.org.uk
- UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award
www.unicef.org.uk/tz/teacher_support/rrs_award.asp
- Learning and Skills Observatory for Wales: The Learning and Skills Observatory Wales (LSO) is a portal that provides users access to education, learning, skills and labour market news, information and research materials.
www.learningobservatory.com
- Welsh Language Board
www.byig-wlb.org.uk/Pages/Hafan.aspx
- The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is a national charity that provides advice and information to parents and carers on a wide range of school based issues including exclusion, admissions, special education needs, bullying and attendance
www.ace-ed.org.uk/
- Disability Discrimination Act
www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001068
- WJEC -one of the UK's leading examination awarding bodies and providers of educational resources
www.wjec.co.uk
- SEF - School Effectiveness Framework
www.sefcymru.org/
- Essential Skills Wales
http://cymru.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/learningproviders/essentialskillswales/?lang=en
- Books in Welsh available from: