| ADES | Association of Directors of Education in Scotland |
| AHDS | Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland |
| BGE | Broad General Education |
| CAB | Curriculum and Assessment Board |
| CfE | Curriculum for Excellence |
| CLD | Community learning and development |
| COSLA | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease (2019) |
| CPD | Continuous professional development |
| DYW | Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
| EIS | Education Institute of Scotland |
| EME | English Medium Education |
| ESCS | Index of economic, social and cultural status |
| Es and Os | Experiences and Outcomes |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GIRFEC | Getting it right for every child |
| GME | Gaelic Medium Education |
| GTCS | General Teaching Council for Scotland |
| HE | Higher education |
| HMIE | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education |
| ICEA | International Council of Education Advisers |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITE | Initial teacher education |
| LAs | Local authorities |
| MSPs | Members of Scottish Parliament |
| NASUWT | National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers |
| NIF | National Improvement Framework |
| NPA | National Progression Award |
| NPFS | National Parent Forum of Scotland |
| NQ | National Qualification |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PGDE | Professional Graduate Diploma in Education |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PSE | Personal and Social Education |
| RICs | Regional Improvement Collaboratives |
| RMPS | Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies |
| SCQF | Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework |
| SEC | Scottish Education Council |
| SDS | Skills Development Scotland |
| SFC | Scottish Funding Council |
| SFR | Standard for Full Registration |
| SIMD | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation |
| SLS | School Leaders Scotland |
| SNP | Scottish National Party |
| SNSA | Scottish National Standardised Assessments |
| SPR | Standard for Provisional Registration |
| SSOT | Single source of truth |
| SSTA | Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association |
| SQA | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| UCAS | Universities and Colleges Admissions Service |
Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence
Into the Future
