Educational Abbreviations

Educational Abbreviations and there meanings.

Educational Abbreviations and there meanings.

A
AAIAD - Association of Advisors and Inspectors in Art and Design
AAN - Approved Admission Number
ABE - Adult Basic Education
ACC - Association of County Councils now LGA
ACE - Advisory Centre for Education
ACE - Aids to Communication
ACFHE - Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education
ACG - Annual Capital Guidelines
ACPC - Area Child Protection Committee
ACS - Average Class Size
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
AE - Adult Education
AEB - Associated Examining Board
AEC - Association of Education Committees
AEN - Additional Education Need
AEP - Association of Educational Psychologists
AF - Admissions Forum
AFC - Association for Colleges
AFF - Alternative Funding Formula
AGIT - Action for Governors Information and Training
AI - Additional Inspectors (OFSTED)
ALBSU - Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit
ALI - Adult Learning Inspectorate
ALS - Additional Literacy Support
AMA - Association of Metropolitan Authorities now LGA
AMG - Annual Maintenance Grant
AMP - Asset Management Plan
APL - Accreditation of Prior Learning
APS - Assisted Places Scheme
APT & C - Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Grades
ASB - Aggregated Schools Budget (ref.LMS)
ASE - Association for Science Education
ASESME - Association of Special Education Senior Managers in Essex
AST - Advanced Skills Teacher
AT - Advisory Teacher
AT - Attainment Targets
ATL - Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATO - Approved Training Organisation
AVA - Audio Visual Aids
AWPU - Age Weighted Pupil Unit

B
BDA - British Dyslexia Association
BECTA - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
BEM - Business Excellence Model
BEMAS - British Educational Management and Administration Society
BN - Basic Need
BPRS - Best Practice Research Scholarships ( Standards Fund)
BQI - Basic Skills Quality Initiative
BSA -Basic Skills Authority
BSP - Behaviour Support Plan
BTEC - Business and Technical Education Council
BV - Best Value
BVPP - Best Value Performance Plan
BVR - Best Value Review


C
CandBPS - Careers and Business Partnership
CAL - Computer Aided/Assisted Learning
CASE - Campaign for the Advancement of State Education
CATE - Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
CCN - County Councils Network
CCT - Compulsory Competitive Tendering
CCTA - City College for the Technology of the Arts
CDC - Curriculum Development Centre
CDL - Career Development Loan
CDT - Craft, Design and Technology
CE - Church of England
CEF - Colleges Employers Forum
CEM - Centre for Education Management
CEO - County Education Officer (or Community Education Officer)
CER - Community Education and Regeneration
CET - Council for Education and Training
CF - Challenge Funding
CFE - College of Further Education
CFF - Common Funding Formula
CGLI - City and Guilds of London Institute
CHE - College of Higher Education
CHIC - Choices In Childcare
CIF - Common Inspection Framework
CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting
CIS - Children's Information Service
CIS - Construction Industry Scheme
CLEA - Council of Local Education Authorities - now LGA
CM - Command Paper
CNAA - Council for National Academic Awards
CoP - Code of Practice
CoVE - Centres of Vocational Excellence
CPC - Child Protection Committee
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CPS - Common Pay Spine or Scale
CRAC - Careers Research and Advisory Centre
CRE - Commission for Racial Equality
CSP - Children's Service Plan
CSR - Comprehensive Spending Review
CST - Curriculum Support Teachers
CTC - City Technology College
CTDS - County Training and Development Services


D
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
DE - Discretionary Exception
DfEE - Department for Education and Employment
DfES ? Department for Education and Skills
DHA - District Health Authority
DHN - Democratic Health Network
DLO - Desirable Learning Objectives/Outcomes
DMS - Diploma in Management Studies
DoE - Department of the Environment
DOE - Director of Education
DPI - Drugs Prevention Initiative
DRC - Disability Rights Commission
DRT - Disability Resource Team ( DfEE)
DRTF - Disability Rights Task Force
DSO - Direct Service Organisation
DSS - Department of Social Services


E
E2L - English as a Second Language
EA - Education Association
EAF - Education Action Forum
EAL - English as an Additional Language
EASEA - Electronic Access for Schools and Education Authorities
EAZ - Education Action Zone
EAZAS - Education Action Zone Advisory Service
EBD - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
EBN - Exceptional Basic Need
EBP - Education Business Partnership
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDP - Education Development Plan
EDSI - Education Department's Superhighway Initiative
EDT - Education Department Target
EEC - Early Excellence Centre
EFL - English as a Foreign Language
EFQM - European Foundation for Quality Management
EiC - Excellence in Cities
EIP - Early Intervention Programme
ELGs - Early Learning Goals
EMA - Education Maintenance Allowance
EMAS - Ethnic Minority Achievement Service
Em.Dist. - Emotionally Disturbed
EMIE - Education Management Information Exchange
EMTAG - Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grant
EOC - Equal Opportunities Commission
EOTAS - Education Other Than At School
EP - Educational Psychologist
EPIC - Education Policy Information Service
EPPI - Centre - Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordination Centre (DfEE)
EPSI and RD - Early Primary School Improvement and Research Development Programme
EPWG - Educational Psychologists Working Group
ERA - Education Reform Act 1988
ERR - Early Reading Research
ESAC - House of Commons Education Science and Arts Committee
ESG - Education Support Grant
ESL - English as a Second Language
ESO - Education Supervision Order
ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council
ESW - Educational Social Worker
EWO - Education Welfare Officer
EWS - Education Welfare Service
EY - Early Years
EYCG - Early Years Curriculum Group
EYDCP - Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships
EYDP - Early Years Development Plan
EYSPI - Early Years Starting Points Indicators
EYU - Early Years Unit



F
FA - Funding Agency
FE - Forms of Entry
FE - Further Education
FEFC - Further Education Funding Council
FEFCE - Further Education Funding Council for England
FERL - Further Education Resources for Learning
FERN - Further Education Research Network
FEU - Further Education Unit now FEDA
FEXIT - Further Education EXIT Group
FOI - Freedom Of Information
FT - Full-time
FTE - Full-time Equivalent
FTY - Five Term Year

G
GAB - Guidance Accreditation Board
GARS - Gilliam Autism Rating Scale
GCE - General Certificate of Education (A and AS levels)
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
GMS - Grant Maintained Status
GMSF - Grant Maintained Schools Foundation
GNVQ - General National Vocational Qualifications
GRE - Grant Related Expenditure
GSA - Girls' School Association
GSB - General Schools Budget (ref.LMS)
GTC - General Teaching Council
GTP - Graduate Teacher Programme

H
HAD - Hyperactivity Disorder
HE - Higher Education
HEADLAMP - Headteachers' Leadership and Management Programmes
HEAs - Home Education Advisors
HEAS - Home Educator's Advisory Service
HI - Hearing Impaired
HKD - HyperKinetic Disorder
HMC - Head Masters' Conference
HMCI - Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
HMSO - Her Majesty's Stationery Office now TSO
HNC - Higher National Certificate
HND - Higher National Diploma
HoLEX - Head of Large External Organisations
HRA - Human Rights Act
HSA - Home School Agreement

I
I&P - Information and Publications Service
IAASE - Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations
IAC - Interim Advisory Committee on School Teachers' Pay and Conditions
IAG - Information, Advice and Guidance (DfEE)
IAL - Indication Admissions Limit
IAP - Individual Action Plan
IB - International Baccalaureate
ICS&T - Information Communication Systems and Technology
ICT - Information and Communications Technology
IDeA - Improvement and Development Agency
IEA - Independent External Adjudicator
IEP - Individual Education Plan
IiP - Investors in People
ILA - Individual Learning Accounts
INSET - In-Service Education and Training
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISB - Individual Schools Budget
ISEIC - International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre
ISIS - Independent Schools Information Service
IT - Information Technology
ITT - Initial Teacher Training


J
JNC - Joint National Council


K
KCM - Kids Clubs Network
KIT - Keeping in Touch
KITT - Keeping in Touch with Teaching
KS1,2,3,4 - Key Stage 1,2,3,4

L
LACSAB - Local Authorities' Conditions of Service Advisory Board (Burnham Secretariat)
LAF - Local Admission Forum
LAMSAC - Local Authorities' Management Services and Computer Committee
LAPP - Lower Attaining Pupils Programme
LCN - Learning City Network
LDD - Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
LEA - Local Education Authority
LEASD - Local Education Authority Support Division (DfEE)
LEAWARDS - Local Education Authority Awards System
LGA - Local Government Association
LGNTO - Local Government National Training Organisation
LIF - Local Initiative Fund
LLPs - Local Learning Partnerships
LLSCs - Local Learning and Skills Councils
LMCE - Local Management in Community Education
LMS - Local Management of Schools
LMSS - Local Management of Special Schools
LSA - Learning Support Assistant
LSB - Local Schools Budget
LSCs - Learning and Skills Councils
LSD - Learning Services Directorate
LSDA - Learning and Skills Development Agency
LSI - Local Schools Information
LSPs - Local Strategic Partnerships

M
MCI - Management Charter Initiative
MSA - Mid-Day Supervisory Assistant
ME - Mandatory Exceptions
MELSO - Managed Effective Learning in Schools
MFL - Modern Foreign Language
MH - Mentally Handicapped
MIS - Management Information System
MISE - Management Information Systems in Education
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulties
MNSI - Multi-Needs Sensory Impairment
MOE - More Open Enrolment
MPG - Main Professional Grade
MPO - Federated Union of Managerial and Professional Officers
MSC - Manpower Services Commission


N
NAACE - National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education
NACYS - National Advisory Council for Youth Services
NAEIAC - National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants
NAFE - Non-Advanced Further Education
NAGC - National Association of Gifted Children
NAGCELL - National Advisory Group on Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
NAGM - National Association of Governors and Managers
NAHT - National Association of Head Teachers
NAI - Non-Accidental Injury
NAO - National Audit Office
NAPE - National Association for Primary Education
NASUWT - National Association of School Masters Union of Women Teachers
NATFHE - National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
NC - National Curriculum
NCER - National Consortium for Examination Results
NCET - National Council for Educational Technology
NCMA - National Childminding Association
NCPTA - National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
NCSL - National College for School Leadership
NCVQ - National Council for Vocational Qualifications
NDPB - Non-Departmental Public Body
NDS - New Deal for Schools (budget)
NEIS - Nursery Education Inspection Service
NEOST - National Employers' Organisation for School Teachers
NERS - National Exclusions Reporting System
NETT - National Education and Training Targets
NFER - National Foundation for Educational Research
NGC - National Governors Council
NGfL - National Grid for Learning
NIA - Number Intended to Admit
NIACE - National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
NJC - National Joint Committee
NLS - National Literacy Strategy
NNEB - National Nursery Examination Board
NNP - National Numeracy Project
NNS - National Numeracy Strategy
NOR - Number on Roll (ref.pupils)
NPFA - National Playing Fields Association
NPP - National Partnership Protocol
NPQH - National Professional Qualifications for Headship
NPS - National Pay Spine (teachers)
NQT - Newly Qualified Teachers
NRA - National Record of Achievement
NSEAD - National Society for Education in Art and Design
NSSEN - Non-statutory Special Educational Needs
NSSM - Nutritional Standards for School Meals
NTA - Non-Teaching Assistant
NTO - National Training Organisations
NUS - National Union of Students
NUT - National Union of Teachers
NVQ - National Vocational Qualifications
NVYOs - National Voluntary Youth Organisations

O
OBC - Outline Business Case
OCN - Open College Network
OCR - Oxford, Cambridge and RSA
ODU - Organisation Development Unit
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
OHMCI - Department for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
OLC - Open Learning Centre
OLD - Other Learning Difficulties
OMR - Optical Mark Reader
ONC - Ordinary National Certificate
OND - Ordinary National Diploma
OSCI - Out of School Childcare Initiative
OTT - Overseas Trained Teachers
OU - Open University

P
PAL - Preparation for Adult Life
PAL - Published Admissions Limit
PANDAs - Performance and Assessment Reports
PAPB - Positive Approaches to Pupil Behaviour
PAR - Pupil Attendance Record
PAS - Psychology and Assessment Service
PASCI - Parental and School Choice Interaction (ESRC)
PC - Parental Contribution
PDR - Performance Development Review
PEEP - Peers in Early Education Project
PELL - Post-16 Education & Lifelong Learning
PEO - Principal Education Officer
PFI - Private Finance Initiative
PfS - Playing for Success
PGCE - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
PGR - Parent Governor Representative
PH - Physically Handicapped
PI - Provisional Indicators or Performance Indicators
PICSI - Pre-Inspection Context and School Indicators
PIT - Pool of Inactive Teachers
PIT - Primary Intervention Team
PLASC - Pupil Level Annual Schools' Census
PMC - Performance Management Consultancy
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
PNI - Physical and Neurological Impairments
POS - Programme of Study
PPA - Pre-School Playgroups Association
PPH - Persons Per Hectare
PPP - Public Private Partnership
PPS - Parent Partnerships Scheme
PRG - Project Review Group
PRG - Pupil Retension Grant
PRP - Performance Related Pay
PRU - Pupil Referral Unit
PS - Partially Sighted
PSB - Potential Schools Budget (ref.LMS)
PSE - Personal and Social Education
PSI - Parenting Stress Index
PSEM - Public Services Excellence Model
PSHE - Personal Social Health Education
PSI - Policy Studies Institute
PSLA - Pre-School Learning Alliance
PSLSU - Primary School Learning Support Unit
PSP - Pastoral Support Programme
PT - Part-time
PTA - Parent Teacher Association
PTR - Pupil/Teacher Ratio

Q
QA - Quality Assurance
QCA - The Qualification and Curriculum Authority
QP - Quality Protects
QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
QUILT - Quality in Information and Learning Technology

R
RAISE - Records of Achievement in Secondary Education
RANSC - Records of Achievement National Steering Committee
RAP - Raising Achievement Plan
RAP - Raising Attainment Plan
RC - Roman Catholic
RCU - Regional Coordination Unit (DETR)
RDA - Regional Development Agency
REACH - Records of Achievement
REMQ - Racial Equality Means Quality
RI - Registered Inspector
RIA - Regulatory Impact Assessment
RISE - Research and Information State Education Trust
ROA - Record of Achievement
ROLO - Record of Learning Outcomes
RSA - Royal Society of Arts
RSG - Revenue Support Grant
RSM - Recruitment Strategy Managers

S
SA - Special Agreement
SACRE - Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
SAFE - Supporting Asperger Families in Essex
SAI - Schools Access Initiative
SAO - School Attendance Order
SATROs - Science and Technology Regional Organisations
SATS - Standard Assessment Tasks
SCA - Supplementary Credit Approval
SCAA - School Curriculum and Assessment Authority now QCA
SCD - Severe Communication Difficulties
SCEA - Service Children's Education Authority
SCITT - School Centred Initial Teacher Training
SDA - School Development Advisor
SDP - School Development Plan
SEEVEAZ - South East England Virtual Education Action Zone
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SENCO - Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SENIMS - Special Educational Needs in Mainstream School
SENTs - Special Educational Needs Tribunals
SEO - Society of Education Officers
SEU - Social Exclusion Unit (Cabinet Office)
SEU - Standards and Effectiveness Unit (DfEE)
SF - Standards Fund (formerly GEST)
SFM - Standard Figure of Maintenance
SGR - School Government Regulations
SGS - Self Governing State (Schools)
SHA - Secondary Heads Association
SILO - School Industry Liaison Officer
SIPS - Social Inclusion: Pupil Support
SLA - School Library Association
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties
SLS - School Library Service
SLT - Speech and Language Therapy
SMSC - Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development (NC)
SN - Standard Number
SNAG - Special Needs Advisory Group (DfEE)
SNS - Standard National Scale
SNSS - Special Needs Support Service
SOC - School Organisation Committee
SOP - School Organisation Plan
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulties
SRB - Single Regeneration Budget
SRCF - Schools Renewal Challenge Fund
SRE - Sex, Relationship Education
SSA - Standard Spending Assessment
SSDs - Social Services Departments
SSFA - School Standards and Framework Act
SSI - Social Services Inspectorate
SSI - Specialist Schools Initiative
SSLSU - Secondary School Learning Support Unit
STA - Specialist Teacher Assistant
STAG - School Travel Advisory Group (DETR)
STAR - Specialist Teacher Assistant Record
STO - Statutory Transfer Order
STRB - School Teachers' Review Body
SVQ - Scottish Vocational Qualification

T
TA - Teaching Assistant
TAC - Tariff Advisory Committee
TASC - Teaching as a Second Career
TCR - Teacher Contact Ratio
TDLB - Training and Development Lead Body Standards (GNVQ)
TEC - Training and Enterprise Council
TEED - Training Enterprise and Education Directorate
TEFL - Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TES - Times Educational Supplement
TES - Traveller Education Service
TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TIPD - Teacher's International Professional Development (DfEE)
TLF - Teaching and Learning in the Foundation subjects
ToVI - Teacher of the Visually Impared
TQM - Total Quality Management
TSI - Technology Schools Initiative
TSO - The Stationery Office (formerly HMSO)
TSS - Total Standard Spending
TUPE - Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment
TVEI - Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative

U
UA - Unitary Authority
U3A - University of the Third Age
UCAS - University and College Admissions Services
UNISON - The Union for Local Government Employees
UPE - Universal Primary Education
UPN - Unique Pupil Number

V
VA - Voluntary Aided
VC - Voluntary Controlled
VCT - Voluntary Competitive Tendering
VEAZ - Virtual Education Action Zone
VET - Vocational Education and Training
VfM - Value for Money
VfMU - Value for Money Unit (DfEE)
VI - Visually Impaired


W
WGSS - Working Groups on School Security
WRFE - Work Related Further Education


Y
Y2K - Year 2000
YOT - Youth Offending Team
YRE - Year Round Education
YSU - Youth Service Unit (DfEE)
YT - Youth Training C and G (City and Guilds) Back to top