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A
AfL - Assessment for Learning (the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there.)
C
C of E (VC) –Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) which means the school is completely state funded.
CiC - Children in Care (also known as 'looked after children)
CPD - Continuing Professional Development (training opportunities provided to all staff, linked with their role in school)
D
DBS - Disclosure & Barring Service (helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act (The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) works to protect people with disabilities – including blind and partially sighted people – from discrimination)
DfE - Department for Education (responsible for education and children's services in England)
E
EAL - English as additional language (when a child's home language is not English)
EBD - Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties
EFA - Education Funding Agency
EWO - Education Welfare Officer (work with schools, pupils and families to support regular school attendance)
EYFS - Early Years Foundation Stage (Reception and Nursery pupils)
F
FGB - Full Governing Body
FSM - Free School Meals (Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseekers Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
- Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
- Universal Credit
even if they are in KS1 and receive a free school meal anyway, there are other benefits to be gained by seeing if your child is eligible. Please let us know if your child is eligible for FSM so that we can claim the funding to support your child in school.
G
GB- Governing Body.
G&T - Gifted and Talented (Tend to use MAT- More able and talented)
H
HI - Hearing Impaired
HLTA - Higher Level Teaching Assistant (A HLTA does all the things that regular teaching assistants do but the biggest difference is the increased level of responsibility. For example HLTAs teach classes on their own, cover planned absences and allow teachers time to plan and mark.)
HMI - Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools
HSA - Home School Association (The Home School Association is a group of parents and carers who organise fundraising events to raise money for school, supporting a variety of extra activities and providing equipment and resources across school.)
I
IEP - Individual Education Plan (SEN pupils) ( a plan or programme designed for children with SEN to help them to get the most out of their education.)
ICT - Information & Communication Technologies ('computing' education)
K
KS1, 2 - Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2), 2(Year 3,4,5,6)
L
LA - Local Authority (North Yorkshire Council)
LAC - Looked After Children (children in care)
LDD - Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
M
MAT- More able and Talented
MSA- Midday Supervisor assistant
MFL - Modern Foreign Languages
N
NC - National Curriculum (stipulates the content of what has to be taught in maintained schools in England)
NOR - Number on Roll (the number of children currently on the school register)
NPQH - National Professional Qualification for Headship (additional qualification for headteachers)
NQT - Newly Qualified Teacher
P
PPA - Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA time is statutory [10% of teaching time]ti set aside for teachers during their timetabled teaching day to allow them to carry out planning,
preparation and assessment activities.)
PSHE - Personal Social Health and Economic education (also 'citizenship' education)
PUPIL PREMIUM - The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities and to close the gaps between them and their peers
Q
QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
R
RAISE Alliance- Rural Alliance Improving Standards in Education
S
SACREs - Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (responsible for determining the local Religious Education curriculum )
SATs - Standard Assessment Tests (carried out in Y2 and Y6)
SBM - School Business Manager
SCR - Single Central Record (It has been a requirement since 2007 that all schools must maintain a Single Central Record of recruitment and vetting checks. This was set out in some detail in the original publication “Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education (2007)” and more recently updated in the DfE’s April 2014 statutory guidance for schools and colleges titled Keeping Children Safe in Education)
SDP - School Development Plan
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SENCO - Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SEND - Special Educational Needs or Disability
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulties
SLT - Senior Leadership Team
SMSC - Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (development)
SPAG – Spelling, grammar and punctuation. There is a new emphasis on this since the launch of the new National Curriculm.
SRE - Sex and Relationships Education
T
TA - Teaching Assistant
TAPESTRY – Online assessment used mainly in Early Years to assess children’s attainment. It is used higher up the school as a tool for closer communication with arents about children’s small steps of progress.
U
URN - Unique Reference Number
UPN - Unique Pupil Number
V
VA - Voluntary Aided ( mainly funded, but not owned, by their local authority. A governing body employs the staff, and set the admission criteria. The school’s buildings and land are normally owned by a charitable foundation, often a religious organisation, and the governing body contributes to building and maintenance costs.)
VC - Voluntary Controlled (Voluntary-controlled schools are run by the local authority. It employs the school’s staff, and runs the admission procedure. The school’s land and buildings are normally owned by a charity, often a religious organisation, which appoints some of the members of the governing body)
VI - Visually Impaired