Association of Colleges

Association of Accounting Technicians

Adult Basic Education

Awdurdod Cymwysterau Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru/Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales - is the body responsible in Wales for regulating external qualifications and keeping under review all aspects of the curriculum for compulsory school age pupils in maintained schools.

Association of Colleges for the Eastern Region. ACER represents all 36 further education, tertiary, sixth form and agricultural and horticultural colleges in the East of England.

Association for ICT in Education

Adult and Community Learning

Association of College Management

Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education

The Association of Directors of Children's Services

Adult Financial Literacy Advisory Group

Adult Dyslexia Support

Adult Education

Advanced Extension Award introduced for first examination in 2002 as part of Curriculum 2000 reforms

Adult Learning Inspectorate

Adults Learning Mathematics

Association of Learning Providers

Association of Learning Technology

Association of Northern Ireland Colleges

Association of Colleges - the AoC exists as the essential, influencing voice of colleges in order to develop and promote an environment in which colleges can flourish, ensure that colleges are recognised as major contributors to the economic and social prosperity of the nation and champion and promote colleges as key to the development of people, skills and knowledge for the nation.

Application of Number, the Numeracy qualification from the key skills suite, available at levels 1 to 4 in the National Qualifications Framework

Accreditation of prior experiential learning

Accreditation of prior learning

Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, one of the three unitary awarding bodies in England. Came into existence in April 2000 following the merger of the Associated Examining Board and the Northern Examinations and Assessment Board.

Assessment Reform Group

Introduced for first teaching from September 2000, GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level, can be taken as a stand-alone qualification or as the first stage in an A level course.

Advanced Skills Teacher - teachers who are deemed 'excellent' in a range of skills in which they train colleagues.

Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education