Jargon Buster
acronyms USED in education or at birdham
A
ADD Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ARE Age Related Expectations
ASD Autism Spectrum Disorders
C
CFR Consistent Financial Reporting
CME Children Missing in Education
CoP Code of Practice (for SEND)
CPD Continuing Professional Development
D
DBS Disclosure & Barring Service
DFCG Devolved Formula Capital Grant
DfE Department for Education
DHT Deputy Headteacher
DPIP Disadvantaged Personal Intervention Plan
DSL Designated Safeguarding Lead
E
EAL English as an Additional Language
ECT Early Careers Teacher
EHCP Education and Health Care Plan
EMTAS Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service
EP Educational Psychologist
Ever6 A child that has been eligible for Free School Meals within the last six years
EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage
F
FFT Fischer Family Trust
FPTA Friends, Parents and Teachers Association
FSM Free School Meals
FTE Full Time Equivalent
G
GDS Greater Depth within the Standard
GPS Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (or SPaG)
GTRSB Gypsy, Traveller, Romany, Showmen and Boater (previously GRT)
H
HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant
HMI His Majesty’s Inspector of Schools
HT Head Teacher
I
IT Information Technology (previously ICT)
IDACI Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index
INSET In-Service Education and Training
ITT Initial Teacher Training
K
KS Key Stage
L
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked After Children (sometimes CLA)
LSA Learning Support Assistant
LSCB Local Safeguarding Children Board
M
MDMS Mid-day Meals Supervisor (or MMS)
MFG Minimum Funding Guarantee
MPPFL Minimum Per Pupil Funding Level
N
NAHT National Association of Head Teachers
NASUWT National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers
NC National Curriculum
NCTs National Curriculum Tests (usually called SATs)
NEU National Education Union
NFER National Foundation for Education Research
NGA National Governance Association
NOR Number on Roll
NPQH National Professional Qualification for Headship
NPQML National Professional Qualification for Middle Leaders
NPQSL National Professional Qualification for Senior Leaders
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher (defunct- now called ECT)
O
Ofsted Office for Standards in Education
P
PAN Published Admission Number
PIP Personal Intervention Plan
PLASC Pupil Level Annual School Census
PM Performance Management
PoS Programme of Study
PPA Planning, Preparation and Assessment
PPG Pupil Premium Grant
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
Q
QTS Qualified Teacher Status
R
RSHE Relationships, Sex and Health Education (previously PSHE)
RWM Reading, Writing and Mathematics (sometimes written as RWM combined, i.e. R and W and M)
S
SACRE Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
SATs Standard Assessment Tasks
SCR Single Central Record
SDP School Development Plan
SEF Self-Evaluation Form
SEND Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
SENDCo Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (or SENCO)
SFVS Schools Financial Value Standard
SIP School Improvement Plan (previously SDP)
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLT Senior Leadership Team
SS Scaled Scores
T
TA Teacher Assessment or Teaching Assistant
TLR Teaching and Learning Responsibility Payment
TMS Teachers Main Scale (salary band; sometimes MPS)
U
UiFSM Universal Infant Free School Meals
UPS Upper Pay Scale (salary band; sometimes UPR)
V
VA Voluntary Aided (school)
VC Voluntary Controlled (school)
W
WSCC West Sussex County Council
WSSfS West Sussex Services for Schools
WTS Working Towards the Standard
Y
Year (always followed by R or a number, e.g. Y3)
