Acronyms/Glossary
AfL |
Assessment for Learning |
AHT |
Assistant Head Teacher |
ATL |
Attitude to Learning |
APP |
Assessing Pupils’ Progress |
CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
CEIAG |
Careers Education, Information and Guidance |
CME |
Children Missing Education |
CoG |
Chair of Governors |
CP |
Child Protection |
CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
CSE |
Child Sexual Exploitation |
DfE |
Department for Education |
DofE |
Duke of Edinburgh Award |
DIRT |
Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time |
DHT |
Deputy Head Teacher |
DSL |
Designated Safeguarding Lead |
DSG |
Dedicated Schools Grant |
ECT |
Early Career Teacher |
EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
EHE |
Elective Home Education |
EHCP |
Educational Health Care Plan |
ELT |
Extended Leadership Team |
ESFA |
Education and Skills Funding Agency |
ESW |
Educational Social Worker |
EP |
Educational Psychologist |
FSM |
Free School Meals |
FAP |
Fair Access Protocol |
GCSE |
General Certificate of Secondary Education |
G4S |
Go4Schools |
HLTA |
Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspectors |
HT |
Head Teacher |
IEN |
Individual Educational Needs |
ITT |
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KS3 |
Key Stage 3 (Years 7-8) |
KS4 |
Key Stage 4 (Years 9-11) |
KS5 |
Key Stage 5 (Years 12 -13) |
LA |
Local Authority |
LAC |
Looked after Children |
LADO |
Local Authority Designated Officer |
Lit |
Literacy |
LM |
Learning Mentor |
LP |
Learning Platform |
LSR |
Learning Support Room |
Main Pay Scale |
For Classroom Teachers: Points M1-M6 with annual progression after successful appraisal |
MASH |
Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub |
MARF |
Multi Agency Referral Form |
MAT |
Multi Academy Trust |
MFL |
Modern Foreign Languages |
MTG |
Minimum Target Grade |
NC |
National Curriculum |
NCTL |
National College for Teaching and Leadership |
NEET |
Not in Education, Employment or Training |
NLE |
National Leaders of Education |
NVQ |
National Vocational Qualification |
Ofsted |
Office for Standards in Education |
PGCE |
Post Graduate Certificate in Education |
PM |
Performance Management |
POT |
Position of Trust |
PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
QA |
Quality Assurance |
QTS |
Qualified Teacher Status |
RFR |
Refocus Room |
RONI |
Risk of NEET Indicator |
SAHT |
Senior Assistant Head Teacher |
SEF |
Self-Evaluation Form |
SEMH |
Social, Emotional, Mental Health |
SEND |
Special Education Needs and Disabilities |
SENCo |
Special Education Needs Coordinator |
SFVS |
Schools Financial Value Standard |
SLT |
Senior Leadership Team |
SMSC |
Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural |
SOL |
Scheme of Learning |
TA |
Teaching Assistant |
UPS |
Upper Pay Scale |
WCC |
Warwickshire County Council |