Education Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms

• 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)
• 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&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&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
• 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