Becta is the Government’s lead agency for ICT in education. It supports the UK Government and national organisations in the use and development of ICT in education to raise standards, widen access, improve skills and encourage effective management.

Extensive general advice on ICT in schools.

Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets

This website uses pupils’ work to show what the National Curriculum looks like in practice.

The NGfL provides a network of selected links to websites that offer high quality content and information.

Case studies at 14 - 19

This section contains a guide to the Key Stage 3 Strategy for information and communication technologies (ICT), case studies and a calendar of key activities for ICT departments.

Planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties: information and communication technology.

A website with useful information about web literacy and building learning communities.

A comprehensive site of teacher information.

A free downloadable VLE

A website which has downloadable clips of adverts which can make useful lesson starters and introductions.

An index of ICT links for teachers.

a structured touch typing course for motivated individuals looking to develop their keyboard skills.