2 representative bodies which influence your area of work
 

I have Ofsted, can't seem to think, any pointers would be great xx

Hi, it will depend on your area of work, these are a few that you might recognise & find have in the past, or continue to influence the setting's provision

Inspectorates

• England's Ofsted - Wales' CSSIW - NI's etini - Scotland's scswis

Local authority department & resources ... find your council website national .gov.uks

Skills sector agencies

• Skillsactive
• The current/2013 goverment's Teaching Agency & maybe
  • publications and guidance offered by cwdc before-2012
  • publications and guidance offered by TDA before-2012

Goverment departments:

• NHS and govermental campaigns it delivers through the national health service - frank, live well;5 a day, healthy start,
• Education
• HSE
• FSA UK - food standards
• DEFRA
• Environment agency
• Home Office

Supporting & promoting children's and families lifestyles:

• Home learning matters
• Vegan society
• Vegetarian society
• Animal's right to life & issues of welfare, arable faming
• Humanism and BBC's religion - types, faith, beleifs

Subscription or membership based bodies/charities:

• playengland - playwales - playscotland - playboard northern ireland
• NSPCC
• NCB
• A trade union
• PLA
• NDNA
• The rebranded NCMA - now known as pacey
• Scope
• Rnib
• Action on hearing - formely RNID
• Sense for deafblindness
• The Sensory trust for rich environments
• Diabetes
• Coeliac
• Mind.org.uk - anxiety.org.uk - rcpsych.ac.uk
• CBF
• Contact a family
• Acas
• St. John Ambulance
• Mensa - Potential plus gifted children - supporting high IQ on archived direct.gov.uk
• Downs Syndrome.org.uk
• councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk - for England

Hth xx