AT Attainment Target (in National Curriculum)
ASD Autism spectrum disorders
ADD Attention deficit disorder
ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
BA Bachelor of Arts
BSP Behaviour Support Plan
BSS Behaviour Support Service
CAF Common Application Form
CAF Common Assessment Framework
CAT Cognitive Ability Test
CP Child protection
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CRB Criminal Records Bureau
DBS Disclosure Barring Service
DCPO Designated Child Protection Officer
DfE Department for Education
DOB Date of Birth
EAL English as an Additional Language
EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty
eCAF Electronic Common Assessment Framework
EFL English as a Foreign Language
EP Educational Psychologist
EWO Education Welfare Officer
EYFSP Early Years Foundation Stage Programme
EXT Executive Head Teacher
FEX Fixed Term Exclusions from school
FFT Fischer Family Trust (a charity that provides estimates of pupil performance)
FS Foundation Stage
FSM Free School Meals
FSP Foundation Stage Profile
G&T Gifted and Talented
GPS Grammar Punctuation Spelling
H&S Health and Safety
HMI Her Majesty’s Inspector(ate)
HOS Heads of School
HT Headteacher
IWB Interactive White Board
IEP Individual Education Plan
INSET In-service Education and Training
IT Information Technology
KS Key Stage
KS1 Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (5 - 7 year olds)
KS2 Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (8 - 11 year olds)
KS3 Key Stage 3 Years 7-9 (12-14 year olds)
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked After Children
LEA Local Education Authority
LIFT Local Inclusion Forum Team
LLDD Learner with Learning Difficulties or Disabilities
LLE Local Leader of Education
MFL Modern Foreign Languages
MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty
NC National Curriculum
NCY National Curriculum Year
NoR Number on Roll
NPQH National Professional Qualification for Headship
NQT Newly Qualified Teacher
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
PAN Planned Admission Number
PE Physical Education
PEPs Personal Education Plans
PGCE Postgraduate Certificate of Education
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
PSHE Personal, Social and Health Education
PSHE+C Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
PTA Parent Teacher Association
PTR Pupil Teacher Ratio
QTS Qualified Teacher Status
R (yr) Reception (Year 1 etc)
RE Religious Education
SATs Standard Assessment Task/Test
SCR Single Central Record
SDP School Development Plan
SEF School self-evaluation form issued by Ofsted
SEN Special Educational Needs
SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator
SLD Severe Learning Difficulty
SPaG Spelling Punctuation and Grammar
SLT Senior Leadership Team
SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural
SMT Senior Management Team
SoW Scheme of Work
SpLD Specific Learning Difficulty
SURE Start A government programme bringing together, early education, childcare, health and family support agencies
VA Voluntary Aided
VC Voluntary Controlled
VRQ Verbal Reasoning Quotient