Common teaching abbreviations

Listed in alphabetical order

ACCAC - Awdurdod Cymwysterau Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
ACE - Arts Council of England
ACE - Advisory Centre for Education
ACW - Arts Council of Wales
ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD - Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
AST - Advanced Skills Teacher
BA - Bachelor of Arts
BEd - Bachelor of Education
BSc - Bachelor of Science
BSP - Behaviour Support Plan
BTEC - Business and Technology Council
C School - County School
CAL - Computer Assisted Learning
CATs - Cognitive Ability Tests
CDT - Craft, Design and Technology (workshop)
CEG - Careers Education and Guidance
Cert ED - Certificate of Education
Code of Conduct - All pupils at a school are expected to adhere to this
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CPS - Central Pay Spine
CRE - Commission for Racial Equality
CTC - City Technology College
DfES - Department for Education and Skills
DHFETE - Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (Northern Ireland)
EAL - English as an Additional Language
EAZ - Education Action Zone
EBD - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
EDP - Educational Development Plan
EFL - English as a Foreign Language
EiC - Excellence in Cities
ELQ - Entry Level Qualification; a Certificate of Education Achievement (CoEA) or a Certificate of Achievement (CoA).
ELWa - Education and Learning Wales.
EMTAG - Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grant
ERA - Education Reform Act
ESL - English as a Second Language
ESO - Education Supervision Order
ESOL - English as a Second or Other Language
Estyn - Arolygiaeth Ei Mawrhydi Dros Addysg A Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru (Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales)
ESWS - Education Social Work Service
FHE - Further and Higher Education
FSM - Free School Meals
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
GCE: A level - General Certificate of Education: Advanced level examination
GCE: AS - General Certificate of Education: Advanced Supplementary examination
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
GMS - Grant Maintained Status
GNVQ - General National Vocational Qualification
GTC - General Teaching Council
GTCW - General Teaching Council for Wales
HDE - Higher Diploma of Education
HEADLAMP - Headteachers’ Leadership and Management Programme
HI - Hearing Impaired
HMI - Her Majesty’s Inspectors
HOD - Head of Department
HOS - Heas of School
HOY - Head of Year
HSC - Health and Safety Commission
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
IAP - Individual Action Plan
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
IEP - Individual Education Plan
IIP - Investors in People
IIYP - Investors in Young People
INSET - In-service education and training
ITE - Initial Teacher Education
ITT - Initial Teacher Training
JMI - Junior, Middle and Infant
KS 1,2,3,4 - Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7), Key Stage 2 (ages 8-11), Key Stage 3 (ages 12-14), Key Stage 4 (ages 15-16) DFEE INFO; Pupils are assessed by National Curriculum tests at the end of each Key Stage. Key Stage 4 is assessed by levels of achievement acquired at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level. Having completed GCSEs, pupils have a choice of whether to continue with further education at school or college or to undertake employment.
LEA - Local Education Authority
LMS - Local Management of Schools
LMSS - Local Management of Special Schools
LPSH - Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
LSU - Learning Support Unit
MFL - Modern Foreign Language
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulties
MPS - Main Pay Scale
MYP - Middle Years Programme
NAFW - National Assembly for Wales
NATED - National Assembly Training & Education Department
NAW - National Assembly for Wales
NC - National Curriculum
NFER - National Foundation for Educational Research
NGfL - National Grid for Learning
NHDP - National Headship Development Programme
NLS - National Literacy Strategy
NNP - National Numeracy Project
NNS - National Numeracy Strategy
NOF - New Opportunities Fund
NOR - Number On Roll
NPQH - National Professional Qualification for Headship
NQT - Newly Qualified Teacher
NRA - National Record of Achievement
NTA - Non-Teaching Assistant
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
OHMCI(W) - Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector (Wales)
PANDA - Performance and Assessment Report
PGCE - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
PHIP - Professional Headship Induction Programme
PI - Performance Indicators
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
PoS - Programme of Study
PRU - Pupil Referral Unit
PSE - Personal and Social Education
PSHE - Personal, Social and Health Education
PSLD - Physical and Severe Learning Difficulties
PSP - Pastoral Support Programme
PT - Part Time
PTR - Pupil Teacher Ratio
PYP - Primary Years Programme
QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
RC - Roman Catholic
RE - Religious Education
RI/RgI - Registered Inspector who leads a team of inspectors for OFSTED
RoA - Record of Achievement
SAC - Scottish Arts Council
SACRE - Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education
SAO - School Attendance Order
SATs - Standard Assessment Tasks
SCAA - School Curriculum and Assessment Authority
SCD - Severe Communication Difficulties
SDP - School Development Plan
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SENCO - Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties
SLMs - School Leadership Modules
SMT - Senior Management Team
SNA - Special Needs Assistant
SNS - Standard National Scale – the pay scale for classroom teachers
SOC - School Organisation Committee
STA - Specialist Teacher Assistants
SVQ - Scottish Vocational Qualification
Threshold Teacher - A threshold teacher is one with exceptional experience who has passed the relevant assessment and verification.
TTA - Teacher Training Agency
TUC - Trades Union Congress
UK NARIC - National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the United Kingdom
VA School - Voluntary Aided School
VC School - Voluntary Controlled School
VI - Visually Impaired