Acronyms and Terminology
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ACAS - Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACC - Association of Country Councils
ACE - Advisory Centre for Education
ACPC - Area Child Protection Committee
ACS - Average Class Size
AE - Adult Education
A& I - Advice and Inspection
ALS - Additional Literacy Support
AMA - Association of Metropolitan Authorities
AMP - Asset Management Plan
AOB - Any Other Business
ASB - Aggregated Schools Budget
ASE - Association for Science Education
AST - Advanced Skills Teacher
AT(s) - National Curriculum / Attainment Target(s)
ATL - Association of Teachers and Lecturers
AUT - Autism
AV - Audio-Visual
A&W - Access and Welfare
AWPU - Age Weighted Pupil Unit The basic unit used in calculating funding for schools.
Baseline assessment - Tests given to children on entering primary school so as to provide a means of measuring their later development and to check for learning difficulties.
Benchmarking - Looking at the performance of similar schools in order to assess how well your own is doing.
BA - Bachelor of Arts
BECTA - British Educational Communication and Technology Association
BEd - Bachelor of Education
BFBC - Bracknell Forest Borough Council
BFG - Bracknell Forest Governor (newsletter)
BSP - Behaviour Support Plan
BSc - Bachelor of Science
BTEC - Business and Technology Council
BV - Best Value
BYMT - Berkshire Young Musicians Trust
CAD - Computer Assisted Design
CAL - Computer Assisted Learning
CARE - Chistian Action Research and Education
CASE - Campaign for State Education
CAT - Cognitive Ability Test
CCRS - Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies
CCT - Compulsory Competitive Tendering
CDC - Child Development Centre
CDT - Craft Design and Technology
CEA - Cambridge Educational Associates
CEDC - Community Education Development Centre
CEO - Chief Education Officer
CES - Catholic Education Service
CFR - Consistent Financial Reporting
CLA - Copyright Licensing Agency
CLD - Complex Learning Agency
CLEA - Council of Local Education Authorities
Cohort - Body of pupils entering a school in any one year
CoP - Code of Practice (for SEN)
COSHH - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
CP - Child Protection
CPA - Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CPVE - Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education
CRE - Commission for Racial Equality
CT - Competitive Tendering
CTC - City Technology College
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DfEE - Department for Education and Employment (now DfES)
DfES - Department for Education and Skills (formerly DfEE)
DH - Deputy Headteacher
DHA - District Health Authority
Dip Ed - Diploma of Education
DLO - Desirable Learning Outcome
DML - Daily Mathematics Lesson
DSSG - Directorate Special Support Group
DSO - Direct Service Organisation
DTLR - Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
EA - Education Associations
EAB - Education Assets Board
EAF - Education Action Forum
EAZ - Education Action Zone
EBD - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
EBP - Education Business Partnership
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDIMIS - Education Integrated Management Information System
EDP Education Development Plan
EDSI - The Education Departments Superhighways Initiative
EFL - English as a Foreign Language
ELAS - Education Law Association
EMA - Education Maintenance Allowance
EMAG - Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
EO - Equal Opportunities
EOC - Equal Opportunities Commission
EOP - Equal Opportunities Policy
EOTAS - Education Otherwise than at School
EP - Educational Psychologist
EPS - Educational Psychology Service
ESL -English as a Second Language
EWO - Education Welfare Officer
EYDCP - Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership
FAS - Funding Agency for Schools
FE - Further Education
FE - Form(s) of Entry
FEFC - Further Education Funding Council
FSA - Foundation for Sport and Arts
FSM -Free School Meals
FST - Family Support Team
FT - Full Time
FTE - Full Time Equivalent
GCE - General Certificate of Education
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
GNVQ - General National Vocational Qualification. An advanced level GNVQ (level 3) pass is equivalent to two A level passes
GSB - General Schools Budget
GTC - General Teaching Council
HE - Higher Education
HEFCE - Higher Education Funding Council for England
HI - Hearing Impaired
HMCI - Her Majesty`s Chief Inspector of Schools
HMI - Her Majesty`s Inspectorate (or Inspector)
HMSO - Her Majesty`s Stationery Office
HND - Higher National Diploma
HoD - Head of Department
HoF - Head of Faculty
HoY - Head of Year
H&S - Health and Safety
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
HSW - Health and Safety at Work
HSWA - Health and Safety at Work Act
HT - Headteacher
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
IEP - Individual Education Plan
IIP - Investors In People
IIP - Institutional Improvement Plan - alternative term for the School Development Plan
INSET - In-Service Education and Training for Teachers
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
ISB - Individual Schools Budget
ISCG - Institute for School and College Governors
ISR - Individual School Range (Headteachers)
ISR - Individual Salary Range (Deputy Headteachers and Assistant Headteachers)
IT - Information Technology
ITP - Interactive Teaching Programme
ITT - Initial Teacher Training
IWB - Interactive Whiteboard
JCC - Joint Consultative Committee
KS - Key Stage
LAN - Local Area Network
LEA - Local Education Authority
LGA - Local Government Association
LMS - Local Management of Schools
LMSS - Local Managemnt of Special Schools
LPS - Local Policy Setting
LPSH - Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
LSA - Learning Support Assistant
LSB - Local Schools Budget
LSC - Learning and Skills Council
MA - Master of Arts
MEd - Master of Education
Minor Authority - A parish or district council
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulties
MPS - Main Pay Scale
MSc - Master of Science
NACETT - National Advisory Council for Education and Training Targets
NAFE - Non-Advanced Further Education
NAGC - National Association for Gifted Children
NAGM - National Association of Governors and Managers
NAHT - National Association of Headteachers
NAI - Non-accidental Injury
NASEN - National Association for Special Educational Needs
NASUWT - National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers
NASMO - National Association of School Meals Organisers
NATFHE - National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
NC - National Curriculum
NCET - National Council for Education Technology
NCPTA - National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
NCSL - National College for School Leadership
NCVQ - National Council for Vocational Qualifications
NDPB - Non-departmental Public Body
NDS - New Deals for Schools
NFER - National Foundation for Educational Research
NGC - National Governors Council
NGFL - National Grid for Learning
NLP - National Literacy Project
NLS - National Literacy Strategy
NNEB - National Nursery Examination Board
NNS - National Numeracy Strategy
NOF - New Opportunities Fund
NOR - Number on Roll (the number of registered pupils at the school)
NPQH - National Professional Qualification for Headship
NPQSL - National Professional Qualification for Subject Leaders
NQT - Newly Qualified Teacher
NTA - Non-teaching Assistant
NUPE see UNISON
NUT - National Union of Teachers
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
OU - Open University
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
OT - Occupational Therapist/Therapy
PAL - Planned Admission LImit (the number of children the LEA determines can be admitted to the school)
PAN - Pupil Admission Number
PANDA - Performance and Assessment Data
PAT - Professional Association of Teachers
PAYU - Pay As You Use
PD - Physical Difficulties
PFI - Private Finance Initiative
PGCE - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
PH - Physically Handicapped
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy
PHF - Primary Heads Forum
PHSE - Personal, Health and Social Education
PI - Performance Indicators
PICSI -Pre-Inspection Context and School Indicator
PIPS - Performance Indicators in Primary Schools
PIVATS - Performance Indicators Value Added Target Setting
PMC - Performance Management Consultant
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
POS - Programme of Study
PPP - Public Private Partnership
PRG - Pupil Retention Grant
PRP - Performance Related Pay
PRS - Pupil Referral Service
PRU - Pupil Referral Unit
PSA - Parent School Association
PSB - Potential Schools Budget
PSHE - Personal Social and Health education
PSP - Pastoral Support Programme or Pastoral Support Plan
PT - Part Time
PTA - Parent Teacher Association
PTR - Pupil Teacher Ratio
QCA -Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
QUASE - Quantitative Analysis for Self Evaluation
RI or RgI - Registered Inspector
ROA - Record of Achievement (a document now required for all children leaving school containing a record over time of a pupil`s achievements in and out of school)
RSA - Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce
RSG - Revenue Support Grant
SACRE - Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education
SATs - Standard Assessment Tests
SCAA - School Curriculum and Assessmen Authority
SDP - School Development Plan
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SENCO - Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
SEU - Standards and Effectiveness Unit
SF - Standards Fund
SHA - Secondary Heads` Association
SI - Statutory Instrument
SIG - School Improvement Grant
SIMS - School Information Management System
SIPS - Social Inclusion Pupil Support
SIS - School Improvement and Support Branch
SLA - Service Level Agreement
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties
SMSC - Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education
SMT - Senior Management Team
S&LD - Speech and Language Difficulties
SOC - School Organisation Committee
SOP - School Organisation Plan
SOW - Schemes of Work
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulties
SPLT - Speech and Language Therapist
SSA - Special Support Assistant
SSA - Standard Spending Assessment
SSF - Schools Standards Fund
SSFA - School Standards and Framework Act
SSG - School Service Guarantee
STPCD - School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document
STRB - School Teachers Review Body
SEGFL - South East Grid for Learning
TA - Teacher Assessment/Teaching Assistant
TEN - The Education Network
TES - Times Educational Supplement
TP - Teaching Practice
TSIG - Targeted School Improvement Grant
TTA - Teacher Training Agency
TTO - Term Time Only
TUPE - Transfer of Undertakings
UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
UFC - Universities Funding Council
Ufl - University for Industry
UNISON - Union of Public Employees
VA - Voluntary Aided
VAK - Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic
VC - Voluntary Controlled
VI - Visually Impaired
VRQ - Verbal Reasoning Quotient
WAN - Wide Area Network
WEA - Workers Educational Association
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YELLIS - Year Eleven Information System
YOT - Youth Offending Team
YT - Youth Training
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