| A |
|
|
| ACCAC |
Awdurdod
Cymwysterau Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cyrmu (Welsh QCA) |
|
| ADD |
Attention
Defict Disorder |
|
| ADHD |
Attention
Defict Hyperactivity Disorder |
|
| AfL |
Assessment
for Learning |
|
| A
Level |
Advanced
Level (sometimes called A2) |
|
| ALIS |
A
Level Information System |
|
| APE |
Association
for Physical Education |
|
| APP |
Assessing
Pupil Progress |
|
| APPG |
All Party Parliamentay Group |
|
| AQA |
Assessment
and Qualifications Alliance |
|
| AREIAC |
Association for RE Inspectors, Advisors and Consultants |
|
| AULRE |
Association of University Lecturers in RE (RS) |
|
| AS
Level |
Advanced
Subsiduary Level |
|
| ASC |
Agreed
Syllabus Conference |
|
| ASD |
Autistic
Spectrum Disorder |
|
| ASE |
Association
for Science Education |
|
| AST |
Advanced
Skills Teacher |
|
| AT |
Advisory
Teacher |
|
| AT |
Attainment
Target |
|
| ATL |
Association
of Teachers and Lecturers (Union) |
|
| ATM |
Association
of Teachers of Mathematics |
|
| B |
|
|
| BSA |
Basic
Skills Agency |
|
| BHA |
British
Humanist Association |
|
| C |
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| C&YP |
Children
and Young People |
|
| CAL |
Computer
Assisted Learning |
|
| CAME |
Cognitive
Acceleration in Mathematics Education |
|
| CASE |
Cognitive
Acceleration in Science Education |
|
| CATs |
Cognitive
Ability Tests |
|
| CATSC |
Catholic
Association of Teachers, Schools and Colleges |
|
| CBC |
Catholic
Bishops Conference |
|
| CC |
Cwricwlwm
Cymraeg (Wales) |
|
| CCEA |
Council
for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (Northern Ireland) |
|
| CEO |
Chief
Education Office |
|
| CEDP |
Career
Entry and Development Profile |
|
| CEP |
Career
Entry Profile |
|
| CESEW |
Catholic
Education Service for England and Wales |
|
| CILT |
The
National Centre for Languages |
|
| CTC |
City
Learning Centres |
|
| CoCo |
Community
Cohesion |
|
| CPD |
Continuing
Professional Development |
|
| CRE |
Commission
for Racial Equality |
|
| CTC |
City
Technology College |
|
| CYPD |
Children
and Young People's Directorate |
|
| CYPIPC |
Children
and Young People in Public Care |
|
| D |
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| DCLG |
Department
for Communities and Local Government |
|
| DCMS |
Department
for Culture, Media and Sport |
|
| DDE |
Diocesan
Director of Education |
|
| DELLS |
Department
for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (Wales) |
|
| DfE |
Department
for Education |
|
| DFF |
Devolved
Funding Formula |
|
| DL |
Distance
Learning |
|
| DT |
Design
and Technology |
|
| DUIS |
Department
for Universities, Innovation and Skills |
|
| E |
|
|
| E2L |
English
as a second Language |
|
| EAF |
Education
Action Forums |
|
| EAL |
English
as an Additional Language |
|
| EAWRE |
European Assocaiation for World Religions in Education |
|
| EB |
English
Baccalaureate: A core entitlement of 2xscience, English, Maths,
an MFL and Hisotry or Geog at GCSE [not to be confused with the
IB] |
|
| EBD |
Emotional
and Behavioural Difficulties |
|
| ECM |
Every
Child Matters |
|
| ECYPPC |
Education
of Young People in Public Care |
|
| e-learning |
Teaching
and Learning which involved the use of "new technologies" |
|
| ELG |
Early
Learning Goals |
|
| EFL |
English
as a Foreign Language |
|
| EFTRE |
European Forum for Teachers of RE |
|
| ELB |
Education
and Library Board (N. Ireland) |
|
| ELG |
Early
Learning Goals |
|
| EO |
Equal
Opportunities |
|
| ERA |
The
Education Reform Act (1988) |
|
| ESL |
English
as a second Language |
|
| ESOL |
English
for speakers of Other Languages |
|
| Estyn |
The
office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate in Wales |
|
| ESW |
Education
Social Worker |
|
| EYFS |
Early
Years and The Foundation Stage |
|
| F |
|
|
| FE |
Further
Education |
|
| FEFC |
Further
Education Funding Council |
|
| Feeder
Schools |
Primary
schools (usually within the catchment area) that send pupils to
the secondary school |
|
| Foundation
Schools |
State
school run by the LA or 'state run independent' but with wider
freedoms may be a faith foundation |
|
| FSM |
Free
School Meals |
|
| FTE |
Full
Time Equivilent |
|
| FTET |
Full
Time in Education and Training |
|
| G |
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| G&T |
Gifted
and Talented |
|
| GA |
The
Geographry Association |
|
| GCSE |
General
Certificate of Secondary Education |
|
| GNVQ |
General
National Vocational Qualifications. Vocational qualification run
normally as an alternative to 'A' level / GCSE |
|
| GTC(NI) |
General
Teaching Council for Northern Ireland |
|
| GTCS |
General
Teaching Council for Scotland |
|
| GTP |
Graduate
Teacher Programme |
|
| GTCW |
General
Teaching Council for Wales |
|
| GTTP |
Graduate
Teacher Training Registry |
|
| H |
|
|
| H&S |
Health
and Safety |
|
| HA |
The
History Association |
|
| HAD |
Hyperactivity
Disorder |
|
| HE |
Higher
Education |
|
| HEA |
Higher
Education Academy |
|
| HEI |
Higher
Education Institution |
|
| HI |
Hearing
Impaired |
|
| HLTA |
Higher
Level Teaching Assistant |
|
| HMCI |
Her
Majesty's Chief Inspector |
|
| HMI |
Her
Majesty's Inspector |
|
| HoD |
Head
of Department |
|
| HSA |
Home
School Agreement |
|
| HT |
Headteacher |
|
| I |
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| IAP |
Individual
Action Plan |
|
| IB |
International
Baccalaureate [not to be confused with the EB] |
|
| ICoCo |
Institute
of Community Cohesion |
|
| ICT |
Information
and Communications Technology |
|
| IEP |
Individual
Education Plan |
|
| IFNUK |
The
Inter-Faith Network United Kingdom |
|
| ILP |
Individual
Learning Plan |
|
| INSET |
In-Service
Education and Training |
|
| ISRSA |
Independent
Schools Religious Studies Association |
|
| IT |
Information
Technology |
|
| ITE |
Initial
Teacher Education [or ITE=Initial Teacher Training] |
|
| iWB |
Interactive
Whiteboard |
|
| K |
|
|
| Key
Skills |
Skills
underpinning post-16 study: Communications, Application of Number,
Information Technology, Working with others, Improving own learning,
Performance and problem solving. |
|
| KS |
Key
Stage |
|
| L |
|
|
| LA |
Local
Authority |
|
| LAC |
Looked
after children |
|
| LAS |
Locally
Agreed Syllabus |
|
| LDD |
Learning
Difficulties and Disabilities |
|
| LEA |
Local
Education Authority [now renamed LAs] |
|
| LftM |
Learning
from the Middle |
|
| LOtC |
Learning
Outside the Classroom |
|
| LP |
Lesson
Plan |
|
| LSA |
Learning
Support Assistant |
|
| M |
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| MA |
The
Mathematics Association |
|
| M.Ed |
Master
of Education |
|
| MFL |
Modern
Foreign Language |
|
| MLD |
Moderate
Learning Difficulties |
|
| N |
|
|
| NAACE |
National
Association for Advancements in Computer Education |
|
| NAME |
National
Association of Music Educators |
|
| NATRE |
National
Association of Teachers of Religious Education |
|
| NASACRE |
National
Association of Standing Advisory Councils for Religious Education |
|
| NASUWT |
National
Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers |
|
| NATE |
National
Association for Teachers of English |
|
| NC |
National
Curriculum |
|
| NCLS |
National
College of School Leadership |
|
| NCPTA |
National
Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations |
|
| NFER |
National
Foundation for Educational Research |
|
| NLS |
National
Literacy Strategy |
|
| NNEB |
National
Nursery Examination Board |
|
| NNS |
National
Numeracy Strategy Plan |
|
| NPQH |
National
Professional Qualification for Headship |
|
| NQT |
Newly
Qualified Teacher |
|
| NSEAD |
National
Society for Education in Art and Design |
|
| NSC |
New
Secondary Curriculum |
|
| NSNF(RE) |
Non
Statutory National Framework for RE |
|
| NSS |
National Secular Society |
|
| NSSEN |
Non-Statemented
Special Educational Needs |
|
| NUT |
National
Union of Teachers |
|
| NVQ |
National
Vocational Qualification |
|
| O |
|
|
| OCR |
Oxford
Cambridge and RSA |
|
| Ofsted |
Office
for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills |
|
| P |
|
|
| PAT |
Professional
Association of Teachers |
|
| PGCE |
Post
Graduate Certificate in Education |
|
| PoS |
Programme
of Study |
|
| PMLD |
Profound
and Multiple Learning Difficulties |
|
| PRP |
Performance
Related Pay |
|
| PREG |
Professional RE Group (AREIAC, AULRE, NASACRE, NATRE and Shap) |
|
| PRU |
Pupil
Referral Unit |
|
| PSE |
Personal
and Social Education |
|
| PSHE |
Personal,
Social and Health Education |
|
| PTA |
Parent
and Teachers Associaton |
|
| PTR |
Pupil
Teacher Ratio |
|
| Q |
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| QAA |
Qualification
and Assessment Authority |
|
| QC[D]A |
Qualifications
and Curriculum [Developement] Authority [defunct March 2011] |
|
| QT |
Qualified
Teacher |
|
| QTS |
Qualified
Teacher Status |
|
| R |
|
|
| RE |
Religious
Education |
|
| REC |
Religious
Education Council |
|
| RS |
Religious Studies |
|
| S |
|
|
| SACRE |
Standing
Advisory Council on Religious Education |
|
| SAT |
Standard
Assessment Task |
|
| SECC |
Schools
in Exceptionally Challenging Circumstances |
|
| SEF |
Self
Evaluation Form |
|
| SEK |
Sikh
Education Council |
|
| SEN |
Special
Educational Needs |
|
| SENCo |
Special
Educational Needs Co-ordinator |
|
| Shap |
The
Shap working party on World Religions |
|
| SIP |
School
Improvement Partner |
|
| SLT |
Senior
Leadership Team |
|
| SMT |
Senior
Management Team |
|
| SN |
Special
Needs |
|
| SoW |
Scheme
of Work |
|
| T |
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| TA |
Teaching
Assistant |
|
| TDA |
Training
and Development Agency |
|
| TEFL |
Teaching
English as a Foreign Language |
|
| TES |
Times
Educational Supplement |
|
| TRS |
Theology and Religious Studies (esp. in HEIs) |
|
| TWOS |
Teacher
with Other Specialisms |
|
| V |
|
|
| VA |
Voluntary
Aided (School) |
|
| VC |
Voluntary
Controlled (School) |
|
| VLE |
Virtual
Learning Environment |
|
| W |
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| WASACRE |
Wales
Association of SACREs |
|
| Y |
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| YELLIS |
Year
Eleven Information System |
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