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• School performance
  Do a survey outsite 20 schools in each area. Getting actual opinions of parents and pupils already attending the school.
• General Academic Database
  A public database, including academic writings, essays, thesis' online.
• Local To Me
  Web site allowing you to enter your postcode and all local information relating to that postcode is displayed.
• SchoolGuru
  You choose a state school -- and we'll tell you whether you're likely to get a place.
• Memory Lane : Where does your's live ?
  Upload, view, share and comment on your experiences of an area with others - social history in the making.
• Use The Land
  social mapping site identifying areas of under used land. Enter social, community, artistic or educational suggestions
• Schools Portal
  A portal for all things to do with our schools from primary to secondary and sixth form.
• Project Nirvana
  A one-stop portal for assisting people's relocation searches, including transportation, education, healthcare, social and accommodation requirements.
• Freesource - Free Done
  Access local free resources that you can use - archives, libraries, services, tools, people, information, days out, legal advice etc
• Travel to and from school
  Students who live further from school are often the most punctual: travel planning for all students
• Learning doesn't stop ( LearningBook.com )
  Gaining the experiences of many lifetimes of learning from the adult community then sharing that information back in to community.
• Rate My Region
  A website comparing local information eg. schools, crime and healthcare; aimed at people moving house to rate areas by postcode.
• Parents Helper
  A website that brings together all information that a parent could possible need to help provide the
• Where I want to live
  House buying help with geographical representation of all useful local features and amenities.
• Local To Me
  Web site allowing you to enter your postcode and all local information relating to that postcode is displayed.
• How far to Nursery / School?
  Enter your postcode and get the nearest nursery schools, (walking route), and the distances to them.
• School Holiday Support
  Centralised access to all playschemes, holiday clubs,sport centre open access schemes, soccer camps etc available in school holidays
• OpenScience
  Compiling public funded research and publications into a website and makes it accessible to the public and schools.
• Catchment areas
  View catchment areas for every school in one place
• Where's The Path
  Display of OS Maps and Aerial imagery side by side for outdoor pursuits route planning and analysis
• Finding lead indicators for improved school performance
  Which avenues of public expenditure have been most effective in raising the academic performance of school children
• iStayInSchool
  Showing the regional differences of the dependence between education, earnings and crime
• English English English
  Sorting out of who needs to take an IELTS test to come into UK to work or study.
• School areas
  Using data to develop learning materials for schools
• UK schools google maps mashup
  Googlemaps mashup displaying UK schools information (league tables, ofsted reports), with interfaces (KML, GRSS) to allow re-use on other mashups
• School Ratings
  A place where parents can search for and rate schools in the UK.
• How schools' use delegated funds
  Schools now have all education funds delegated. There should be a website, "How Schools Use Their Delegated Funds".
• School 'League Table' measures .... for Enterprise
  A league table measure for a school's success in equipping students for life after school by developing their enterprise capabilities.
• School finder
  Enter in your postcode to find local schools on a map including relevant colour-coded information
• Write IT
  an easy to use tool that allows people who are socially disadvantaged to communicate on the internet
• Free Educational Material - mash of BBC, Open University & Wiki
  Put all educational material used online - books, papers, videos, screen casts, etc.
• Routes to schools
  Visual map-based information giving children, parents and carers informed options on best / safest walk and cycle routes to schools.
• Educate The Educators
  An online system to catalog all UK schools.
• Ideal School Finder
  A website that enables parents to find the ideal schools for their children, using criteria that matter to them.
• Learning Footprint
  carbon footprints around all the schools in the country using traffic data and carbon footprint data
• Social Teaching Aid
  Social Teaching Aid - show consequences of anti-social behavour