Selhurst Early Years Centre, 23 Dagnall Park, South Norwood. Excellent Facilities. Nursery, Parent & Toddler Drop-In Sessions, Health Visitors Drop-In, Parent Groups, Childminders’ Drop-In, Holiday Club, etc. For more information please call 020 8684 3777 or visit our website >>>

Department for Education and Skills, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT Tel 0870 000 2288 or visit www.dfes.gov.uk

Help Your Child To Succeed is the essential guide for parents of pre-school and primary children. Order direct from Network Educational Press Ltd - Tel 01785 225515 or WH Smith

Kidscape - a helpline offering support and advice to parents of bullied children. Kidscape, the campaign for children’s safety was founded in 1984 by Dr Michele Elliott, mother and child psychologist, with the aim of teaching children personal safety. With the help of parents, carers, teachers, police and other caring professionals, children are taught ways to deal with bullies, good sense defence, approaches by strangers, and even known adults who may try to harm them. Kidscape can be contacted at 2 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W ODH TelL 020 7730 3300 or visit www.Kidscape.org.uk

Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) - Alexandra House, 33 Kingsway, London WC2B 6SE or visit www.ofsted.gov.uk

Gabbitas - Educational Consultants - Specialists in education for over a century, Gabbitas has an international reputation as the UK’s leading independent educational consultancy offering expert independent guidance to parents, students and schools in the UK and worldwide. For more information contact 020 7734 0161 or visit www.gabbitas.co.uk

Tomorrow’s Achievers, run by the Gabbitas Truman & Thring Educational Trust, is a programme of master classes run in different parts of the country for exceptionally able children and young people aged 5 - 18 years. There is a grant scheme available for families in financial need. www.masterclasses.co.uk

The National Association for Special Educational Needs, NASEN - Tel: 01827 311500 or visit www.nasen.org.uk The site is mainly for professionals involved in teaching special educational needs or from LEA’s and contains comprehensive information about many issues. However, useful for the committed person who wants in-dept information and to tune in to the latest advice being given to the professionals.

The British Psychological Society - Tel: 0116 254 9568 or visit www.bps.org.uk - Publish a directory of Chartered Psychologists which lists educational psychologists, also gives full details of their specialisms.

The Dyslexia Institute - an educational charity founded in 1972, for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia and for the training of specialist teachers. It has grown to become the only national dyslexia teaching organisation in the world. For more information call 01784 222300 or visit www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk

The Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre, Wye Street, London SW11 2HB - The Centre aims to educate, advise, assist and support teachers, parents and the dyslexic individual. For more information please call 020 7223 1144 or visit www.Hornsby.co.uk

BREAK, Special Needs, Special Care - Tel 01263 822161 or visit www.break-charity.org  - BREAK is a registered charity that offers respite care, specialist childcare and UK holidays in Norfolk and the West Country.

Makaton is a unique language programme. Devised for children and adults with a varity of communication and learning disabilities, Makaton is used extensively throughout the UK and has been adapted for use in over 40 other countries. For more information contact Makaton on 01276 61390 or visit www.makaton.org

Schoolsnet - an education site for parents pupils and teachers - www.schoolsnet.com

Parent & Schools - FREE publication - Tel: 0800 389 3899

Life Education Centres (Croydon) - a nationwide registered charity providing inspirational Primary Drug Prevention programmes and promoting healthy lifestyles to children aged from 3-11years. Giving children information and knowledge about the body and how the body works, to engender a respect and understanding of their bodies. Find out how to arrange for a Life Education Mobile Classroom to visit your school or for more information please call 01883 349295 or visit www.lifeeducation.org.uk

Admissions or Transfers to Croydon Schools - Tel 020 8760 5453

Home Education Advisory Service - provide advice to home educators and anyone considering home-education. Perhaps you’re turning to home education as a last resort because of problems in school which cannot be resolved, or maybe your children are young and you want to take full responsibility for their education from the beginning. Home Education Advisory Service, P O Box 98, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 6AN - Tel: 01707 371854 (Mondays to Fridays 9am to 5pm) or visit www.heas.org.uk  (HEAS is a Registered Charity no. 1063179)

Home Education - provide support to people home educating or intending to home educate in the UK, with a large network of support groups - For more information visit www.home-education.org.uk