Abbreviation (UK Based)
A A level Advanced level examinations
ABE Adult Basic Education
ACE Advisory Centre for Education
ACL Adult Community Learning
ACPC Area Child Protection Committee
AI Assigned Inspector
ALI Adult Learning Inspectorate
ALIS A Level Indicator System
AoC Association of Colleges
ALPS Advanced Level Performance System
APT&C Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical
AQA Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
ASB Aggregated Schools Budget
ASPECT Association of Professionals in Education and Children’s Trusts
AST Advanced Skills Teacher
AT Attainment Target (in National Curriculum)
ATL Association of Teachers and Lecturers
AWPU(N) Age Weighted Pupil Unit (Number)
B
BA Bachelor of Arts
BAC Behaviour and Attendance Collaborative
BAGA British Amateur Gymnastics Association
BDA British Deaf Association
BDA British Dietetic Association
BDA British Dyslexia Association
BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
BEd Bachelor of Education
BEI British Education Index
BITC Business in the Community
BLN Bradford Learning Network
BME Black and Minority Ethnic
BSA Basic Skills Agency
BSc Bachelor of Science
BSP Behaviour Support Plan
BSS Behaviour Support Service
BTEC Business and Technology Education Council
C
C&G City and Guilds
CAB Citizens Advice Bureau
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAF Common Application Form
CAF Common Assessment Framework
CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management
CAL Computer Assisted Learning
CAM Computer Aided Manufacture
CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CAP Common Application Process
CAP Child Action Project
CASE Campaign for the Advancement of State Education
CAT Cognitive Ability Test
CAT Curriculum Attainment Target
CATS Credit Accumulation and Transfer System
CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering
CDT Craft, Design and Technology
CE (Bradford) Confederations Executive
CEG Careers Education Guidance
CEM Centre for Education Management
CFE Countryside Foundation for Education
CFET Certificate in Further Education and Training
CIF Common Inspection Framework
CLAIT Computer Literacy and Information Technology
CMIS Central Management Information System (provided by Serco)
CNAA Council for National Academic Awards
CoC Changing Our Council (BMDC)
CoVE Centre of Vocational Excellence
CP Child protection
CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CPS Classroom Teachers Pay Spine
CPVE Certificate of Pre-vocational Education
CRB Criminal Records Bureau
CST Curriculum Support Team
CTC City Technology College
CTF Common Transfer File
D
D&T Design and Technology
DCPO Designated Child Protection Officer
DDA Disability Discrimination Act
DfE Department for Education
DI The Dyslexia Institute
DLO Desirable Learning Outcomes
DOB Date of Birth
DRC Disability Rights Commission
DTP Desktop Publishing
DWP Department of Work and Pensions
E
EAB Examinations Appeals Board
EAL English as an Additional Language
EAZ Education Achievement Zone
EAZ Education Action Zone
EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty
EBP Education Business Partnership
EC Excellence Cluster
eCAF Electronic Common Assessment Framework
EDU Education Development Unit
EENET Enabling Education Network
EFL English as a Foreign Language
EHP Early Headship Provision
EiC Excellence in Cities
EIP Education Improvement Partnerships
EMA Ethnic Minority Achievement
EMAG Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
EMAS Ethnic Minorities Achievement Service
EMS Education Management System
EO Education Otherwise
EO Equal Opportunities
EOTAS Education Other than at School
EP Educational Psychologist
EPM Education Plan Monitoring
EPT Educational Psychology Team
ERA Education Reform Act
ESF European Social Fund
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESW Education Social Worker
EU European Union
EWO Education Welfare Officer
EYCS Early Years and Childcare Service
EYDCP Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership
EYDP Early Years Development Plan
EYFSP Early Years Foundation Stage Programme
F
FAETC Further and Adult Education Training Certificate
FAP Fair Access Protocol
FE Further Education
FEFC Further Education Funding Council
FEX Fixed Term Exclusions from school
FF Fair Funding
FFS Farms for Schools
FFT Fischer Family Trust (a charity that provides estimates of pupil performance)
FL Family Learning
FLLN Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy
FMS Financial Management System (Capita)
FOI Freedom of Information (Act)
FORM 7 DfE form sent every January requesting school statistics (replaced by PLASC which has, in turn, been replaced by School Census from January 2007)
FRESA Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action
FRS Fire and Rescue Service
FS Foundation Stage
FSA Financial Services Authority
FSM Free School Meals
FSP Foundation Stage Profile
FSS Formula Spending Share
FTE Full Time Equivalent
G
G&T Gifted and Talented
GBA Governing Bodies Association
GCE A General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
GCE AS General Certificate of Education Advanced Supplementary
GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
GLD Good level of development (an Early Years judgement)
GM Grant Maintained
GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification
GOYH Government Office of Yorkshire and Humberside
GSA Girls’ School Association
GSB General Schools Budget
GTC General Teaching Council
H&S Health and Safety
H
HACSG Hyperactive Children’s Support Group
HE Higher Education
HEADLAMP The Headteachers’ Leadership and Management Programme
HEFC Higher Education Funding Council
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency
HiMP Health Improvement Plan
HIP Headteachers’ Induction Programme (now replaced by EHP)
HMC Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference
HMCI Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector
HMI Her Majesty’s Inspector(ate)
HMM Healthy Minds Matter
HMSO Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
HODs Heads of Departments
HRF Health Related Fitness
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HT Headteacher
I
IAG Individual Advice and Guidance
IB International Baccalaureate
ICS Integrated Children’s System
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IEC Interfaith Education Centre
IEP Individual Education Plan
IfL Institute for Learning
IiC Investors in Children
IIP Investors in People
ILP Individual Learning Plan
ILR Individual Learner Record
ILS Integrated Learning Systems
INSET In-service Education and Training
IRT The Identification, Referral and Tracking of children and young people at risk
IS Index Information Sharing Index
ISA Information Sharing and Assessment
ISA Independent Schools Association
ISB Individual Schools Budget (i.e. the delegated budget for each school)
ISC Independent Schools Council
ISEB Independent Schools Examination Board
ISI Independent Schools Inspectorate
ISIS Independent Schools Information Service
ISP Integrated Service Plan
ISR Individual School Range
IT Information Technology
ITT Initial Teacher Training
IYSS Integrated Youth Support Service
J
JAR Joint Area Review
JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications
K
KS Key Stage
KS1 Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (5 – 7 year olds)
KS2 Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (8 – 11 year olds)
KS3 Key Stage 3 Years 7-9 (12-14 year olds)
KS4 Key Stage 4 Years 10-11 (15 – 16 year olds)
L
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked After Children
LAP Local Achievement Partnership
LDP Local Delivery Plan
LEA Local Education Authority
Learndirect National Education and Training Helpline
LIF Local Initiative Fund
LIG Leadership Incentive Grant
LLDD Learner with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities
LMS Local Management of Schools
LMSS Local Management of Special Schools
LPSA Local Public Service Agreement
LPSH Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
LRM Local Resource Management
LSB Local Schools Budget (i.e. the total budget available to be spent on schools)
LSC Learning and Skills Council
LSDA Learning Skills Development Agency
LSE Library Services for Education
LSP Local Strategic Partnership
LSW Learning Support Workers
M
MA Master of Arts
M.Ed Master of Education
MCI Management Charter Initiative
MENCAP Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
MFL Modern Foreign Languages
MIND National Association for Mental Health
MIS Management Information System
MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSc Master of Science
MTFS Medium Term Financial Strategy
N
NACAB National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
NACE National Association for Able Children in Education
NAGC National Association for Gifted Children
NAGM National Association of Governors and Managers
NAHT National Association of Headteachers
NAPE National Association for Primary Education
NAS National Autistic Society
NASUWT National Association of School Teachers/Union of Women Teachers
NATFHE National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
NC National Curriculum
NCB National Children’s Bureau
NCER National Consortium of Examination Results
NCMA National Childminding Association
NCPTA National Conference of Parent Teacher Associations
NCSL National College of School Leadership
NCT Non-contact time
NCT National Curriculum Tests
NCVQ National Council for Vocational Qualifications
NCY National Curriculum Year
NDS New Deal for Schools
NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training
NEOST National Employers Organization for School Teachers
NETTS National Education and Training Targets
NFER National Federation for Educational Research
NGC National Council for Governing Bodies
NGFL National Grid for Learning
NHS HT National Health Service Hospital Trust
NHS PT National Health Service Partnership Trust
NIACE National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
NLP National Literacy Project
NOVA End of Key Stage results analysis tool provided by the NCER
NN Neighbourhood Nurseries
NNEB National Nursery Examination Board
NOCN National Open College Network
NOF New Opportunities Fund
NoR Number on Roll
NPQH National Professional Qualification for Headship
NPQSL National Professional Qualification for Subject Leaders
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher
NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NUPE National Union of Public Employees
NUT National Union of Teachers
NVQ National Vocational Qualifications
O
O and A Observation and Assessment
OCN Open College Network
OCR Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
OJC Officers’ Joint Committee (BMDC) with Unison
OOHL Out of Hours Learning
OU Open University
P
PAC Public Affairs & Communications (BMDC)
PAN Planned Admission Number
PANDA Performance and Data Analysis
PANDAS Performance and Assessment Documents
PAT Professional Association of Teachers
PATA Parent and Toddler Association
PCT Primary Care Team
PDC Professional Development Consultancy
PE Physical Education
PEACH Parents for the Early intervention of Autism in Children
PEO Principal Education Officer
PEPs Personal Education Plans
PEX Permanent Exclusion from school
PfS Playing for Success
PGCE Postgraduate Certificate of Education
PID Project Initiation Document
PIN Parents Information Network
PIP Performance Improvement Plan
PIs Performance Indicators
PLASC Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (replaced by School Census from January 2007)
PLP Primary Leadership Programme
PO Project Officer
PoCA Protection of Children Act
PoS Programmes of Study (in National Curriculum)
PPA Pre-school Playgroups Association
PRB Performance Review Board
PRC Pupil Referral Centre
PRP Performance Related Pay
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
PSA Parent School Association
PSE Personal and Social Education
PSHE Personal, Social and Health Education
PSHE+C Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
PSS Pupil and Student Services Group
PTA Parent Teacher Association
PTR Pupil Teacher Ratio
QA Quality Assurance
Q
QAA Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
QAN Qualification Accreditation Number
QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
QTA Qualified Teacher Status
QTPS Qualified Teachers Pay Spine
QTS Qualified Teacher Status
R
R (Y1, Y2 etc) Reception (Year 1 etc)
RARPA Recognising and recording progress and achievement
RDA Regional Development Agency
RE Religious Education
READS Racial Equality and Diversity Service
Reg 33 Regulation 33 relation to the inspection of children’s homes
RgI Registered Inspector
RoA Record of Achievement
RSA Royal Society of Arts Examination Board
RSU Research and Statistics Unit
S
s2s School to school secure data transfer system
SACRE Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
SAR Self Assessment Report
SATs Standard Assessment Task/Test
SCC School causing concern
School Census Pupil level statistics collected termly by DfE
SCR Single Central Record
SDP School Development Plan
SEF School self-evaluation form issued by Ofsted
SEMT School Emergency Management Team
SEN Special Educational Needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SENDA Special Educational Needs Discrimination Act
SEP Single Education Plan
SEU Standards and Effectiveness Unit
SFR Statistical First Release (DfE data release)
SHA Secondary Heads Association
SHMIS Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools
SIMS Schools Information Management System (provided by Capita)
SIP School Improvement Partner
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLC Student Loans Company
SLD Severe Learning Difficulty
SM Special Measures
SMART Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-scaled targets
SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural
SMT Senior Management Team
SN Standard Number (replaced PAL – Planned Admission Level
SOP School Organisation Plan
SoS Secretary of State
Soulbury Pay scale for education staff
SoW Scheme of Work
SPAW School Performance Award Scheme
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulty
SRB Single Regeneration Budget
SRS Safer Routes to Schools
SSA Standard Spending Assessment
SSCO School Support Coordinators
SSE School Self Evaluation
SSF School Standards Fund
SSFA School Standards and Framework Act 1998
SSM Strategic Support Managers (BMDC)
STABIS State Boarding School Information Service
STRB School Teachers’ Review Body
SURE Start Sure Start is a government programme bringing together, early education, childcare, health and family support agencies
SW Serious Weaknesses
T
TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TES Times Educational Supplement
TP Teachers’ Pensions
TSC Transactional Services Centre (BMDC)
TTA Teacher Training Agency
TUC Trade Union Congress
U
UCAS University and Colleges Admissions Service
UfA University of the First Age
ULN Unique Learner Number
UPN Unique Pupil Number
V
VA Voluntary Aided
VC Voluntary Controlled
VRQ Verbal Reasoning Quotient
W
WEA Workers Educational Association
WBL Work Based Learning
WYLP West Yorkshire Learning Providers
Y
Y1, Y2 etc Year 1, Year 2 etc
YELLIS Year 11 Indicator System
YIST Youth Inclusion and Support Team
YPLA Youg Person’s Learning Agency
YOT (or S) Youth Offending Team (or Service)
YTS Youth Training Scheme
Abbreviation (India Based)
AICTE All India Council for Technical Education
ALISE Association for Library and Information Science Education
APA American Psychological Association
BCI Bar Council of India
BLISc Bachelor of Library and Information Science
CDC Curriculum Development Committee
CEP Continuing Education Programme
CLISc Certificate Course in Library and Information Science
CLS Certificate in Library Science
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
DEC Distance Education Council
DESIDOC Defense Scientific Information and Documentation Center
DLSc Diploma in Library Science
DLIS Department of Library and Information Science
DRTC Documentation Research and Training Center
IASLIC Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers
IATLIS Indian Association of Teachers in Library and Information Science
ICSSR Indian Council of Social Science Research
IFLA International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
ILA Indian Library Association
INSDOC Indian National Scientific Documentation Center
ICT Information and Communication Technology
LCSH Library of Congress Subject Heading
LIS Library and Information Science
MCI Medical Council of India
M.Phil Master of Philosophy
MLA Modern Library Association
MLISc Master of Library and Information Science
NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council
NASSDOC National Social Science Documentation Center
NCTE National Council for Teachers Education
NISCAIR National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources
PGDIT Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology
PGDLAN Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking
Ph.D Doctorate in Philosophy
RRRLF Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation
UGC University Grants Commission
A.B Bachelor of Arts
AeEng Aeronautical Engineer
A.M.T Master of Arts in Teaching
B.A Bachelor of Arts
B.A.E Bachelor of Arts in Education, or Bachelor of Art Education, Aeronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering
B.Ag Bachelor of Agriculture
B.A.M Bachelor of Applied Mathematics
B.Arch Bachelor of Architecture
B.B.A Bachelor of Business Administration
B.C.E Bachelor of Civil Engineering
B.Ch.E Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
B.C.L Bachelor of Canon Law
B.D Bachelor of Divinity
B.E Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Engineering
B.E.E Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
B.F Bachelor of Forestry
B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts
B.J Bachelor of Journalism
B.L.S Bachelor of Liberal Studies or Bachelor of Library Science
B.Lit Bachelor of Literature
B.M Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Music
B.M.S Bachelor of Marine Science
B.N Bachelor of Nursing
B.Pharm Bachelor of Pharmacy
B.R.E Bachelor of Religious Education
B.S Bachelor of Science
B.S.Ed Bachelor of Science in Education
C.E Civil Engineer
Ch.E Chemical Engineer
D.A Doctor of Arts
D.A.S Doctor of Applied Science
D.B.A Doctor of Business Administration
D.C Doctor of Chiropractic
D.D Doctor of Divinity
D.D.S Doctor of Dental Surgery or Doctor of Dental Science
D.Ed Doctor of Education
D.L.S Doctor of Library Science
D.M.D Doctor of Dental Medicine
D.O Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
D.M.S Doctor of Medical Science
D.P.A Doctor of Public Administration
D.P.H Doctor of Public Health
D.R.E Doctor of Religious Education
D.S.W Doctor of Social Welfare or Doctor of Social Work
D.Sc Doctor of Science
D.V.M Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Ed.D Doctor of Education
Ed.S Education Specialist
E.E Electrical Engineer
E.M Engineer of Mines
E.Met Engineer of Metallurgy
I.E Industrial Engineer or Industrial Engineering
J.D Doctor of Laws
J.S.D Doctor of Juristic Science
L.H.D Doctor of Humane Letters
Litt.B Bachelor of Letters
Litt.M Master of Letters
LL.B Bachelor of Laws
LL.D Doctor of Laws
LL.M Master of Laws
M.A Master of Arts
M.Aero.E Master of Aeronautical Engineering
M.B.A Master of Business Administration
M.C.E Master of Christian Education or Master of Civil Engineering
M.C.S Master of Computer Science
M.D Doctor of Medicine
M.Div Master of Divinity
M.E Master of Engineering
M.Ed Master of Education
M.Eng Master of Engineering
M.F.A Master of Fine Arts
M.H.A Master of Hospital Administration
M.L.S Master of Library Science
M.M Master of Music
M.M.E Master of Mechanical Engineering or Master of Music Education
M.Mus Master of Music
M.N Master of Nursing
M.R.E Master of Religious Education
M.S Master of Science
M.S.W Master of Social Work
M.Th Master of Theology
Nuc.E Nuclear Engineer
O.D Doctor of Optometry
Pharm.D Doctor of Pharmacy
Ph.B Bachelor of Philosophy
Ph.D Doctor of Philosophy
S.B Bachelor of Science
Sc.D Doctor of Science
S.J.D Doctor of Juridical Science or Doctor of the Science of Law
S.Sc.D Doctor of Social Science
S.T.B Bachelor of Sacred Theology
S.T.D Doctor of Sacred Theology
S.T.M Master of Sacred Theology
Th.B Bachelor of Theology
Th.D Doctor of Theology
Th.M Master of Theology
ACPA American College Personnel Association
AERA American Educational Research Association
APD Auditory Processing Disorde
ATP Association for the Tutoring Profession
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorders
CAS Council for the Advancement of Standards in HIgher Education
CRA College Reading Association
CRLA College Reading & Learning Association
CSXQ College Student Expectations Questionnaire
DE Developmental Education
DE Distance Education
EDRS Education Document Retrieval Service
EMH Educably Mentally Handicapped
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
ESL English as a Second Language
ETS Educational Testing Service
FERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FYE Freshman Year Experience
GPA Grade Point Average
IES Institute of Educational Sciences
IQ Intelligence Quotient
KWL Know, Want to Know, Learn
LA Learning Assistance
LAC Learning Assistance Center
LASS Learning Assistance Support System
LASSI Learning & Study Strategies Inventory
LCLC Learning Center Leadership Certification
LEP Limited English Proficient
LMS Learning Management System
LRNASST Listserv for Learning Aassistance
LSC Learning Support Center
LSCHE Learning Support Centers in Higher Education
MBO Management by Objectives
MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
MSLQ Motivational Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
MUVE Multi-user Virtual Environment
NADE National Association for Developmental Education
NCLCA National College Learning Center Association
NCTE National Council of Teachers of English
NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NISOD National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
NODA National Orientation Directors Association
NRC National Reading Conference
