Acronyms
| AAA | Anti Academies Alliance |
| APP | Assessing Pupil Progress |
| AST | Advanced Skills Teacher |
| ATA | Alberta Teachers’ Association |
| ATL | Association of Teachers and Lecturers |
| BCTF | British Columbia Teachers’ Federation |
| BEd | Bachelor of Education |
| BERA | British Educational Research Association |
| BAME | Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic |
| BT | British Telecom |
| CATE | Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education |
| CPD | Continued Professional Development |
| CTU | Chicago Teachers’ Union |
| CWDC | Children’s Workforce Development Council |
| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| DfE | Department for Education |
| DFES | Department For Education and Science |
| DISS | Deployment and Impact of Support Staff |
| EAL | English as an Additional Language |
| EYFS | Early Years Foundation Stage |
| EYFSP | Early Years Foundation Stage Profile |
| EYP | Early Years Practitioner |
| EYPS | Early Years Professional Status |
| EYT | Early Years Teacher |
| GERM | Global Education Reform Movement |
| GMB | General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union |
| GTC | General Teaching Council (in England) |
| GTP | Graduate Teacher Programme |
| HE | Higher Education |
| HLTA | Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| HMI | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate |
| HMCI | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector |
| HMSO | Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| HQ | Head Quarters |
| ITE | Initial Teacher Education |
| ITT | Initial Teacher Training |
| KS1 | Key Stage One |
| KS2 | Key Stage Two |
| KS3 | |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LGBT | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender |
| LH | Life History |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MTL | Masters in Teaching and Learning |
| NAHT | National Association of Head Teachers |
| NASUWT | National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers |
| NCTL | National College for Teaching and Leadership |
| NCWGB | National Council for Women in Great Britain |
| NEU | National Education Union |
| NFWW | National Federation of Women Workers |
| NI | Narrative Inquiry |
| NNEB | Nursery Nursing Examinations Board |
| NPQH | National Professional Qualification for Headship |
| NQT | Newly Qualified Teacher |
| NUT | National Union of Teachers |
| NUET | National Union of Elementary Teachers |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Ofsted | Office for Standards in Education |
| PCK | Pedagogical Content Knowledge |
| PGCE | Post Graduate Certificate of Education |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPA | Planning, Preparation and Assessment |
| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| SATs | Standard Attainment Tasks |
| SCITT | School Centred Initial Teacher Training |
| SEF | Self Evaluation Form |
| SEN | Special Educational Needs |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| TBF | Teachers’ Benevolent Fund |
| TDA | Teaching Development Agency for Schools |
| TINA | There Is No Alternative |
| TSN | Teacher Support Network |
| TUC | Trades Union Congress |
| UEN | Union of Education Norway |
| USA | United States of America |
| VSO | Voluntary Service Overseas |