In November 1997 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in England appointed an advisory panel to "provide advice on effective education for citizenship in schools". The Advisory Group for Education on Citizenship published its report "Education for Citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools" on Sept 22nd 1998. A full copy of the report is available to view and download from this location (requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The Institute for Citizenship is an independent charity. It describes itself "Our aim is to promote informed, active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society through a combination of community projects, research, education and discussion and debate". This website appears to be aimed at adults, especially school teachers, working with young people and intends to support and encourage citizenship education in and out of schools. There are links to categorised summaries of publications (mostly own publications with brief details of how to obtain them) some of which are free to download; information about projects; and a number of un-annotated links to other websites.

The NFER is an independent educational research institution in the UK. The foundation is engaged with a large number (up to 100 at any one time) research projects. This resource contains: information about the organisation itself; a searchable database of its publications and projects; links to specialist information services including EURYDICE (the information network on education in Europe), EMIE (information services for local authority education support staff) and the NFER library.

NEWSWISE is intended for teachers to improve pupil's literacy, encourage thoughtful discussion and promote citizenship. It uses a topical story from the previous month's British national press coverage. Related to the story are activities to do and issues to consider. There is a Junior and a Senior version of Newswise for different ages and abilities. Primary schools can use it in the literacy hour. Secondary schools and colleges can use it in English, general studies and philosophy from year 7 up to 'A' level. A discussion forum for each story has recently been added to the resource.

The OFSTED website has a number of publications concerning standards and inspection relevant to Citizenship Education. The best way to find these is to use the search box with the keyword 'citizen' or 'citizenship'.

This site links every National Curriculum programme of study requirement (across 13 subjects) to high-quality, relevant teaching resources available on the internet. These resources are organised by subject, programme of study and key stage and by themes: ICT; citizenship and PHSEopportunities; Key skills; Inclusion.

The Standards and Effectiveness Unit of the Department for Education and Skills have their own website 'Standards Site'. The SEU "was established to implement the Government's policies for raising standards of education in schools in England". The website contains information on a wide range of policy ventures together with schemes of work for 14 subjects and major aspects of the curriculum. The schemes of work include a Teachers' Guide and Exemplar Units and are downloadable Microsoft Word documents (allowing users to 'cut and paste' relevant sections).