Acronyms: N-S
NAS
National Autistic Society
NESCPC
North East Scotland Child Protection Committee
NHS G
National Health Service, Grampian
NEET
Not in Employment Education or Training
NGfL
National Grid for Learning
NQT
Newly Qualified Teacher
OPAC
Public Library On-line Public Access
OU
Open University
PAT
Planned Activity Time
PFI
Private Finance Initiative
PI
Performance Indicator
PICU
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
PLP
Personal Learning Plan
PMS
Purchase Management System
PPP
Public Private Partnership
PPR
Public Performance Reporting
PROACT-SCIPr-UK®
Positive Range of Options to Avoid Crisis and use Therapy-Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention revised-United Kingdom
PT
Principal Teacher
PTA
Parent Teachers Association
QA
Quality Assurance
QI
Quality Indicator
QMiE
Quality Management in Education
RACH
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
RNIB
Royal National Institute for the Blind
RNID
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
SAD
Scotland Against Drugs
SALT:S<
Speech & Language Therapy
SCHOLAR
Scottish Common and Higher Open Learning and Access Resources
SCIP
Strategic Crisis Intervention Practice (now PROACT-SCIPr-UK®)
ScotXed
Scottish Exchange of Educational Data
SCRAN
Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
SCRC
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
SEBN
Social, Emotional and Behavioural Needs
SfL
Support for Learning
SIS
Sensory Impaired Service
SJC
Scottish Joint Council negotiating body for Local Govt employees
SMT
Senior Management Team
SNCT
Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers
SOG
Senior Officer Group
SQA
Scottish Qualifications Authority
SSERC
Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre