Education Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms

• KS4 — Key Stage 4 Years 10-11 (15 – 16 year olds)
• 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.Ed — Master of Education
• MA — Master of Arts
• 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
• 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 Organisation 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
• 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 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
• 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)