Acronyms & Abbreviations
AT |
Attainment Target (in National Curriculum) |
ASD |
Autism spectrum disorders |
ADD |
Attention deficit disorder |
ADHD |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
BA |
Bachelor of Arts |
BSP |
Behaviour Support Plan |
BSS |
Behaviour Support Service |
CAF |
Common Application Form |
CAF |
Common Assessment Framework |
CAT |
Cognitive Ability Test |
CP |
Child protection |
CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
CRB |
Criminal Records Bureau |
DBS |
Disclosure Barring Service |
DCPO |
Designated Child Protection Officer |
DfE |
Department for Education |
DOB |
Date of Birth |
EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
EBD |
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty |
eCAF |
Electronic Common Assessment Framework |
EFL |
English as a Foreign Language |
EP |
Educational Psychologist |
EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
EYFSP |
Early Years Foundation Stage Programme |
EXH |
Executive Head Teacher |
FEX |
Fixed Term Exclusions from school |
FFT |
Fischer Family Trust (a charity that provides estimates of pupil performance) |
FS |
Foundation Stage |
FSM |
Free School Meals |
FSP |
Foundation Stage Profile |
G&T |
Gifted and Talented |
H&S |
Health and Safety |
HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspector(ate) |
HOS |
Heads of School |
HT |
Headteacher |
IWB |
Interactive White Board |
IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
INSET |
In-service Education and Training |
IT |
Information Technology |
KS |
Key Stage |
KS1 |
Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (5 - 7 year olds) |
KS2 |
Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (8 - 11 year olds) |
KS3 |
Key Stage 3 Years 7-9 (12-14 year olds) |
LA |
Local Authority |
LAC |
Looked After Children |
LEA |
Local Education Authority |
LIFT |
Local Inclusion Forum Team |
LLDD |
Learner with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities |
LLE |
Local Leader of Education |
MFL |
Modern Foreign Languages |
MLD |
Moderate Learning Difficulty |
NC |
National Curriculum |
NCY |
National Curriculum Year |
NoR |
Number on Roll |
NPQH |
National Professional Qualification for Headship |
NQT |
Newly Qualified Teacher |
OFSTED |
Office for Standards in Education |
PAN |
Planned Admission Number |
PE |
Physical Education |
PEPs |
Personal Education Plans |
PGCE |
Postgraduate Certificate of Education |
PRU |
Pupil Referral Unit |
PSHE |
Personal, Social and Health Education |
PSHE+C |
Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education |
PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
PTR |
Pupil Teacher Ratio |
QTS |
Qualified Teacher Status |
R (yr) |
Reception (Year 1 etc) |
RE |
Religious Education |
SATs |
Standard Assessment Task/Test |
SCR |
Single Central Record |
SDP |
School Development Plan |
SEF |
School self-evaluation form issued by Ofsted |
SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Coordinator |
SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulty |
SLT |
Senior Leadership Team |
SMSC |
Spiritual Moral Social Cultural |
SMT |
Senior Management Team |
SoW |
Scheme of Work |
SpLD |
Specific Learning Difficulty |
SURE Start |
A government programme bringing together, early education, childcare, health and family support agencies |
VA |
Voluntary Aided |
VC |
Voluntary Controlled |
VRQ |
Verbal Reasoning Quotient |