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BC+

Breakfast Club Plus

Big

Big Lottery Fund

BNF

British Nutrition Foundation

BST

British Sport Trust

CC4G

Computer Clubs for Girls

CP

Creative Partnerships

CSLA

Community Sports Leader Award

CSP

County Sports Partnership

DCSF

Department for Children, Schools and Families

DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport (England)
DfES (former) Department for Education and Skills (England)
DoH Department of Health
DoE Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

DoS  

Director of Specialism (Sport)

EA Education Authority (Scotland)
EAZ Education Action Zone
EBP Education Business Partnership
EDP Education Development Plan

EIS

Extended and Integrated Services

ELB Education and Library Board (Northern Ireland)

EMA

Ethinic Minority Achievement

EMAS

Ethnic Minority Achievement Strategy

Estyn

Welsh Ofsted equivalent

FSA

Food Standards Agency

HEI Higher Education Institution

HSLA

Higher Sports Leaders Award

ICT Information and Communications Technology

JSLA

Junior Sports Leaders Award

KS1 Key Stage 1 (primary school, ages 4 to 7)
KS2 Key Stage 2 (primary school, ages 7 to 11)
KS3 Key Stage 3 (secondary school, ages 11 to 13)
KS4 Key Stage 4 (secondary school, ages 13 to 16)
LEA Local Education Authority (England and Wales)
LSP Local Strategic Partnerships

MLA

Museums, Libraries and Archives

NCSL National College for School Leadership
NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training

NGB

National Governing Body (of Sport)

NPQH National Professional Qualification for Headteachers

NRC

National Resource Centre for Supplementary and Mother Tongue Schools

NVQ National Vocational Qualifications
ooshl out-of-school-hours learning (Northern Ireland)
oshl out-of-school-hours learning

PDM

Partnership Development Manager

PESSCL PE, School Sport and Club Links strategy

PfS

Playing for Success

PLT

Primary Link Teacher

PSA

Public Service Agreement

PRU Pupil Referral Unit

QiSS

Quality in Study Support

QTS Qualified Teacher Sstatus

SDP

School Development Plan

SEED Scottish Executive Education Department

SEF

Self Evaluation Form

SEN Special Educational Needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

SFT

School Food Trust

SIP

School Improvement Partner

SIP

School Improvement Plan

SiS

Step into Sport

SLT

Special Link Teacher

SLT

Senior Leadership Team

SSAT

Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

SSCo School Sport Co-ordinator
TESSS The Extended Schools Support Service

TLR

Teaching and Learning Responsibility

TSA Trust for the Study of Adolescence

UFA

University of the First Age

WAG Welsh Assembly Government
YLC Young Leaders in the Community
YST Youth Sport Trust