Resources - Professional Associations and Affiliations

Association for the Teaching of Social Sciences
Support and resources for teaching social sciences including annual conference

AWCEBD - Now called SEBDA - Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Assocation
Website now called SEBDA -  Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association. Exists to promote excellence in services for children and young people who have emotional and behavioural difficulties and to support those who work with them. It supports workers in schools, mainstream or special, day or residential, maintained, non maintained or independent; in social service units, field or residential; in voluntary societies; in health setting

BSA - Boarding Schools` Association
The Association promotes the benefits of boarding education through a programme of initiatives involving member schools, the media and other educational organisations. It meets regularly with the DfES,liaises with Local Government, ISI (Independent Schools’ Inspectorate), OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education), SCE (Service Children’s Education) and all the national educational organisations

GTC - The General Teaching Council for Scotland
The General Teaching Council for Scotland is a statutory body and has responsibility for maintaining and enhancing the quality of teaching in Scotland, maintaining a register of qualified teachers,overseeing standards of entry to the profession, etc.

GTC - The General Teaching Council for England
The General Teaching Council is the professional body for teachers, an independent organisation set up to represent teachers’ professional interests and to support all teachers in providing the best possible educational opportunities for young people

Irish - National Parents Council
National Parents Council - Primary (NPC) is the nationwide organisation of parents of primary school children in Ireland

Learning and Teaching in Scotland
Information on Learning and Teaching Scotland's role and functions, together with details of its organisational structure

NAACE - National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education
The professional association for inspectors and those involved in ICT training and support in education.

NAGC - The National Association for Gifted Children
The Association that recognises that the needs of gifted children are best met when parents, students, education professionals, schools and colleges are able to share a common forum and gain wider understanding of home/school issues. NAGC is inclusive.
NAHT - National Association of Head Teachers
The largest organisation of its kind in Europe and speaks with authority and strength on educational issues covering primary, secondary and special school sectors.

NAPE - National Association for Primary Education
A partnership to promote the education of children from birth to thirteen and plays an active part in discussions concerning these children, at national, regional and local levels

National Centre for Technology in Education, Dublin City
A wide remit in the area of information and communications technologies and education, extending beyond the use of ICTs in schools to cover all educational ICT issues. Its main initial tasks are to manage the implementation of the Government's Schools IT 2000 initiative, to develop ICT policy proposals and to provide policy advice to the Department of Education and Science. Teacher

National Literacy Trust
Literacy issues and database, including key statistics

The Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Supports the teaching and learning of mathematics by encouraging the joy of maths, developing the understanding of how people learn maths, sharing and evaluating teaching and learning strategies and promoting new ideas and possibilities

The GA - The Geographical Association
The professional association for geographers whether teachers in schools, higher education, advisers or inspectors. The GA is a major contributor to securing the place of geography in the curriculum and provides access to specialist assistance on aspects of geography and geography teaching

The Historical Association
The Historical Association is the voice for history. It brings together people who share an interest in, and love for, the past. The aim is to further the study and teaching of history at all levels. Membership is open to everyone: teacher and student, amateur and professional

The Royal Society
The independent scientific academy for promoting excellence in science

WSSA - Welsh Secondary Schools Association
A forum for debate, professional development, co-operative activity in the service of school improvement and of high achievement. Includes courses, curriculum, publications, news and more