A Level General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

AAA Amateur Athletic Association

AACC American Association of Community Colleges

AACE Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

AACJC American Association of Community and Junior Colleges

AAE Association for Astronomy Education

AAGB Agents' Association Great Britain

AAIA Association of Advisers and Inspectors for Assessment

AAIE Association for the Advancement of International Education

AAN Approved Admission Number

AAS Association for Archery in Schools

AASA Architectural Association, School of Architecture

AASCA Association of American Schools of Central America

AASSA Association of American Schools in South America

AB Awarding Body

ABA American-British Academy, Oman

ABA Applied Behaviour Analysis

ABAPSTAC Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students

ABCC Association of British Correspondence Colleges

ABE ABE Business Management Certificate

ABEEB Association of British ESOL Examining Boards

Abitur Allgemeine Hochschulreife

ABLS Association of British Language Schools

ABP Action for Blind People

ABRSM Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

ACA Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

ACAMIS Association of China and Mongolia International Schools

ACC Association of Camphill Communities

ACCAC Awdurdod Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, later DELLS

ACCAS Association of Colombian-Caribbean American Schools

ACE Accelerated Christian Education

ACE Adult and Community Education

ACE Aiding Communication in Education

ACE Advisory Centre for Education

ACE Study Tours

ACER Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region

ACER Australian Council for Educational Research

ACertTESOL Advanced Certificate in TESOL

ACFA Army Cadet Force Association

ACFHE Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education

ACG Academic Colleges Group

ACIB Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, later IFS

ACIS Association of Colorado Independent Schools

ACIS Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators

ACM Association for College Management

ACoT Associate of the College of Teachers

ACPC Area Child Protection Committee

ACRA Association of College Registrars and Administrators

ACS American Community School

ACS Average Class Size

ACSC Association of Catholic Schools and Colleges, later CATSC

ACSI Association of Christian Schools International

ACT American College Testing

ACT Association of Christian Teachers

ACTDEC Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses

ACTP American College Testing Program

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder

ADDIS Association of Development Directors of Independent Schools, later AMDIS

ADDISS Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service

ADES Association of Directors of Education in Scotland

ADHD Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder support

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADLTM Advanced Diploma in English Language Teaching Management, from UCLES

AdvDipSpEd Advanced Diploma of Special Education

AE Adult Education

AEA Advanced Extension Awards

AEB Associated Examining Board, later part of AQA

AEC Association of Education Committees

AEFE Agence pour l’Enseignement Français à l’Étranger

AEGIS Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students

AEGIS Association of Educational Guardians for International Students

AEN Additional Educational Needs Index

AEN Additional Educational Need

AEO Association of Education Officers

AEP Association of Educational Psychologists

AERA American Education Research Association

AET Africa Educational Trust

AETT Association for Education and Training Technology

AEWM Association for Education Welfare Management

AF Admissions Forum

AFAAF Access and Fair Assessment Advisory Forum

AFASIC Association for Speech Impaired Children

AFBPsS Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

AfC Association for Colleges, later AOC

AFE Advanced Further Education

AFF Alternative Funding Formula

AFF Army Families Association, UK

AFSA Association of the French Schools in North America

AGBIS Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools, formerly GBGSA and GBA

AGIS Association of German International Schools

AGSM Associate of the Guildhall School of Music

AHDS Association of Head Teachers in Scotland

AHIS Association of Heads of Independent Schools

AHISA Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia

AHRSS Association of Heads of Residential Special Schools

AHSD Adult High School Diploma

AHT Assistant Head Teacher

AHTACA Association of Heads and Teachers of Adults and Children with Autism

AI Additional Inspectors, Ofsted

AIA Association for Industrial Archaeology

AIA Advisers/Inspectors Association

AICCO Association of Independent Child Care Providers, later ICHA

AICE Advanced International Certificate of Education

AIL Associate of the Institute of Linguists

AIMgt Associate of the Institute of Management

AIRSS Association of Independent Residential Special Schools

AIS Association of Independent Schools, New South Wales

AIS American International School

AISA Association of International Schools in Africa

AISS Approved Independent Special School

AISWA Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia

AISZ American International School of Zurich

AJ6 Association of Jewish Sixth Formers

AJIS Association of Junior Independent Schools

AJIS - Ireland

AKC Associate of King’s College, London

ALA Association for Language Awareness

ALAM Associate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

ALCM Associate of the London College of Music

ALIS A-Level Information System

ALIS+ A-Level Information System plus GNVQs

ALL Association for Language Learning

ALL Accreditation for Life and Living

All GCE exam boards

ALS Additional Learner Support

ALTE Association of Language Testers in Europe

ALTO Association of Language Travel Organisations

Alumni Latin for a school's old boys or girls

AM/MA Master of Arts. University degree

AMBDA Associate Member of the British Dyslexia Association

AMCSS Association of Management of Catholic Secondary Schools

AMDIS Association of Marketing and Development in Independent Schools, formerly ADDIS

AMED Association for Management Education and Development

American curriculum

AMETS Association for Management Education and Training in Scotland

AMI Association Montessori Internationale

AMS Association of Muslim Schools

ANIELB Association of Northern Ireland Education and Library Boards

Anne Frank Trust UK

ANTC Association of Nursery Training Colleges

AOSP American Overseas School of Rome

AP Advanced Placement examinations, USA

AP Advanced Placement examinations, USA

APC Association of Principals of Colleges

APL Accreditation of Prior Learning

APP Accessibility Planning Project

APVIC Association of Principals of VI Form Colleges

AQA Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

ARA Association of Relocation Agents, later ARP

ARCM Associate of the Royal College of Music

ARCO Associate of the Royal College of Organists

ARELS Association of Recognised English Language Services, later English UK

ARICS Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

ARP Association of Relocation Professionals, formerly ARA

Arts Council of England

Arts Council of Wales

Artsmark Awards to schools that are committed the full range of arts

AS Angelman Syndrome

AS Level Advanced Supplementary Level examinations

ASA Amateur Swimming Association

ASBAH Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

ASC Action for Sick Children

ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

ASCL Association of School and College Leaders, formerly SHA Secondary Heads Association

ASCS Advice Service, Capability Scotland

ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder

ASDAN Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network

ASDAN Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network

ASE Association for Science Education

ASLIB Association for Information Management

ASM American School of Madrid

ASN Additional Support Needs

ASOMEX Association of American Schools in Mexico

ASPE Association for the Study of Primary Education

ASPECT Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts, formerly NAEIAC

Association of Tutors

AST Advanced Skill Teacher

Asthma UK, NAC National Asthma Campaign

ATC Air Training Corps

ATCL Associate of Trinity College London

ATM Association of Teachers of Mathematics

ATS

AU Advisory Unit, Computers in Education

Australian curriculum

AVCI Association of Vocational Colleges International

AVDEP Association Vaudoise des Ecoles Privees

AVIC Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

AVIC Association of VI Form Colleges

AVPC Association of Vice-Principals of Colleges

AWCEBD Association for Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, later SEBDA

AWPU Age Weighted Pupil Units

BA Bachelor of Arts

BAAL British Association for Applied Linguistics

BAALPE British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in PE

BABSSCo British Association of Boarding School Short Courses

BAC British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education

BACP British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

BAECE British Association for Early Childhood Education

BAISC British Association of International Study Centres

BALASA British Amputee and Les Autres Sports Association

BALEAP British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes

BALT British Association for Language Teaching

BAOL British Association for Open Learning

BAS British Abilities Scale

BASELT British Association of State English Language Teaching, later English UK

BASIC British Association for Sport in Colleges

BATOD British Association of Teachers of the Deaf

BATQI British Association of TESOL Qualifying Institutions, later part of QuiTE

BB Boys' Brigade

BBCi School resources

BBS Brittle Bone Society

BC British Council

BComm/BCom Bachelor of Commerce

BCS British Cartographic Society

BCS British Computer Society

BCSA British Schools' Cycling Association

BD Bachelor of Divinity

BDA British Diabetic Association

BDA British Deaf Association

BDA British Dietetic Association

BDA British Dyslexia Association

BDD Body Dysmorphic Disorder

BEAT Eating Disorders Association

BEC Business English Certificate, from Cambridge ESOL

BEC Business Education Council, later part of Edexcel

BEcon Bachelor of Economics

BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

BEd/B Ed Bachelor of Education

BEI British Education Index

BELMAS British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society

BEng Bachelor of Engineering

Benslow Music Trust

BERA British Educational Research Association

BESA British Educational Suppliers Association

BESD Behavioural Emotional and Social Difficulties

BESDD Behavioural Emotional and Social Development Difficulties

BEST Behaviour and Education Support Team

BFSS British and Foreign School Society

BHS British Horse Society

BIBIC British Institute for Brain Injured Children

BIELT British Institute of English Language Teaching

BILD British Institute of Learning Disabilities

BIP Behaviour Improvement Programme

BIS Bavarian International School

BISI Badminton in Schools Initiative

BISP British International School of Prague

BKPA British Kidney Patient Association

BLit Bachelor of Literature

BLTS Business Language Testing Service, from Cambridge ESOL

BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung/Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany

BMus Bachelor of Music

BPS British Psychological Society

BSA British Stammering Association

BSA Boarding Schools Allowance in HM Forces

BSA Boarding Schools' Association

BSA Basic Skills Agency

BSc Bachelor of Science

BSCE Brazilian State Council of Education

BSES Expeditions British Schools Exploring Society

BSGA British Schools' Gymnastic Association

BSL British Sign Language

BSME British Schools in the Middle East

BSTA British Schools Tennis Association

BSU Behaviour Support Unit

BTEC Business and Technology Education Council, later part of Edexcel

BUFVC British Universities Film and Video Council

BYC British Youth Council

C in W Church in Wales

C of E Church of England

C of S Church of Scotland

C&G City & Guilds

C&G City and Guilds

CAB Citizens Advice Bureau

CACDP Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People

CACHE Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education, formerly NNEB

CAD Computer-Aided Design

CAE Certificate in Advanced English, from Cambridge ESOL

CAE Computer-Aided Engineering

CAHMS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

CAIS California Californian Association of Independent Schools

CAIS Canada Canadian Association of Independent Schools

CAL Computer-Aided Learning

CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning

Cambridge Checkpoint

Cambridge ESOL

Cambridge Pre-U

Canadian curriculum

Cantab Cambridge, from the Latin

Capability Scotland Capability Scotland

CAPD Central Auditory Processing Disorder

CASE Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Caspari Foundation Educational Therapy and Therapeutic Teaching, formerly FAETT

CASS Collaboration Among Small Schools

CAT Cognitive Ability Test

CATS Cambridge Arts and Sciences

CATSC Catholic Association of Teachers, Schools and Colleges, formerly CTF and ACSC

CBEVE Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges

CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education, India

CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education, India

CCEA Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

CCF Combined Cadet Force

CCFA Combined Cadet Force Association

CCPR Central Council of Physical Recreation

CCS Catholic Children's Society, Westminster

CCSC Conference of Catholic Schools and Colleges

CCSE Certificates in Communicative Skills in English, from Cambridge ESOL

CCTA City College for the Technology of the Arts

CD Conduct disorders

CDC Council for Disabled Children, formerly VCHC

CDET Council for Dance Education and Training

CDT Craft, Design and Technology

CE Conductive Education

CEAS Children's Education Advisory Service, UK, formerly SCE and SCEA

CEBE Church of England Board of Education

CEE Christian Education Europe

CEE Certificate of Extended Education

CEE Common Entrance Examination

CEELT I/II Certificate in English for English Language Teachers, Levels I and II

CEESA Central and Eastern European Schools Association

CEFM Centre for Education and Financial Management

CEIBT Certificate in English for International Business and Trade

CEIC Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context

CELSI Centre for Education Leadership and School Improvement

CELTA Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, from Cambridge ESOL

CELTYL Certificate in English Language Teaching to Young Learners, from Cambridge ESOL

CEM Centre for Education Management, later CEFM

CEng Chartered Engineer

CEREQ Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Qualifications

CERI Centre for Educational Research and Innovation

Cert Ed/CertEd Certificate of Education

CertEdPsy Certificate of Educational Psychology

CertMus Certificate of Music

CertTEB Certificate in Teaching English for Business

CertTEfIC Specialist Certificate in Teaching English for Industry and Commerce

CES Centre for Educational Sociology

CES Catholic Education Service

CF Cystic Fibrosis

CfBT Education Trust Centre for British Teachers

CFE College of Further Education

CFF Common Funding Formula

CFT Cystic Fibrosis Trust

CGF Child Growth Foundation

CGLI/C&G City and Guilds of London Institute

Charterhouse Group

CHI Children of High Intelligence

Choices for Families of Children with Arthritis

Christian Education

CIDESCO Comité International D'ESthétique et de Cosmétologie

CIE Cambridge International Examinations

CIFE Council for Independent Further Education

CILIP Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

CILT Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research

CILTS Cambridge Integrated Language Teaching Schemes

CIM Chartered Institute of Marketing

CIS accreditation Council of International Schools accreditation

CIS member Council of International Schools member

CISC Catholic Independent Schools Conference

CIStA Council of International Schools in the Americas

CIT Cambridge Certificate in Information Technology

CLAIT Computer Literacy and Information Technology qualification

CLANSA Certificate for Literacy and Numeracy Support Assistants

CLAPA Cleft Lip and Palate Association

CLC Children's Legal Centre

CLCGB Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade

CLD Cognition and Learning Difficulties

CMS Church Mission Society

CNA Carer's National Association

CNAA Council for National Academic Awards

CNED Centre national d'enseignement à distance

COBISEC Council of British Independent Schools in the European Communities

COEA Certificate of Educational Achievement

College of Optometrists

College of Teachers

Colombian Bachillerato

Common Entrance

CoP Code of Practices, for SEN

COPE Community Opportunities for Participation in Enterprise

COSLA Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

CoSPPA Confederation of Service Providers for People with Autism

COTE Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English, from Cambridge ESOL

Countryside Alliance

CoVE Centres of Vocational Excellence

Coventry School Foundation Coventry School Foundation

CP Cerebral Palsy

CPAG Child Poverty Action Group

CPC Child Protection Committee

CPD Continuing Professional Development

CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English

CPE Certificate of Proficiency in English, from Cambridge ESOL

CPE Certificate in Physical Education

CPhys Chartered Physicist

CPR Child Protection Register

CPsychol Chartered Psychologist

CPU Child Protection Unit

CPVE Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education

CRAC Careers Research and Advisory Centre

CRB Criminal Records Bureau

Creative Education

CREST Creativity in Science and Technology

CReSTeD Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

CReSTeD Dyslexia Unit (DU) Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

CReSTeD Specialist Classes (SC) Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

CReSTeD Specialist Provision (SP) Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

CReSTeD Withdrawal System (WS) Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

CSA Choir Schools Association

CSC Church Schools Company, later UCST

CSCI Commission for Social Care Inspection, formerly NCSC

CSED Commonwealth Secretariat Education Department

CSIE Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education

CSRA Christian Schools' Record of Achievement

CSSBI Church Schoolmasters' and Schoolmistresses' Benevolent Institution

CST Christian Schools Trust

CST Curriculum Support Teachers

CSYS/SYS Certificate of Sixth-Year Studies

CTC City Technology College

CTEFLA Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults, later CELTA

CTF Catholic Teachers Federation, later CATSC

CTPLD Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities

CYEC Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council

CYS Catholic Youth Services

David Lewis Centre

Daycare Trust The National Childcare Campaign

DCD Developmental Coordination Difficulty

DCE Diploma in Chemical Engineering

DCFS Department for Children, Families and Schools, UK, formerly DfES

DDA Disability Discrimination Act, UK

deafPlus

DEBA Diploma in European Business Administration

DEBRA Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association

DELLS Department for Education Lifelong Learning and Skills, Wales

DELTA Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults, from Cambridge ESOL

DELTA Deaf Education Through Listening and TAlking

DELTYL Diploma in English Language Teaching to Young Learners

DENI Department of Education in Northern Ireland

Department of Education Bern, Switzerland

DfE/DFE Department for Education, later DfES, UK

DFEE Department for Education and Employment, later DCSF, UK

DfES Department for Education and Skills, formerly DFE and DfEE, then DCSF, UK

DI Dyslexia Institute

DipCE Diploma in Civil Engineering

DipEd Diploma of Education

DipEdPsych Diploma in Educational Psychology

DipMaths Diploma in Mathematics

DipNEd Diploma in Nursery Education

DipPhysEd Diploma in Physical Education

DipPsychol Diploma in Psychology

DipSpEd Diploma in Special Education

DipStats Diploma in Statistics

DipSW Diploma in Social Work

DipT Diploma in Teaching

DipTEB Diploma in Teaching English for Business

DipTh Diploma in Theology

Disability Sport England Formerly BSAD, British Sports Association for the Disabled

DISS Dutch International Secondary Schools

Division TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children

DLF Disabled Living Foundation

DMS Doctor of Medical Science

DMS Diploma in Management Studies

DOEA/D of E/DEAS Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Dogs for the Disabled

Down's Syndrome Scotland

Dphil/PhD Doctor of Philosophy

DPVE Diploma in Prevocational Education

DS Down's Syndrome

DSA Down's Syndrome Association

DSC Directory of Social Change

DSD Deutsches Sprachdiplom der KMK

DSP Dedicated Specialist Provision

DT Design Technology

Dutch curriculum

DVD Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia

Dyscovery Centre Assessment service for children with Dyspraxia, Aspergers Syndrome, ADHD and Dyslexia

Dyslexia Action The Dyslexia Institute

Dyslexia Institute, Scotland

Dyspraxia Foundation

E2L English as a Second Language

EAB Electronic Aids for the Blind

EAF Education Action Forum

EAL English as an Additional Language

EAP English for Academic Purposes

EAQUALS European Association for Quality Language Services

EARCOS East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools

Early Childhood Studies diploma

Early Education

EAS Epilepsy Action Scotland

EAT European Association of Teachers/Association Européenne des Enseignants

EAZ Education Action Zone

EB European Baccalaureate

EB European Baccalaureate

EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties/Disturbance, now usually SEBD

EBST Educational Broadcasting Services Trust

ECA Educational Centres Association

ECDL European Computer Driving Licence

ECIS member European Council of International Schools

ECS Education Counselling Services

EdB Bachelor of Education

EdD Doctor of Education

Edexcel Foundation Combining London Examinations, ULEAC and BTEC

Edexcel International

EdM/MEd Master of Education

EDSI Education Departments' Superhighways Initiative

Education Department Guangzhou

Education UK

EEC Early Excellence Centre

EFB English for Business, from LCCIEB

EFC English for Commerce, from LCCIEB

EFL English as a Foreign Language

EFTI English for the Tourism Industry, from LCCIEB

EGAS Educational Grants Advisory Service

EIS Educational Institute of Scotland

ELA/ELAS Education Law Association

ELC Entry Level Certificates

Elfrida Society For learning difficulties

ELGs Early Learning Goals

ELICOS English Language Intensive Courses to Overseas Students

ELLD Education and Lifelong Learning Directorate, formerly SEED

ELMLE European League for Middle Level Education

ELSA English Language Skills Assessment, from LCCIEB

ELT English Language Teaching

EMIE Education Management Information Exchange

EMREB East Midland Regional Examinations Board, later part of OCR

Enable Scottish Society for Mentally Handicapped

English Association

English New Zealand and FIELS Federation of Independent English Language Schools in New Zealand

English Plus English Language Training Plus other activities

English UK Formerly ARELS and BASELT

ENO Baylis At English National Opera

EOP English for Occupational Purposes

EOTAS Education Other Than At School

EP Educational Psychologist

EPIC Education Policy Information Service

Epilepsy Action

Epilepsy Scotland

EPWG Educational Psychologists Working Group

EQUALS A voice for entitlement and quality education

ERA Educational Reform Act, UK

ERB Educational Records Bureau

ERB Educational Records Bureau

ESA Educational Support Assistant

ESAA English Schools Athletic Association

ESB English Speaking Board

ESCA English Schools' Cricket Association

ESCIS English Speaking Canary Island Schools Group

ESF English Schools Foundation

ESFA English Schools' Football Association

ESG Education Support Grant

ESHA European Secondary Heads Association/Europäische Schulleitervereinigung Association Européenne des Chefs d’établissements scolaires

ESOL English to Speakers of Other Languages

ESP English for Specific Purposes

ESSA English Schools' Swimming Association

ESSARP English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate

ESTA Earth Science Teachers' Association

ESTTA English Schools' Table Tennis Association

ESU English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth

ESU English-Speaking Union Secondary School Exchange Scholarships

EWO Educational Welfare Officer

EWS Education Welfare Service

EY Early Years

EYCG Early Years Curriculum Group

EYDCP Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships

EYDP Early Years Development Plan

EYE English for Young Europeans

EYE Early Years Educator

EYSPI Early Years Starting Points Indicators

EYU Early Years Unit

FAETT Forum for the Advancement of Educational Therapy and Therapeutic Teaching

FAHE Further, Adult and Higher Education

FAIS French American International School

FB French Baccalaureat

FBIM Fellow of the British Institute of Management

FCA Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants

FCCA Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants

FCE First Certificate in English, from UCLES

FCE Cambridge First Certificate in English

FCEU Free Church Education Unit

FCIS Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators

FCMA Fellow of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants

FCollP/FCP Fellow of the College of Preceptors, later College of Teachers

FCoT Fellow of the College of Teachers, formerly College of Preceptors

FCP Fellow of the College of Physicians

FE Further Education

FEDA Further Education Development Agency, later the Learning and Skills Development Agency

FEFC Further Education Funding Council, later LSC

FEFCW Further Education Funding Council for Wales, later National Council for Education and Training for Wales

FERL Further Education Resources for Learning

FERN Further Education Research Network

FFA Fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants

FFA Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries, Scotland

FGS Fellow of the Geological Society

FI MechE Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

FIDS Forum for Independent Day Schools

Fields in Trust Formerly NPFA, National Playing Fields Association

FIL Fellow of the Institute of Linguists

FIMA Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

FInstMgt/FIM Fellow of the Institute of Management

FInstPD Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development

FIRST Association of British Language Schools

FIS Funding for Independent Schools magazine

FIS Fellow of the Institute of Statisticians

FIYTO Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations

FLAW Foreign Languages at Work

FLCM Fellow of the London College of Music

FLIC Foreign Languages for Industry and Commerce

FMS Fellow of the Medical Society

FOBISSEA Federation of British International Schools of South East Asia and East Asia

Focus Inside information for internationals in the UK

FOIEF Friends of Israel Educational Trust

FRCA Fellow of the Royal College of Art

French Baccalaureate

French curriculum

FRGS Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

FRHistS Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

FRICS Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

FRMetS Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society

FRS Fellow of the Royal Society

FRSA Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

FRX Fragile X

FSB Federation of Small Businesses

FSCA Fellow of the Society of Company and Commercial Accountants

FSEP Fédération Suisse des Ecoles Privées, or VSP/SFPS

FSJC Friends Schools Joint Council

FT/PT Full Time/Part Time

FTBE Foundation Certificate for Teachers of Business English

FTCL Fellow of Trinity College of Music, London

FTE Full Time Equivalent

G&T Gifted and Talented

GA Guides Association

GA Geographical Association

GBA Governing Bodies Association, later part of AGBIS

GBA, NI Governing Bodies Association, Northern Ireland

GBEW Girls' Brigade England and Wales

GBGSA Governing Bodies of Girls' Schools Association, later part of AGBIS

GCE General Certificate of Education, UK

GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education

GDST Girls' Day School Trust, formerly GPDST

GEM Group for Education in Museums

German curriculum

GEST Grant for Education Support and Training

GGSM Graduate of the Guildhall School of Music

GIS Garden International School

GLAD Greater London Association of Disabled People

GLCM Graduate of the London College of Music

GLD Generic Learning Difficulties

GM Grant Maintained

GMS Grant Maintained School

GMSC Grant Maintained Schools Centre

GMSF Grant Maintained Schools Foundation

GMSS Grant Maintained Special School

GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification, UK

GPDST Girls' Public Day School Trust, later GDST

GRE Grant Related Expenditure

Grooms Shaftesbury Supporting the disabled and the marginalised

GRSM Graduate of the Royal Schools of Music

GSA Girls' Schools Association

GSB General Schools Budget

GSMD Guildhall School of Music and Drama

GSVQ General Scottish Vocational Qualifications

GTC General Teaching Council for England

GVCAC Girls' Venture Corps Air Cadets

HAD Hyperactivity Disorder

HADC Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre

HAIS Houston Association of Independent Schools

HAPA Handicapped Adventure Playground Association, later Kidsactive

HAS Headteachers' Association of Scotland

HCEC Hornsey Trust for Children with Cerebral Palsy

HDipEd/HDE Higher Diploma in Education

HE Higher Education

HEADLAMP Headteachers' Leadership and Management Programmes

HEAS Home Educator's Advisory Service

HEAs Home Education Advisors

HEFCW Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

HELSA Heart of England Language Schools Association

HERO The official HE site with links to all UK universities and colleges

HESA Higher Education Statistical Agency

H-Grade/SH Scottish Highers

HI Hearing Impairment/Impaired

HICES Heads of Independent Co-Educational Schools, Australia

HIGCSE Higher International General Certificate of Secondary Education

HINI Hostelling International, Northern Ireland

Historical Association

HKD HyperKinetic Disorder

HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant

HM Headmaster/Headmistress

HMC Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

HMCI Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England

HMCJ HMC Junior Schools

HMI Her Majesty's Inspectorate/Inspector

HMIE Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland

HNC Higher National Certificate, from BTEC

HND Higher National Diploma, from BTEC

HoD/HOD Head of Department

HOF Head of Faculty

Hons Honours Degree

Host country School is accredited by the national government

Host country curriculum/exams The school uses the curriculum/exams of the host country

HPS

HS High School

HSA Home School Agreement

HSC Higher School Certificate, Australia

HSC Higher School Certificate

HSD Higher School Diploma

HSE Human Scale Education

HT Head Teacher

I CAN Invalid Children's Aid Nationwide

IABA Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis

IAIE International Association for Intercultural Education

IAL Indication Admissions Limit

IAMSCU International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities

IAP Individual Action Plan

IAPS Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools

IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

IB International Baccalaureate

IB International Baccalaureate

IB DP International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

IB MYP International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

IB PYP International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme

IBEC Irish Business and Employers Confederation

IBO International Baccalaureate Organisation, formerly International Baccalaureate Office

IBO World School International Baccalaureate Accredition System

IBSC International Boys' Schools Coalition

IBSCA International Baccalaureate Schools and Colleges Association of the UK and Ireland

ICAC Initiative on Communications Aids for Children

I-CAN A charity working for children with speech and language difficulties

ICCE International Certificate of Christian Education, formerly NCSC

ICCE International Certificate of Christian Education

ICCE International Council for Correspondence Education, later ICDE

ICDE International Council for Distance Education, formerly ICCE

ICE International Certificate of Education

ICHA Independent Children's Homes Association, formerly NAIRC and AICCO

ICM Institute of Commercial Management

ICSA Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators

ICSC International Christian Schools Certificate, formerly NCSC

ICSE Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

ICSE Indian School Certificate Examinations

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IDEA Association International Development of Education in Alsace

IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDLTM International Diploma in English Language Teaching Management

IEA International Education Agency of Papua

IEA Independent External Adjudicator

IELTDHE Institute for English Language Teacher Development in Higher Education, later part of QuiTE

IELTS International English Language Testing System

IEP Individual Education Plan

IES

IFS Institute of Financial Services

IGCSE International General Certificate of Secondary Education

IHS International High School of FAIS

IIP/IiP Investors in People

IJC Irish Junior Certificate

IKS International Kodaly Society

ILC Irish Leaving Certificate

ILP Individual Learning Programme

ILT Information and Learning Technology

INPP Institute for Neuro Physiological Psychology

INSEA International Society for Education through Art

INSET In-Service Education and Training/In-Service Training

Inspectie van het Onderwijs Inspectorate of Education in the Netherlands

InstRIS Institute of Registered Inspectors of Schools

International curriculum

IoL Chartered Institute of Linguists

IPC International Primary Curriculum

IPSEA Independent Panel for Special Education Advice

IQ Intelligence Quotient

Irish Schoolheads' Association

ISA International Student Assessment

ISA International Schools Association

ISA International School of Amsterdam

ISA Independent Independent Schools' Association

ISA International International Schools Association

ISAC International Schools Activities Conference

ISASA Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa

ISB International School of Budapest

ISB Individual Schools Budget

ISBA Independent Schools' Bursars Association

isbi independent special boarding and international schools

ISC Independent Schools Council

ISCG Information for School and College Governors

ISCis London and South East Formerly part of the Independent Schools Council Information Service

ISCO Independent Schools Careers Organisation

ISCP International Schools Curriculum Project

ISEA Independent Special Education Advice, Scotland

ISEB Independent Schools Examinations Board

ISEB Independent Schools Examinations Board

ISEIC International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre

ISH International School of the Hague

ISHA Irish School Heads' Association

ISI Independent Schools Inspectorate

ISIS Independent Schools Information Service, later ISCis

ISJC Independent Schools Joint Council, later ISC

ISK International School of Kenya

ISL International School of London

ISLB International School at Lucie Berger

ISM Incorporated Society of Musicians

ISME International Society for Music Education

ISR Individual School Range

ISS International Schools Services

ISSE International Secondary School of Eindhoven

ISSF International Schools Sport Federation

ISSH International School of the Sacred Heart

ISST International Schools Sports Tournaments

ISTD Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

ISTD Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing

IT Information Technology, also ICT

ITBS Iowa Test of Basic Skills

ITP Iowa Testing Program

ITT Initial Teacher Training

JACT Joint Association of Classical Teachers

JAEO Jamaica Association of Education Officers

JAGS James Allen's Girls' School

JANET Joint Academic NETwork

Japanese curriculum

JCGQ Joint Council for General Qualifications, later JCQ

JCIS Japan Council of International Schools

JCLA Joint Council of Language Associations

JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications, formerly JCGQ

JEB Joint Examining Board

JET Junior English Tests, from AQA

JET Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme

JET Joint Educational Trust

JIS Japan International School