12 November 2009
| AACS | Adult Advancement and Careers Service |
| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. |
| CCIS | Client Caseload Information System |
| CCTA | City College for the Technology of the Arts |
| CDL | Career Development Loan |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CTB | Children’s Trust Board |
| CYPP | Children and Young People’s Plan |
| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| EYFS | Early Years Foundation Stage |
| EYP | Early Years Provider |
| FE | Further Education |
| FEI | Further Education Institution |
| FHEA | Further and Higher Education Act 1992 |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| HE | Higher Education |
| IEB | Interim Executive Board |
| ISA | Independent Safeguarding Authority |
| ISB | Individual Schools Budget |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IVA | Individual Voluntary Arrangement |
| LA | Local authority |
| LEA | Local Education Authority |
| LGO | Local Government Ombudsman |
| LSC | Learning and Skills Council |
| LSCB | Local Safeguarding Childrens Board |
| MIAP | Managing Information Across Partners |
| NAS | National Apprenticeship Service |
| NC | National Curriculum |
| NCCIS | National Client Caseload Information System |
| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| Ofsted | Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills |
| Ofqual | Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation |
| PRU | Pupil Referral Unit |
| QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
| QCDA | Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency |
| SENDIST | Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal |
| SFA | Skills Funding Agency |
| SSSNB | School Support Staff Negotiating Body |
| SVG Act | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 |
| TTWA | Travel to Work Areas |
| VRQ | Vocationally Related Qualification |
| YOI | Young Offender Institution |
| YPLA | Young People’s Learning Agency |