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Further education glossary

Please see below for a glossary of further education abbreviations, acronyms and key terms.

General Certificate of Secondary Education a key qualification spanning levels 1 and 2 of the National Qualifications Framework and primarily taken at the end of key stage 4

Grants for Education, Support and Training (CPD Programme in Wales)

General National Vocational Qualification, available at levels 1 and 2 of National Qualifications Framework

General Teaching Council for England

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

General Teaching Council for Scotland

General Teaching Council for Wales

GTP

Graduate Teacher Programme - this programme is designed to allow schools to employ unqualified teachers who are preparing for QTS assessment, assess them against the standards for the award of QTS, and devise individual training plans for them.

Graduate Teacher Training Registry