| AAN |
Approved Admission Number |
| ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
| ACE |
Advisory Centre for Education |
| 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 |
Adult Education College |
| AEN |
Additional Education Need |
| AEP |
Association of Educational Psychologists |
| AFC |
Association for Colleges |
| AFF |
Alternative Funding Formula |
| AMG |
Annual Maintenance Grant |
| AMP |
Asset Management Plan |
| APL |
Accreditation of Prior Learning |
| APS |
Assisted Places Scheme |
| ASB |
Aggregated Schools Budget (ref LMS) |
| ASE |
Association for Science Education |
| AST |
Advanced Skills Teacher |
| AT |
Attainment Targets |
| ATL |
Association of Teachers and Lecturers |
| AVA |
Audio Visual Aids |
| AWPU |
Age Weighted Pupil Unit |
| CandBPS |
Careers and Business Partnership |
| CAD |
Computer Aided/Assisted Learning |
| CARE |
Christian Action Research and Education |
| CASE |
Campaign for the Advancement of State Education |
| CATE |
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| CDT |
Craft, Design and Technology |
| CET |
Council for Education and Training |
| CFE |
College of Further Education |
| CFF |
Common Funding Formula |
| CGLI |
City and Guilds of London Institute |
| CIPFA |
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting |
| Cmnd |
Command Paper |
| CNAA |
Council for National Academic Awards |
| COP |
Code of Practice |
| CPS |
Common Pay Spine (or Scale) |
| CRAC |
Careers Research and Advisory Centre |
| CRE |
Commission for Racial Equality |
| CTC |
City Technology College |
| EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
| EAZ |
Education Action Zone |
| EBD |
Emotional and Behavioural Disorder |
| EBN |
Education Development Plan |
| EFL |
English as a Foreign Language |
| ELAS |
Education Law Association |
| Em.Dist. |
Emotionally Disturbed |
| EMIE |
Education Management Information Exchange |
| EOC |
Equal Opportunities Commission |
| EOTAS |
Education Other than at School (Education otherwise) |
| EP |
Educational Psychologist |
| EPIC |
Education Policy Information Service |
| ERA |
Education Reform Act 1988 |
| ESG |
Education Support Grant |
| ESOL |
English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ESRC |
Economic and Social Research Council |
| EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
| EWS |
Education Welfare Service |
| EYDP |
Early Years Development Plan |
| NAACE |
National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education |
| NACYS |
National Advisory Council for Youth Services |
| NAFE |
Non-Advanced Further Education |
| NAGC |
National Association of Gifted Children |
| NAGM |
National Association of Governors and Managers |
| NAHT |
National Association of Head Teachers |
| NAI |
Non Accidental Injury |
| NAEIAC |
National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
| NAPE |
National Association for Primary Education |
| NASEN |
National Association for Special Educational Needs |
| NASMO |
National Association of School Meals Organisers |
| 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 of Educational Technology |
| NCPTA |
National Confederation of Parent Teacher Association |
| NCVQ |
National Council for Vocational Qualifications |
| NDS |
New Deal for Schools |
| NFER |
National Foundation for Educational Research |
| NGC |
National Governors Council |
| NGFL |
National Grid for Learning |
| NIACE |
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education |
| NJC |
National Joint Committee |
| NLS |
National Literacy Strategy |
| NNEB |
National Nursery Examination Board |
| NNP |
National Numeracy Project |
| NOF |
New Opportunities Fund |
| NOR |
Number of Roll (ref Pupils) |
| NPFA |
National Playing Fields Association |
| NPQH |
National Professional Qualification for Headship |
| NPS |
National Pay Spine (teachers) |
| NQT |
Newly Qualified Teachers |
| NTA |
Non-Teaching Assistant |
| NUS |
National Union of Students |
| NUT |
National Union of Teachers |
| NVQ |
National Vocational Qualifications |
| NVYOs |
National Voluntary Youth Organisations |
| PAL |
Published Admissions Limit |
| PANDA |
Performance and Assessment Reports |
| PAPB |
Positive Approaches to Pupil Behaviour |
| PAT |
Professional Association of Teachers |
| PGCE |
Post Graduate Certificate of Education |
| PGR |
Parent Governor Representative |
| PH |
Physically Handicapped |
| PI |
Performance Indicators |
| PICSI |
Pre-Inspection Context and School Indicators |
| PMLD |
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties |
| PPA |
Pre-School Playgroups Association |
| PPS |
Parent Partnership Service |
| PRP |
Performance - Related Pay |
| PRU |
Pupil Referral Unit |
| PS |
Partially Sighted |
| PSB |
Potential Schools Budget (ref LMS) |
| PSE/ |
Personal and Social/ |
| PSHE |
Personal, Social & Health Education |
| PSI |
Policy Studies Institute |
| PT |
Part Time |
| PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
| PTR |
Pupil/Teacher Ratio |
| SACRE |
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education |
| SAI |
Schools Access Initiative |
| SATS |
Standard Attainment Tasks |
| SCA |
Supplementary Credit Approval |
| SCAA |
School Curriculum and Assessment Authority |
| SCD |
Severe Communication Difficulties |
| SCEA |
Service Children's Education Authority |
| SCITT |
School-Centred Initial Teacher Training |
| SDP |
School Development (Now SIP) Plan |
| SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
| SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator |
| SENTs |
Special Educational Needs Tribunals |
| SEO |
Society of Education Officers |
| SFM |
Standard Figure of Maintenance |
| SHA |
Secondary Heads Association |
| SI |
Statutory Instrument |
| SILO |
School Industry Liaison Officer |
| SIP |
School Improvement Plan (formerly SDP) |
| SLA |
School Library Association |
| SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulties |
| SLS |
School Library Service |
| SMT |
Senior Management Team |
| SN |
Standard Number |
| SOC |
School Organisation Committee |
| SOP |
School Organisation Plan |
| SRB |
Single Regeneration Budget |
| SSA |
Standard Spending Assessment |
| SSFA |
School Standard & Framework Act 1998 |
| STA |
Specialist Teacher Assistant |
| TAG |
Thurrock Association of Governors |
| TASC |
Teaching as a Second Career |
| TASC |
Thurrock Association of Schools & Colleges |
| TBC |
Thurrock (Borough) Council |
| 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 |
| TESOL |
Teaching English of Speakers of Other Languages |
| TPHA |
Thurrock Primary Headteachers Association |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TSO |
The Stationery Office (formerly HMSO) |
| TTA |
Teacher Training Agency |
| TUPE |
Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment |
