| AO | Assessment-only route |
| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| DCELLS | Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills |
| DENI | Department of Education, Northern Ireland |
| E39P | The Special Circumstances form used for telling the Examination and Assessment Board about matters that may have adversely affected your performance in your end-of-module assessment (on a non-examined module) |
| EtT | Eligibility to Teach |
| ITE | Initial Teacher Education |
| ITESC | Initial Teacher Education Support Centre |
| ITE-PSERF | The Initial Teacher Education Portfolio Submission Extension Request Form that you use if serious personal circumstances mean that you need to request an extension of more than three weeks for portfolio submission. |
| ITE-CEF | The Initial Teacher Education Course Extension Form that is used if there are special circumstances that make it necessary for you to request an extension of the course beyond the 36 month limit. |
| ITE-NAERF | The Initial Teacher Education Needs Analysis Extension Request Form |
| GTC(E)/(W)(NI)(S) | General Teaching Council for England / Wales / Northern Ireland / Scotland |
| ITP | Individual Training Plan |
| PGCE | Professional Graduate Certificate in Education |
| PGDE | Professional Graduate Diploma in Education |
| PPDO | Projects Portfolios and Dissertations Office |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status |
| SEED | Scottish Executive Education Department |
| SENDA | Special Educational Needs and Disability Act |
| TDA | Training and Development Agency for Schools |
| TQ | Teaching Qualification |
| WAG | Welsh Assembly Government |
