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Glossary

• A2 - Level Equivalent of ‘old’ A level – consists of four assessments
• AHT - Assistant Head Teacher
• AFL - Assessment for Learning ALIS A Level Information System
• AGCE - Applied General Certificate of Education
• APP - Assessing Pupils’ Progress
• ASHE - Association of Secondary Head in Essex
• AS - Level Advanced Subsidiary Level - equivalent to half the ‘old’ A level – one year course consisting of two assessments
• AST - Advanced Skills Teacher
• AWPU - Age Weighted Pupil Unit
• BAC - Black African Caribbean
• BAF - Black African
• BECTA - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
• BEd - Bachelor of Education
• BESD - Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulty
• BME - Black and Minority Ethnic (pupils)
• BSF - Building Schools for the Future
• BTEC - Business and Technology Education Council
• CAD/CAM - Computer Aided Design/ Manufacture
• CAFCASS - Child and Family Court Advisory Support Service
• C&G - City and Guilds
• CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
• CAT - Cognitive Ability Tests
• CCA - Clacton Coastal Academy
• CDC - Curriculum Development Centre
• CEIAG - Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance
• CIPD - The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• CPD - Continuing Professional Development
• CPP - Certificate in Personnel Practice
• CPR - Child Protection Register
• CRB - Criminal Records Bureau
• CRE - Commission for Racial Equality
• CTC - City Technology College
• CVA - Contextual Value Added
• CYPP - Children and Young People Plan
• CYPSP - Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership
• DCSF - Department for Children, Schools and Families
• DfE - Department for Education
• D&T - Design and Technology
• EAL - English as an Additional Language
• EAZ - Education Action Zone
• EBD - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
• ECC - Essex County Council
• ECM - Every Child Matters
• EEDA - East of England Development Agency
• EMAG - Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant
• EP - Educational Psychologist
• EPHA - Essex Primary Heads Association
• ESA - Essex Stages of Assessment
• ESA+ - Essex School Action Plus
• ESG - Education Support Grant
• ESGA - Essex School Governor Association
• ET - Excellent Teacher
• EWO - Education Welfare Officer
• EWS - Education Welfare Service
• FAP - Fair Access Panel
• FE - Further Education
• FFT - Fischer Family Trust
• FIS - Financial Information Systems
• FoI - Freedom of Information
• Foundation School - One of the categories of maintained schools
• FSM - Free School Meals
• FT - Full-time
• FTE - Full-time equivalent
• G & T - Gifted and Talented
• GCE - General Certificate of Education (A and AS Levels)
• GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
• GNVQ - General National Vocational Qualification
• GTC - General Teaching Council
• GTP - Graduate Trainee Programme
• GWA - Greensward Academy
• HE - Higher Education
• HEI - Higher Education Institution
• HLTA - Higher Level Teaching Assistant
• HMCI - Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector
• HMI - Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools
• HNC - Higher National Certificate
• HND - Higher National Diploma
• IB - International Baccalaureate
• ICT - Information Communication Technology
• IDACI - Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indicator
• IEP - Individual Education Plan
• IiP - Investors In People
• ILA - Individual Learning Accounts
• IT - Information Technology
• IMD - Index of Multiple Deprivation
• INSET - In-service Education and Training
• ISB - Individual Schools Budget
• ISC - Independent Schools Council
• ISR - Individualised Student Record
• ITT - Initial Teacher Training
• JCC - Joint Consultative Committee
• JNC - Joint National Council
• KITT - Keeping in Touch with Teaching
• KIP - Key Indicator of Performance
• KS - Key Stage
• LA - Local Authority
• LAC - Looked After Children
• LAT - Learner Achievement Tracker (6th form data feeds into PANDA0)
• LDG - Local Delivery Group
• LGA - Local Government Association
• LGPS - Local Government Pension Scheme
• LPS - Leadership Pay Spine
• LSA - Learning Support Assistant
• LSC - Learning and Skills Council
• LSU - Learning Support Unit
• MIDYIS - National baseline test for Yr 7 from Durham University
• MDA - Mid-Day Assistant
• MFL - Modern Foreign Language
• MIS - Management Information System
• MISE - Management Information Systems in Education
• MLE - Managed Learning Environment
• MPG - Main Professional Grade
• MPS - Main Pay Scale (Teachers)
• MTA - Maltings Academy
• NAHT - National Association of Headteachers
• NC - National Curriculum
• NCPTA - National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
• NCSL - National College for School Leadership
• NEET - Not in Education, Employment or Training
• NGA - National Governors' Association
• NGfL - National Grid for Learning
• NQT - Newly Qualified Teacher
• NIA - Number Intended to Admit
• NJC - National Joint Council
• NOR - Number on Roll (students)
• NOS - National Occupational Standards
• NPQH - National Professional Qualifications for Headship
• NQT - Newly Qualified Teachers
• NRA - National Record of Achievement
• NRA - New Rickstones Academy
• NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
• NUS - National Union of Students
• NUT - National Union of Teachers
• NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
• OCR -Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
• Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education
• OTT - Overseas Trained Teacher
• OU - Open University
• PA - Persistent Absence
• PANDA - Performing Arts and Network Development Agency
• PCT - Primary Care Trust
• PE - Physical Education
• PFI - Private Finance Initiative
• PGCE - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
• PLASC - Pupil Level Annual Schools’ Census
• PPA - Pre-School Playgroups Association
• PRP - Performance Related Pay
• PRS/PRU - Pupil Referral Service/ Unit
• PSP - Pupil Support Plan (strategy to prevent exclusion)
• PSHEe - Personal, Social, Health and Economic education
• PT - Part-time
• PTA - Parent Teacher Association
• PTR - Pupil/Teacher Ratio
• QA - Quality Assurance
• QCA - Qualification and Curriculum Authority
• QTS - Qualified Teacher Status
• RACC - Richmond Adult Community College
• Raise(online) - Data analysis and target setting tool
• RE - Religious Education
• ROA - Record of Achievement
• ROQA - Record of Quality Award
• RSA - Royal Society of Arts
• RTP - Registered Teacher Programme
• SAT - Statutory Assessment Tests
• SCITT - School Centred Initial Teacher Training
• SCR - Single Central Record
• SEAL - Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
• SEBD - Socially, Emotionally and Behaviourally Disturbed
• SEF - Self Evaluation Form (Ofsted)
• SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• SENaPS - Special Educational Needs and Psychology Service
• SENCo - Special Educational Needs Coordinator
• SETS - Self Esteem Through Sport (LBRUT initiative)
• SIP - School Improvement Partner
• SLA - Service Level Agreement
• SLASC - Schools Level Annual Schools Census
• SLT - Senior Leadership Team
• SMART - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bounded
• SMG - Senior Management Grade
• SMT - Senior Management Team
• SNT - Safer Neighbourhood Team
• SSAT - Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
• STPCD - School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
• STRB - School Teachers’ Review Body
• TA - Teacher Assistant
• TES - Times Educational Supplement
• TF - Teachfirst - government programme to recuit new teachers
• TPA - Teachers Pension Agency
• TPS - Teachers Pension Scheme
• TPU - Teenage Pregnancy Unit
• TS - Training School
• TUPE - Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment
• UCAS - University and Colleges Admissions Service
• UPN - Unique Pupil Number
• UQT - Unqualified Teacher
• VA - Value Added
• VLE - Virtual Learning Environment
• VRQ - Vocationally Related Qualification
• WBR - White British
• WHO - World Health Organisation
• WRL - Work Related Learning
• XL - Prince's Trust course
• YS - Youth Service

Last reviewed: October 2010