Useful sites

Useful sites

Exams and Qualifications

http://www.aqa.org.uk/
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) Exam Board

http://www.edexcel.org.uk/home/
Edexcel Ltd Exam Board

http://www.ocr.org.uk/index.html
Oxford Cambridge and R. S. A. Examinations (OCR) Exam Board

http://www.qca.org.uk/
The qualifications and curriculum Authority maintains and develops the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredits and monitors qualifications

Large Print Book sites

http://www.revealweb.org.uk/
Revealweb is a web based catalogue bringing together information about available titles produced in accessible formats from a wide range of organisations.

http://www.clearvisionproject.org/
ClearVision is a UK postal lending library of mainstream children's books with large print and added braille.

http://www.rnib.org/
A leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems.

http://www.torchtrust.org/
The Torch Trust produces Christian literature in formats that blind and partially sighted people can read, promotes Christian fellowship with and among blind and partially sighted people

http://www.bags-of-books.co.uk/
Bags of Books is a specialist children's bookshops

http://www.hugeprint.com/chart.asp
Print size Eye chart

Download sites
These sites contain a variety of 'out of copyright' material which can be freely copied or downloaded.

• http://readeasily.com/
• http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html
• http://books.google.com/
• http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
• http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
• http://www.bibliomania.com/bibliomania-static/index.html
• http://www.literature.org/
• http://www.sparknotes.com/
• http://www.readprint.com/

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