NAGC

National Association for Gifted Children - Advice and support for gifted children

 

NAHT

National Association of Head Teachers - Professional association for school leaders.

 

NAPE

National Association for Primary Education - Campaigning organisation.

 

NASEN

National Association for Special Educational Needs - The leading organisation in the UK working in special educational needs. 

 

NASUWT

National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers. Professional association for any teacher.

 

NASWE

National Association of Social Workers in Education.

 

NATE

National Association for the Teaching of English. Professional subject association for anyone working within English education.

 

National Curriculum

Originally intended by Margaret Thatcher to ensure every child was taught the basics, with regular national tests to monitor progress. Grew into ten-subject curriculum and complicated testing regime. Now, the national curriculum outlines what children should be taught from their first days in school to the onset of GCSE courses.

 

NATT

National Association of Teachers of Travellers. Run by teachers working with Travelling Children.

 

NCB

National Children’s Bureau. Campaigns for children’s rights.

 

NCSL

The National College for School Leadership is designed to support and train school leaders.

 

NCT

National Curriculum Tests, previously known and still mainly referred to as Sats (Standard Assessment Tests), these are tests taken by children at the end of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 to test pupils' ability in maths and English.

 

NFER

National Foundation for Educational Research Provides research-based information on education and training.

 

NLT

National Literacy Trust. Promotes literacy initiatives, including the National Reading Campaign.

 

NOR

Number on Roll. The number of pupils registered at named school.

 

NPQH

National Professional Qualification for Headship. The mandatory qualification for headship. For details on what’s involved check out the National College for Leadership of Schools website.

 

NQT

Newly Qualified Teacher. A teacher in their first year of qualified teaching. Find out more from the DfE

 

NUT

National Union of Teachers – the largest teachers’ union.

 

NVQ

National Vocational Qualification. A competence based qualification; which means students learn practical, work-related tasks designed to help them develop the skills and knowledge to do a job effectively.