ACRONYMS
Acronyms and abbreviations
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
AfL Assessment for Learning
AGOG Advisory Group on Governance
AHT Assistant Head Teacher
AP Alternative Provision (eg a PRU)
APP Assessing Pupil Progress
APS Average points score
ASIP Additional Support & Intervention Plan
AST Advanced Skills Teacher
AWPU Age Weighted Pupil Unit (obs)
BESD Behavioural Emotional & Social Difficulties
BPPE Basic Per Pupil Entitlement
C2G Clerk to Governors (ie this site)
CAA Comprehensive Area Assessment
CAF Common Assessment Framework
CDT Craft, Design and Technology
CFC Cared for Children (also known as Looked After Children)
CFF Common Funding Formula
CFR Consistent Financial Reporting
CIRT Critical Incident Response Team
CP Child Protection
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CPR Child Protection Register
CRB Criminal Records Bureau (now DBS)
CYPP Children and Young Peoples Plan
DBS Disclosure and Barring Service
DCSF Department of Children, Schools and Families (now DfE)
DfE Department for Education (since May 2010)
DfES Department for Education and Skills (now DfE)
DFC Devolved Formula Capital
DHT Deputy Headteacher
DPA Data Protection Act
DT Design and Technology
E2L English as a Second Language
EAL English as an additional language
EBacc English Baccalaureate
EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
ECAR Every Child A Reader
ECAT Every Child A Talker
ECAW Every Child a Writer
ECM Every Child Matters
EIP Education Improvement Partnership
EFA Education Funding Agency
EMA Education Maintenance Allowance
EOTAS Education Other Than At School
EWO Education Welfare Officer
EY Early Years
EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage
EYDP Early Years Development Plan
FE Further Education
FFT Fischer Family Trust
FOI Freedom of Information
FMSiS Financial Management Standard in Schools (now SFVS)
FS Foundation Stage
FSM Free School Meals
FT Full-time
FTE Fixed Term Exclusion
FTE Full-time Equivalent
G&T Gifted and Talented
GB Governing Body
GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
GTC General Teaching Council (obs)
GTP Graduate Teacher Programme
H & S Health and Safety
HE Higher Education
HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant
HMCI Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector
HMI Her Majesty’s Inspectorate
HMSO Her Majesty’s Stationery Office now TSO
HoD Head of Department
HoY Head of Year
HR Human Resources
HT Headteacher
IAP Individual Action Plan
IBP Individual Behaviour Plan
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IEP Individual Education Plan
IiP Investors in People
INSET In-Service Education and Training
IQ Intelligence Quotient
ISA Independent Safeguarding Authority (now DBS)
ISR Individual School Range (of salaries)
IT Information Technology
ITT Initial Teacher Training
KS1, 2, 3, 4 Key Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 (KS1 age 5 – 7 “Infants”, KS2 age 7 – 11 “Juniors”, KS3 age 11- 14, KS4 age 14 -16)
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked after Children (also known as Cared for Children, or Children in Care)
LEA Local Education Authority
LMS Local Management of Schools
LSA Learning Support Assistant
LSCB Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
MAT Multi- Academy Trust
MFL Modern Foreign Language
MIFP Manual of Internal Financial Procedures
NC National Curriculum
NCTL National College for Teaching & Leadership (Previously NCSL – National College for School Leadership)
NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training
NGA National Governors Association
NGC National Governors Council (obs)
NGfL National Grid for Learning
NOR Number (of pupils) on Roll
NPQH National Professional Qualifications for Headship
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher
NUT National Union of Teachers
NVQ National Vocational Qualifications
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
PAN Published Admission Number (sometimes known as Pupil Admission Number or Planned Admission Number)
PE Physical Education
PGCE Post Graduate Certificate of Education
PLASC (obs) Pupil Level Annual School Census. Now School Census
PICSI Pre-Inspection Context and School Indicators
PM Performance Management
PP Pupil premium
PPA Planning, Preparation and Assessment
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
PSCHE Personal, Social, Citizenship & Health Education
PSE Personal and Social Education
PSHE Personal Social Health Education (also PSCHE including citizenship)
PT Part-time
PTA Parent Teacher Association
PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio
QCA Qualification and Curriculum Authority
QTS Qualified Teacher Status
R&R Recruitment and retention
RAISEonline Reporting and Analysis for Improvement through School Self- Evaluation (online)
RC Roman Catholic
RE Religious Education
ROV Record of Visit (by SIP or external adviser)
SA School Action
SA+ School Action Plus
SACRE Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
SBSA Schools’ Business Support Agreement (see also SLA)
SDP School Development Plan (See also SSDP and SIP)
SEAL Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
SEF Self Evaluation Form
SEN Special Educational Needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SEND Special Educational Needs & Disability
SFVS Schools Financial Value Standard
SIC Statement of Internal Control
SIP School Improvement Partner
SIP School Improvement Plan
SLA Service Level Agreement (See also SBSA)
SLT Senior Leadership Team
SMT Senior Management Team
SMSC Spiritual moral social and cultural
SOD Scheme of Delegation
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulties
SS Social Services
SSDP Strategic School Development Plan (See also SDP and SIP)
STPDC School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
TA Teaching Assistant
TDA Training and Development Agency
TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
TES Times Educational Supplement
TLG Training Liaison Governor, also known in some LAs as Link Governors for Training and Development
TUPE Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment
UPN Unique Pupil Number
VA Voluntary Aided
VC Voluntary Controlled
VI Visually Impaired
VLE Virtual Learning Environment
Y5 Year 5 (ie 9 and 10 year olds)
YOT Youth Offending Team