| ACT | Association of Christian Teachers |
| ACT | Association of Citizenship Teachers |
| ALIS | A Level Information System |
| AQA | Assessment and Qualifications Alliance |
| AREIAC | Association of Religious Education Advisers, Inspectors and Consultants |
| ASC | Agreed Syllabus Conference |
| AST | Advanced Skills Teacher |
| AT | Advisory Teacher |
| AT | Attainment Target |
| AUDTRS | Association of University Departments of Theology and Religious Studies |
| AULRE | Association of University Lecturers in Religious Education |
| BDBJ | Board of Deputies of British Jews |
| BS | Buddhist Society |
| BUGB | Baptist Union of Great Britain |
| C&YP | Children and Young People |
| CATs | Cognitive Ability Tests |
| CATSC | Catholic Association of Teachers, Schools and Colleges |
| CBC | Catholic Bishops Conference |
| CC | Cwricwlwm Cymraeg (Wales) |
| CCEA | Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (Northern Ireland) |
| CE | Christian Education |
| CE / CofE | Church of England |
| CESEW | Catholic Education Service for England and Wales |
| CfSA | Council for Subject Associations |
| CLC | City Learning Centre |
| CoCo | Community Cohesion |
| CofE / CE | Church of England |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CTC | City Technology College |
| CYPD | Children and Young People’s Directorate |
| CW | Collective Worship |
| DCLG | Department for Communities and Local Government |
| DCMS | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| DDE | Diocesan Director of Education |
| DfE | Department for Education |
| DL | Distance learning |
| EAL | English as an Additional Language |
| ECM | Every Child Matters |
| ECT | Early Career Teacher |
| EdExcel | Examination Board |
| EFL | English as a Foreign Language |
| ELG | Early Learning Goals |
| EYFS | Early Years and the Foundation Stage |
| FBV | Fundamental British Values |
| FE | Further Education |
| FS | Foundation Stage |
| G&T | Gifted and Talented |
| GTCS | General Teaching Council for Scotland |
| GTP | Graduate Teacher Programme |
| GTCW | General Teaching Council for Wales |
| HE | Higher Education |
| HEA | Higher Education Academy |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| HoD | Head of Department |
| HLTA | Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| HMI | His Majesty’s Inspector (or Inspectorate) |
| Humanists UK | Formerly British Humanist Association |
| ICoCo | Institute of Community Cohesion |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IFN | Inter Faith Network |
| INSET | In-service Training |
| ISRSA | Independent Schools Religious Studies Association |
| ITE | Initial Teacher Education |
| ITT | Initial Teacher Training |
| JCQ | Joint Council for Qualifications |
| JTA | Jewish Teachers Association |
| KS | Key Stage |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LAS | Locally Agreed Syllabus |
| LDD | Learning Difficulties and Disabilities |
| LftM | Learning from the Middle |
| LP | Lesson Plan |
| LSA | Learning Support Assistant |
| MCB | Muslim Council of Britain |
| MET | Muslim Education Trust |
| MIDYIS | Middle Years Information System |
| MTA | Muslim Teacher Association |
| NATRE | National Association of Teachers of Religious Education |
| NASACRE | National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education |
| NCS | National Content Standard |
| NCSL | National College of School Leadership |
| NPQH | National Professional Qualification for Headship |
| NSNF (RE) | Non Statutory National Framework for RE |
| OCR | Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board |
| Ofsted | Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills |
| PoS | Programme of Study |
| PSHE | Personal, Social, Health & Economic education |
| QTS | Qualified Teacher Status |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| RE | Religious Education |
| REC | Religious Education Council of England and Wales |
| REMS | Religious Education Movement (Scotland) |
| REMW | Religious Education Movement (Wales) |
| REQM | Religious Education Quality Mark |
| RS | Religious Studies |
| RSE | Relationships and Sex Education |
| SACRE | Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education |
| SCUK | Sikh Council UK |
| SEF | Self Evaluation Form |
| SEND | Special Educational Needs |
| Shap | Shap working party on World Religions |
| SIP / SIA | School Improvement Partner |
| SMSC | Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education |
| SoW | Scheme of Work |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| TRS | Theology and Religious Studies |
| TRS-UK | Theology & Religious Studies in Higher Education |
| UTC | University Technology Centre |
| VA | Voluntary Aided School |
| VC | Voluntary Controlled School |
| VLE | Virtual Learning Environment |
| WASACRE | Wales Association of SACREs |
| WJEC | Examination Board (Welsh Joint Exam Council) |
| YELLIS | Year Eleven Information System |