About 600 Acronyms Used in Education (AUE's)

There is a bewildering array of acronyms used in education, and here are some of them.

To make matter worse, as education resources are increasingly global, you may come across acronyms from other education systems. Of course there's more than one abreviation for the same thing in the same country, and of course the same acronym can mean different things in the same country, in overlapping contexts. Some of them are officially obsolete, but that doesn't mean you won't come across them.

There's some evidence that referring to children by acronyms for one facet of how they present to the school can be confusing and harmful. Using acronyms in communication with parents should also be done with care - if you've ever had to look it up, it's best to assume parents / carers won't understand them. The goal of communication is to impart meaning; acronyms are generally an obstacle to that.

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USA	504	Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights statute which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. A 504 plan is an individual education plan for a special-needs student.
UK	A level	Advanced level examinations
USA	ABE	Adult Basic Education
UK	ACE	Advisory Centre for Education
UK	ACL	Adult Community Learning
UK	ACPC	Area Child Protection Committee
USA	ACT	Prior to 1996, known as the American College Testing Program. ACT offers a college level assessment test.
USA	ADA	Americans with Disabilities Act
USA	ADA	Average Daily Attendance
International	ADD	Attention Deficit Disorder
International	ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
USA	AFDC	Aid to Families with Dependent Children
UK	AFL	Assessment for Learning
Scotland	AH	Advanced Higher. Scottish equivalent to A -level / IB subject
USA	AH	Auditory Handicap Services (provided by RCOE)
UK	AI	Assigned Inspector
USA	AIP	Academic Improvement Plan
UK	ALI	Adult Learning Inspectorate
UK	ALIS	A Level Indicator System
UK	ALPS	Advanced Level Performance System
UK	AoC	Association of Colleges
USA	AP	Advanced Placement
USA	APE	Adaptive Physical Education
USA	API	Academic Performance Index
UK	APP	Assessing Pupil Progress
UK	APT&C	Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical
UK	AQA	Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
USA	AR	Accelerated Reader™. Created by Renaissance Learning
UK	ASB	Aggregated Schools Budget
USA	ASB	Associated Student Body
UK	ASCL	Association School and College Leaders
International	ASD	Autistic Spectrum Disorders
UK	ASP	Analyse School Performance
UK	ASPECT	Association of Professionals in Education and Children’s Trusts
UK	AST	Advanced Skills Teacher
UK	AT	Attainment Target (in National Curriculum)
UK	ATL	Association of Teachers and Lecturers
UK	AWPU(N)	Age Weighted Pupil Unit (Number)
USA	AYP	Annual Yearly Progress
UK	BA	Bachelor of Arts
UK	BAC	Behaviour and Attendance Collaborative
UK	BAGA	British Amateur Gymnastics Association
UK	BDA	British Deaf Association
UK	BDA	British Dietetic Association
UK	BDA	British Dyslexia Association
UK	BECTA	British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
UK	BEd	Bachelor of Education
UK	BEI	British Education Index
UK	BETT	British Education and Training Technology, a trade show
USA	BIP	Behavior Intervention Plan
UK	BITC	Business in the Community
UK	BLN	Bradford Learning Network
UK	BME	Black and Minority Ethnic
UK	BSA	Basic Skills Agency
UK	BSc	Bachelor of Science
UK	BSP	Behaviour Support Plan
UK	BSS	Behaviour Support Service
UK	BTEC	Business and Technology Education Council
UK	C&G	City and Guilds
UK	CAB	Citizens Advice Bureau
USA	CAC	Community Advisory Committee
UK	CAD	Computer Aided Design
UK	CAF	Common Application Form
UK	CAF	Common Assessment Framework
UK	CAF	Common Assessment Framework
UK	CAFM	Computer Aided Facilities Management
USA	CAHSEE	California High School Exit Exam
UK	CAL	Computer Assisted Learning
UK	CAM	Computer Aided Manufacture
UK	CAMHS	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
UK	CAP	Common Application Process
UK	CAP	Child Action Project
UK	CASE	Campaign for the Advancement of State Education
UK	CAT	Cognitive Ability Test
UK	CAT	Curriculum Attainment Target
UK	CATS	Credit Accumulation and Transfer System
USA	CBE	Community-based education
USA	CBEDS	California Basic Educational Data System
USA	CCS	California Children’s Services (an agency providing Occupational and Physical Therapy for children)
UK	CCT	Compulsory Competitive Tendering
USA	CDS	Community Day School
UK	CDT	Craft, Design and Technology
UK	CE	(Bradford) Confederations Executive
UK	CEG	Careers Education Guidance
USA	CELDT	California English Language Development Test
UK	CEM	Centre for Education Management
UK	CFE	Countryside Foundation for Education
UK	CFET	Certificate in Further Education and Training
USA	CH	Communicatively Handicapped. Also referred to as Severe Language Disorder
USA	CHSPE	California High School Proficiency Exam
UK	CIF	Common Inspection Framework
UK	CIN	Child(ren) in Need
UK	CLAIT	Computer Literacy and Information Technology
USA	CMH	County Mental Health
UK	CMIS	Central Management Information System (provided by Serco)
UK	CNAA	Council for National Academic Awards
UK	CoC	Changing Our Council (BMDC)
USA	COC	Citizens' Oversight Committee
UK	CoVE	Centre of Vocational Excellence
UK	CP	Child Protection
USA	CP	Cerebral Palsy
UK	CPA	Comprehensive Performance Assessment
UK	CPD	Continuing Professional Development
UK	CPS	Classroom Teachers Pay Spine
USA	CPS	Child Protective Services
UK	CPVE	Certificate of Pre-vocational Education
UK	CRB	Criminal Records Bureau
USA	CRISS	Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies
USA	CRL	California Reading List
UK	CST	Curriculum Support Team
USA	CST	Child Study Team
USA	CTB	Competency Testing Battery
UK	CTC	City Technology College
UK	CTF	Common Transfer File
USA	CWA	Child Welfare and Attendance
USA	D/HH	Deaf/Hard of Hearing
UK	D&T	Design and Technology
USA	DAC	District Advisory Committee
USA	DARE	Drug and Resistance Education
UK	DC	Devolved Capital
UK	DCPO	Designated Child Protection Officer
USA	DD	Developmentally Delayed
UK	DDA	Disability Discrimination Act
UK	DDA	Disability Discrimination Act, 1995
UK	DfE	Department for Education
UK	DfE	The Department for Education
USA	DHH	Deaf and Hard of Hearing. An eligibility category
UK	DI	The Dyslexia Institute
USA	DIS	Designated Instruction and Services. Also known as “related services” under federal regulations
UK	DLO	Desirable Learning Outcomes
UK	DOB	Date of Birth
UK	DRC	Disability Rights Commission
UK	DTP	Desktop Publishing
UK	DWP	Department of Work and Pensions
UK	EA	Equality Act, 2010
UK	EAB	Examinations Appeals Board
UK	EAL	English as an Additional Language
UK	EAZ	Education Achievement Zone
UK	EAZ	Education Action Zone
UK	EBD	Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty
UK	EBP	Education Business Partnership
UK	EC	Excellence Cluster
UK	eCAF	Electronic Common Assessment Framework
USA	ED	Emotional Disturbance
UK	EDU	Education Development Unit
UK	EENET	Enabling Education Network
UK	EFL	English as a Foreign Language
USA	EH	Emotionally Handicapped
UK	EHCP	Education Health Care Plan (Historically known as a Statement of SEN)
UK	EHP	Early Headship Provision
UK	EiC	Excellence in Cities
UK	EIP	Education Improvement Partnerships
USA	EL/ELL	English Learner or English Language Learner
USA	ELD	English Language Development
UK	ELG	Early Learning Goal
UK	EMA	Ethnic Minority Achievement
UK	EMAG	Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
UK	EMAS	Ethnic Minorities Achievement Service
USA	EMH	Educable Mentally Handicapped
UK	EMS	Education Management System
UK	EO	Education Otherwise
UK	EO	Equal Opportunities
USA	EO	English Only (= native English speaker)
UK	EOTAS	Education Other than at School
UK	EP	Educational Psychologist
UK	EP	Educational Psychologist
UK	EPM	Education Plan Monitoring
UK	EPT	Educational Psychology Team
UK	ERA	Education Reform Act
USA	ESE	Exceptional Student Education. (In some areas of the country known as EEN Exceptional Educational Needs.)
UK	ESF	European Social Fund
USA	ESL	English as a Second Language. Student’s native language is not English.
UK	ESOL	English for Speakers of Other Languages
USA	ESOL	English Speakers of Other Languages
UK	ESW	Education Social Worker
USA	ETR	Evaluation Team Report
USA	ETS	Educational Testing Service
UK	EU	European Union
UK	EWO	Education Welfare Officer
UK	EY (EYFS or EYFSP)	Early Years (Early Years Foundation Stage or Early Years Foundation Stage Programme)
UK	EYCS	Early Years and Childcare Service
UK	EYDCP	Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership
UK	EYDP	Early Years Development Plan
UK	EYFSP	Early Years Foundation Stage Programme
UK	EYPP	Early Years Pupil Premium
USA	FAA	Functional Analysis Assessment
UK	FAETC	Further and Adult Education Training Certificate
USA	FAFSA	Free Application for Federal Student Aide
UK	FAP	Fair Access Protocol
USA	FAPE	Free Appropriate Public Education
USA	FBA	Functional Behavioral Assessment
UK	FE	Further Education
UK	FEFC	Further Education Funding Council
USA	FEP	Fluent English Proficient
USA	FEP-R	Fluent English Proficient-Reclassified (students moving from EL to FEP status)
USA	FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
UK	FEX	Fixed Term Exclusions from school
UK	FF	Fair Funding
USA	FFA	Future Farmers of America
UK	FFS	Farms for Schools
UK	FFT	Fischer Family Trust (a charity that provides estimates of pupil performance)
UK	FKS	Foundation Key Stage
UK	FL	Family Learning
UK	FLLN	Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy
UK	FLO	Family Liaison Officer
UK	FMS	Financial Management System (Capita)
UK	FOI	Freedom of Information (Act)
UK	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)
UK	FRESA	Framework for Regional Employment and Skills Action
UK	FRS	Fire and Rescue Service
UK	FS	Foundation Stage
UK	FSA	Financial Services Authority
UK	FSM	Free School Meals
UK	FSP	Foundation Stage Profile
UK	FSS	Formula Spending Share
USA	FTE	Full-Time Equivalent
USA	FY	Fiscal Year
UK	G&T	Gifted and Talented
USA	GATE	Gifted and Talented Education
UK	GBA	Governing Bodies Association
UK	GCE A	General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
UK	GCE AS	General Certificate of Education Advanced Supplementary
UK	GCSE	General Certificate of Secondary Education
USA	GED	General Education Development Test (A GED Diploma may be granted if the individual passes the GED Test)
UK	GLD	Good level of development (an Early Years judgement)
UK	GM	Grant Maintained
UK	GNVQ	General National Vocational Qualification
UK	GOYH	Government Office of Yorkshire and Humberside
USA	GPA	Grade Point Average
USA	GRE	Graduate Records Examination
UK	GSA	Girls' School Association
UK	GSB	General Schools Budget
USA	GSE	Golden State Examination
UK	GTC	General Teaching Council
UK	H&S	Health and Safety
UK	HACSG	Hyperactive Children’s Support Group
UK	HE	Higher Education
UK	HEADLAMP	The Headteachers’ Leadership and Management Programme
UK	HEFC	Higher Education Funding Council
USA	HELP	Hemet Education Learning Program
UK	HESA	Higher Education Statistics Agency
USA	HI	Hearing Impaired
Scotland	Higher	Scottish post-a6 examination. Equivalent to an A/S level,
UK	HiMP	Health Improvement Plan
UK	HIP	Headteachers' Induction Programme (now replaced by EHP)
UK	HLTA	Higher Level Teaching Assistant
UK	HMC	Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
UK	HMCI	Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
UK	HMI	Her Majesty's Inspector(ate)
UK	HMM	Healthy Minds Matter
UK	HMSO	Her Majesty's Stationery Office
UK	HODs	Heads of Departments
UK	HRF	Health Related Fitness
UK	HSE	Health and Safety Executive
UK	HT	Headteacher
USA	HUSD	Hemet Unified School District
UK	IAG	Individual Advice and Guidance
USA	IASA	Improving America's Schools Act
UK	IB	International Baccalaureate. A-level equivalent for international schools.
UK	ICS	Integrated Children's System
UK	ICT	Information and Communications Technology
USA	IDEA	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
USA	IDEA 97	The reauthorization and revisions of IDEA made in 1997
UK	IEC	Interfaith Education Centre
UK	IEP	Individual Education Plan
USA	IEP	Individualized Education Plan. A legal document requires for ESE students
USA	IEPT	IEP Team
UK	IfL	Institute for Learning
USA	IFSP	Individual Family Service Plan
USA	II/USP	Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
UK	IiC	Investors in Children
UK	IIP	Investors in People
UK	ILP	Individual Learning Plan
UK	ILR	Individual Learner Record
UK	ILS	Integrated Learning Systems
UK	Inclusion	The inclusion of pupils with special needs within mainstream school.
UK	INSET	In-service Education and Training
UK	INSET	IN-SErvice Training day
USA	IRA	International Reading Association
UK	IRT	The Identification, Referral and Tracking of children and young people at risk
UK	IS Index	Information Sharing Index
UK	ISA	Information Sharing and Assessment
UK	ISA	Independent Schools Association
UK	ISB	Individual Schools Budget (i.e. the delegated budget for each school)
UK	ISC	Independent Schools Council
UK	ISEB	Independent Schools Examination Board
UK	ISI	Independent Schools Inspectorate
UK	ISIS	Independent Schools Information Service
UK	ISP	Integrated Service Plan
UK	ISR	Individual School Range
International	IT	Information Technology
UK	ITT	Initial Teacher Training
UK	IYSS	Integrated Youth Support Service
UK	JAR	Joint Area Review
UK	JCQ	Joint Council for Qualifications
USA	JROTC	Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
UK	KS	Key Stage
UK	KS1	Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (5 - 7 year olds)
UK	KS2	Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (8 - 11 year olds)
UK	KS3	Key Stage 3 Years 7-9 (12-14 year olds)
UK	KS4	Key Stage 4 Years 10-11 (15 - 16 year olds)
UK	LA	Local Authority
UK	LAC	Looked After Children
UK	LAC	Local Authority Control
USA	LAN/WAN	Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
UK	LAP	Local Achievement Partnership
USA	LD	Learning Disabled
UK	LDP	Local Delivery Plan
UK	LEA	Local Education Authority
UK	Learndirect	National Education and Training Helpline
USA	LEP	Limited English Proficiency. Of late, the term "English learner" is being used in parts of the country
USA	LH	Learning Handicapped (a mild handicap)
UK	LIF	Local Initiative Fund
UK	LIG	Leadership Incentive Grant
USA	LLD	Language Learning Disabilities
UK	LLDD	Learner with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities
UK	LMS	Local Management of Schools
UK	LMSS	Local Management of Special Schools
UK	LPSA	Local Public Service Agreement
UK	LPSH	Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
USA	LRE	Least-Restrictive Environment
UK	LRM	Local Resource Management
UK	LSA	Learning Support Assistant
UK	LSB	Local Schools Budget (i.e. the total budget available to be spent on schools)
UK	LSC	Learning and Skills Council
UK	LSDA	Learning Skills Development Agency
UK	LSE	Library Services for Education
USA	LSH	Language, Speech, and Hearing
UK	LSP	Local Strategic Partnership
UK	LSW	Learning Support Workers
UK	LTJ	Learning Together Journals
UK	M.Ed	Master of Education
UK	MA	Master of Arts
UK	MCI	Management Charter Initiative
USA	MD	Multiple Disabilities
UK	MENCAP	Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
UK	MFL	Modern Foreign Languages
USA	MH	Mildly Handicapped
UK	MIND	National Association for Mental Health
UK	MIS	Management Information System
UK	MLD	Moderate Learning Difficulty
UK	MLD	Moderate Learning Difficulties
USA	MM	Mild to Moderate handicap
UK	MPS	Main Pay Scale
USA	MR	Mental Retardation
USA	MS	Multiple Sclerosis
UK	MSc	Master of Science
UK	MTFS	Medium Term Financial Strategy
UK	NACAB	National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
UK	NACE	National Association for Able Children in Education
UK	NAGC	National Association for Gifted Children
UK	NAGM	National Association of Governors and Managers
UK	NAHT	National Association of Headteachers
UK	NAPE	National Association for Primary Education
UK	NAS	National Autistic Society
UK	NASUWT	National Association of School Teachers/Union of Women Teachers
UK	NASUWT	National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
Scotland	Nat 5	National 5. The Scottish Equivalent of GCSEs
UK	NATFHE	National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
UK	NC	National Curriculum
UK	NCB	National Children's Bureau
UK	NCER	National Consortium of Examination Results
USA	NCLB	No Child Left Behind. Individual state contracts.
UK	NCMA	National Childminding Association
UK	NCPTA	National Conference of Parent Teacher Associations
UK	NCSL	National College of School Leadership
UK	NCT	Non-Contact Time
UK	NCT	National Curriculum Tests
UK	NCVQ	National Council for Vocational Qualifications
UK	NCY	National Curriculum Year
UK	NDS	New Deal for Schools
UK	NEET	Not in Education, Employment or Training
UK	NEOST	National Employers Organisation for School Teachers
USA	NEP	Non-English Proficient
USA	NES	Non-English Speaking. This term has been replaced with EL or ELL
UK	NETTS	National Education and Training Targets
UK	NEU	National Education Union
UK	NFER	National Federation for Educational Research
UK	NFF	National Formula Funding
UK	NGC	National Council for Governing Bodies
UK	NGFL	National Grid for Learning
UK	NHS HT	National Health Service Hospital Trust
UK	NHS PT	National Health Service Partnership Trust
UK	NIACE	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
UK	NLP	National Literacy Project
UK	NN	Neighbourhood Nurseries
UK	NNEB	National Nursery Examination Board
UK	NOCN	National Open College Network
UK	NOF	New Opportunities Fund
UK	NoR	Number on Roll
UK	NOVA	End of Key Stage results analysis tool provided by the NCER
UK	NPQH	National Professional Qualification for Headship
UK	NPQH –	National Professional Qualification for Head Teachers
UK	NPQSL	National Professional Qualification for Subject Leaders
USA	NPS	Non-Public School
UK	NQT	Newly Qualified Teacher
UK	NSPCC	National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
UK	NUPE	National Union of Public Employees
UK	NUT	National Union of Teachers
UK	NUT	National Union of Teachers
UK	NVQ	National Vocational Qualifications
UK	NVQ	National Vocational Qualification
UK	O and A	Observation and Assessment
USA	OCD	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
UK	OCN	Open College Network
UK	OCR	Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
USA	OCR	On Campus Retention
UK	OFSTED	Office for Standards in Education
USA	OHI	Other Health Impairment. An eligibility category
USA	OI	Orthopedically Impaired
UK	OJC	Officers' Joint Committee (BMDC) with Unison
UK	OOHL	Out of Hours Learning
USA	OT	Occupational Therapy
UK	OU	Open University
Scotland	P1, P2	Primary 1, Primary 2, etc. Equivalent of Reception (P1), Year 1 (P2) in the rest of the UK.
UK	PAC	Public Affairs & Communications (BMDC)
USA	PAC	Parent Advisory Committee
UK	PAN	Planned Admission Number
UK	PANDA	Performance and Data Analysis
UK	PANDAS	Performance and Assessment Documents
UK	PAT	Professional Association of Teachers
UK	PATA	Parent and Toddler Association
UK	PCT	Primary Care Team
UK	PDC	Professional Development Consultancy
UK	PE	Physical Education
UK	PEACH	Parents for the Early intervention of Autism in Children
UK	PEO	Principal Education Officer
UK	PEPs	Personal Education Plans
UK	PEX	Permanent Exclusion from school
UK	PfS	Playing for Success
UK	PGCE	Postgraduate Certificate of Education
USA	PI	Physically Impaired
UK	PID	Project Initiation Document
UK	PIN	Parents Information Network
UK	PIP	Performance Improvement Plan
UK	PIs	Performance Indicators
UK	PLASC	Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (replaced by School Census from January 2007)
UK	PLP	Primary Leadership Programme
UK	PM	Performance Management
USA	PMH	Profoundly Mentally Handicapped
UK	PO	Project Officer
UK	PoCA	Protection of Children Act
UK	PoS	Programmes of Study (in National Curriculum)
UK	PP	Pupil Premium
UK	PPA	Pre-school Playgroups Association
UK	PPA	Planning, Preparation and Assessment
UK	PRB	Performance Review Board
UK	PRC	Pupil Referral Centre
UK	PRP	Performance Related Pay
UK	PRU	Pupil Referral Unit
UK	PSA	Parent School Association
UK	PSA	Pupil Support Assistant
USA	PSAT	Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test
UK	PSE	Personal and Social Education
UK	PSHE	Personal, Social and Health Education
UK	PSHE+C	Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
UK	PSS	Pupil and Student Services Group
USA	PT	Physical Therapy
UK	PTA	Parent Teacher Association
UK	PTR	Pupil Teacher Ratio
UK	QA	Quality Assurance
UK	QAA	Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
UK	QAN	Qualification Accreditation Number
UK	QCA	Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
UK	QTA	Qualified Teacher Status
UK	QTPS	Qualified Teachers Pay Spine
UK	QTS	Qualified Teacher Status
UK	R (Y1, Y2 etc)	Reception (Year 1 etc)
UK	RAISE	Reporting and Analysis for Improvement through School
UK	RARPA	Recognising and recording progress and achievement
UK	RDA	Regional Development Agency
UK	RE	Religious Education
UK	READS	Racial Equality and Diversity Service
UK	Reg 33	Regulation 33 relation to the inspection of children's homes
UK	RgI	Registered Inspector
UK	RoA	Record of Achievement
USA	ROP	Regional Occupational Program
USA	ROTC	Reserve Officers Training Corps
UK	RSA	Royal Society of Arts Examination Board
USA	RSP	Resource Specialist Program
UK	RSU	Research and Statistics Unit
USA	S&L	Speech and Language
Scotland	S1, S2	Secondary 1, Secondary 2, etc. 1st, 2nd etc year of secondary school
UK	s2s	School to school secure data transfer system
USA	SAC	School Advisory Council
UK	SACRE	Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
UK	SAR	Self Assessment Report
USA	SARB	School Attendance Review Board
USA	SARC	School Accountability Report Card
USA	SASI	School Administrative Student Information (School Information)
USA	SAT	Scholastic Aptitude Test. Administered by the College Board
USA	SAT-9	Stanford 9 Achievement Test
UK	SATs	Standard Assessment Task/Test
UK	SCC	School causing concern
UK	School Census	Pupil level statistics collected termly by DfE
UK	SCR	Single Central Record
USA	SDC	Special Day Class
USA	SDFSC	Safe and Drug Free Schools & Community
UK	SDP	School Development Plan
USA	SED	Severely Emotionally Disabled
UK	SEF	School self-evaluation form issued by Ofsted
UK	SEL	Social Emotional Learning
USA	SELPA	Special Education Local Plan Area
UK	SEMT	School Emergency Management Team
UK	SEN	Special Educational Needs
UK	SENCO	Special Educational Needs Coordinator
UK	SEND	Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
UK	SENDA	Special Educational Needs Discrimination Act
UK	SEP	Single Education Plan
UK	SEU	Standards and Effectiveness Unit
UK	SFR	Statistical First Release (DfE data release)
USA	SH	Severely Handicapped
UK	SHA	Secondary Heads Association
UK	SHMIS	Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools
UK	SIMS	Schools Information Management System (provided by Capita)
UK	SIP	School Improvement Partner
USA	SIP	School Improvement Plan
USA	SIS	Student Information System
UK	SLA	Service Level Agreement
UK	SLC	Student Loans Company
UK	SLD	Severe Learning Difficulty
USA	SLD	Specific Learning Disability
USA	SLI	Speech and Language Impaired
UK	SM	Special Measures
UK	SMART	Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-scaled targets
UK	SMSC	Spiritual Moral Social Cultural
UK	SMT	Senior Management Team
UK	SMT/SLT	Senior Management/ Leadership Team
UK	SN	Standard Number (replaced PAL - Planned Admission Level
UK	SOP	School Organisation Plan
UK	SoS	Secretary of State
UK	Soulbury	Pay scale for education staff
UK	SoW	Scheme of Work
UK	SPaG	Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
UK	SPAW	School Performance Award Scheme
USA	SPED	Special Education
UK	SpLD	Specific Learning Difficulty
UK	SRB	Single Regeneration Budget
USA	SRO	School Resource Officer
UK	SRS	Safer Routes to Schools
UK	SSA	Standard Spending Assessment
USA	SSC	School Site Council
UK	SSCO	School Support Coordinators
UK	SSE	School Self Evaluation
UK	SSF	School Standards Fund
UK	SSFA	School Standards and Framework Act 1998
UK	SSM	Strategic Support Managers (BMDC)
USA	SST	Student Services Team
UK	STABIS	State Boarding School Information Service
USA	STAR	Standardized Testing and Reporting
UK	STRB	School Teachers' Review Body
UK	SW	Serious Weaknesses
USA	TBI	Trainable Mentally Handicapped. Also Traumatic Brain Injury.
UK	TEFL	Teaching English as a Foreign Language
UK	TES	Times Educational Supplement
UK	Threshold	After Point M6 on the main pay scale, teachers then have to fulfil certain criteria to pass through the threshold to get to Upper Scale.
UK	TIG	Teacher Improvement Group
UK	TIG	Targettied Intervention Group
UK	TLR	Teaching and Learning Responsibilities
USA	TMH	Trainable Mentally Handicapped
UK	TP	Teachers' Pensions
UK	TSA	Teacher Support Assistant
UK	TSC	Transactional Services Centre (BMDC)
UK	TTA	Teacher Training Agency
UK	TUC	Trade Union Congress
USA	TUPE	Tobacco-Use Prevention Education
UK	UCAS	University and Colleges Admissions Service
UK	UfA	University of the First Age
UK	ULN	Unique Learner Number
UK	UPN	Unique Pupil Number
UK	UPS	Upper Pay Scale
UK	VA	Voluntary Aided
UK	VA	Value Added
UK	VC	Voluntary Controlled
USA	VE	Varying Exceptionalities
USA	VH	Visual Impairment. An eligibility category
USA	VI	Visually Impaired
UK	Virement	The movement of funds between budget headings.
UK	VRQ	Verbal Reasoning Quotient
UK	WBL	Work Based Learning
UK	WEA	Workers Educational Association
USA	WISC-IV	Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition
USA	WJIII	Woodcock-Johnson tests of Achievement – Third Edition
USA	WTC	Work Training Center
UK	WYLP	West Yorkshire Learning Providers
UK	Y1, Y2 etc	Year 1, Year 2 etc
UK	YELLIS, Ye11IS	Year 11 Indicator System
UK	YIST	Youth Inclusion and Support Team
UK	YOT (or S)	Youth Offending Team (or Service)
UK	YPLA	Youg Person's Learning Agency
UK	YTS	Youth Training Scheme