Achievement

 Describes both attainment i.e. the level achieved and the progress you have made from a starting point.

AfL

 Assessment for Learning – is 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.

ASD / C

APC

Autism Spectrum Disorder / Condition

Alternative Provision Centre

Attainment

 The actual result attained by the pupil.

Blending

 To draw individual sounds together to pronounce a word, e.g. f-l-a-p, blended together, reads flap.

Core Subjects

 English, maths and science: all pupils must study these subjects up to Key Stage 4.

CPD

 Continuing Professional Development

Creative Curriculum

 There are numerous interpretations of the concept of ‘the creative curriculum’. In some schools it means topics or themes, in others it means asking children what they want to learn. At Ashurst Wood we do both.

DBS

 Disclosure & Barring Service – refers to the new agency created out of a merger between the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA), its full title is The Disclosure and Barring Service. The checks and information provided will remain the same but will be branded DBS Checks.

DfE

 Department for Education

Differentiation

 A wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that teachers use to pupils of differing abilities in the same class.

EAL

 English as an additional language

EBD

 Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

ECT

 Early Career Teacher

EHC Plan

 Educational Health Care Plan – An education, health and care plan is a document that says what support a child or young person who has special needs should have.

EYFS

 Early Years Foundation Stage – A framework of care and Education for children from birth to five years of age. This stage typically means Nursery/Preschool and Reception Classes.

FFT

 Fischer Family Trust

FSM

 Free School Meals

FTE

 Full Time Equivalent

HLTA

 Higher Level Teaching Assistant

HMI

 Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools

ICT

 Information and Communication Technology

IEP

INA

Individual Education Plan for SEND pupils

Individual Needs Assistant 

Inclusion

 Removing barriers to learning so all pupils can participate at their own level.

INSET

 In-Service Education and Training – Training for staff which takes place during the school year.

ITE

 Initial Teacher Education

IWB

 Interactive Whiteboard

Key Stage One

 Age 5-7 (Years 1 and 2)

Key Stage Two

 Age 7-11 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)

LA

 Local Authority

LAC

 Looked After Children 

MLD

 Moderate Learning Difficulties

NAHT

 National Association of Head Teachers

NASUWT

 National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers

NGA

 National Governors’ Association

NLE

 National Leader of Education

NPQH

 National Professional Qualification for Headship

NUT

 National Union of Teachers

Ofsted

 Office for Standards in Education

PE

 Physical Education

Performance Table

 Published by the DfE to compare school results.

Phonics

 Phonics refers to the method for teaching speakers of English to read and write their language. It involves connecting the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters (e.g that the sound /k/ can be represented by c, k, ck or ch spellings) and teaching them to blend the sounds of letters together to produce approximate pronunciations of unknown words. In this way, phonics enables people to use individual sounds to construct words. For example, when taught the sounds for the letters t, p, a and s, one can build up the words “tap”, “pat”, “pats”, “taps” and “sat.”

PPA

 Planning, Preparation and Assessment time to which teachers are entitled.

Progression

 Pupils develop academically and personally from year to year and from one key stage to the next in a way which builds on what has already been achieved.

PSHE

 Personal Social Health and Economic education

PTFA

 Parent Teacher andf Friends Association. 

QTS

 Qualified Teacher Status

RE

 Religious Education

RQT

 Recently Qualified Teacher

SACREs

 Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education

SATs

 Standard Attainment Tests/Tasks – National Curriculum Tests and Tasks which take place at the end of Key Stage 1 and at the end of Key Stage 2.

SCR

 Single Central Record – Schools must hold a single central record of all adults working with pupils. The records hold security and ID checks among other specific information.

SENCO

 Special Educational Needs Coordinator

SIP

 School Improvement Plan

SLE

 Specialist Leader of Education

SLT

 Senior Leadership Team

SMSC

 Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (development)

TA

 Teaching Assistant

Transition

 The movement of pupils from Key Stage to Key Stage or school to school and the procedures associated with it.