Jargon buster

An alphabetical list of some abbreviations and acronyms you may come across. If you come across any that are not listed here, email EGfLWebTeam@ealing.gov.uk.

A
AAT: Achievement and attainment tables
ACE: Advisory Centre for Education (an advisory service for parents)
ACPC: Area child protection committee
ALPS: Advanced levels performance systems
AMP: Asset management plan
ASB: Aggregated schools budget
ASCL: Association of School and Collge Leaders
AST: Advanced skills teacher
ASTITT: Advanced skills teacher for initial teacher training
ATL: Association of Teachers and Lecturers
AWPU: Age weighted pupil unit

B
Becta: British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
BIP: Behaviour improvement programme
BSF: Building Schools for the Future
BTCV: British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
BTEC: Business and Technology Education Council

C
CASE: Campaign for State Education
CATS: Cognitive ability test
CEA: Cambridge Education Associates
CEDP: Career entry and development profile
CfBT: Centre for British Teachers
CFR: Consistent financial reporting
CIPD: Chartered Institute of Professional Development
CITAS: Community interpreting, translation and access service
CME: Children missing in education
CP: Child protection
CPD: Continuing professional development
CRE: Commission for Racial Equality
CSBM: Certificate of school business management
CVA: Contextual value added
CwD: Children with Disabilities
CYPP: Children and Young People's Plan

D
DAWN: Dignity at Work Now
DCSF: Department for Children, Schools and Families
DDA: Disability Discrimination Act
DED: Disability Equality Duty
DH: Department of Health
DoE: Department of Environment
DRB: Designated Recommending Bodies
DSBM: Diploma of school business management
DT: Distance travelled

E
EAL: English as an additional language
EAZ: Education action zone
EEBP: Ealing Education Business Partnership
EGfL: Ealing Grid for Learning
EFQM: European Foundation for Quality Management
EiC: Excellence in Cities
EIS: Educational Institute of Scotland
EMAG: Ethnic minority achievement grant
EOTAS: Education other than at school
EPAS: Education performance analysis software
EPD: Early professional development
EPS: Educational psychology service
ERSA: REaling's request for statutory assessment
ESR: Educators for social responsibility
ESS: Education Standard Spending
ESW: Education social worker
EUMC: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
EYDCP: Early years development and childcare partnership

F
FAIR: Forum Against Islamaphobia and Racism
FFT: Fischer Family Trust
FLARE: Forum for Learning and Research Enquiry
FMSIS: Financial mangement standard in schools
FTBI - First Time Buyers Initiative

G
G and T: Gifted and talented
GCSE: General certificate of secondary education
GOL: Government Office for London
GNVQ: General national vocational qualification
GT(P): Graduate Teacher (Programme)
GTC: General Teaching Council

H
H&S: Health and safety
HEADLAMP: Headteacher Leadership and Management Programme
HEI: Higher education institution
HIP: Headteacher Induction Programme
HLTA: Higher level teaching assistant
HMCI Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
HMI: Her Majesty's Inspectorate
HoD(s): Head(s) of department
HRD: Human resource development
HRM: Human resource management
HSE: Health and Safety Executive
HTI: Heads, Teahcers and Industry

I
IAM: Institute of Administrative Management
ICT: Information communication technology
IEP: Individual education plan
IiP: Investors in People
ILP: Individual learning plan
INSET: In-service education of teachers
IOSH: Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
IPDP: Individual professional development plans
ISB: Individual schools budget
ISCWD: Integrated Services for Children with Disabilities
IT: Information technology
ITET: Initial teacher education and training
ITT: Initial Teacher Training

J
JAR: Joint area review

K
KS1 (2, 3, 4): Key stage 1 (2, 3, 4)

L
LA: Local authority
LAT: Learner achievement tracker
LftM: 'Leading from the Middle'
LiG: Leadership Incentive Grant
LMS: Local Management of Schools
LMSS: Local Management of Special Schools
LPSH: Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers
LSA: Learning support assistant
LSEA: Local Schools Environment Awards
LSC: Learning and Skills Council
LSN: Learning and Skills Network
LSU: Learning support units

M
MCB: Muslim Council of Britain
MET: Muslim Educational Trust
MFL: Modern foreign languages
MPS: Main pay scale

N
NAGM: National Association of Governors and Managers
NAGTY: National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
NAHT: National Association of Headteachers
NAPTA: National Association of Professional Teaching Assistants
NARIC: National Academic Recognition Information Centre
NASUWT: National Association of School Masters & Union of Women Teachers
NBA: National Bursars Assocation
NC: National Curriculum
NCER: National Consortium for Examination Results
NCSL: National College for School Leadership
NCT: Non-contact time
NERF: National Education Research Forum
NFER: National Foundation for Educational Research
NLC: Networked Learning Communities
NOF: New Opportunities Fund
NPQH: National Professional Qualification for Headship
NQT: Newly qualified teacher
NRA: National Record of Achievement
NUT: National Union of Teachers
NVQ: National vocational qualification

O
Ofsted: Office for Standards in Education
OMHB: Open Market HomeBuy
OSHLI: Out of School Hours Learning Initiative
OTT: Overseas Trained Teacher

P
PANN: Professional Association of Nursery Nurses
PAtT: Professionals Allied to Teaching
PAT: Professional Association of Headteachers
PAT: Pupil achievement tracker
PCT: Primary Care Trust
PDC: Professional development centre
PDP: Professional development profile
PEP: Personal education plans
PESSCL: PE, school sport and club links
PFI: Private Finance Initiative
PGCE: Postgraduate Certificate of Education
PLASC: Pupil level annual school census
PM: Performance management
PPA: Prepartion, planning and assessment
PPP: Public Private Partnerships
PPP: Pupil Parent Partnership
PSLN: Primary School Learning Network
PTR: Pupil teacher ratio

Q
QCA: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
QTS: Qualified teacher status

R
RB: Recommending body
RE: Religious education
RES: Race Equality Scheme
RIMA: Race in the media
ROA: Record of Achievement

S
SACRE: Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education
SAI: Schools Access Initiative
SATs: Standard Assessment Tasks
SBCR: Schools budgetary control report
SCITT: School-centred initial teacher training
SDP: School development plan
SEN: Special Educational Needs
SENCO: Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
SENCOP: Special Educational Needs Code Of Practice
SENDA: Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
SENDIST: Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
SENSIT: Spe
SEU: Standards and Effectiveness Unit
SEU: Social Exclusion Unit
SGU: School Governance Unit
SHA: Secondary Heads Association
SIMS: Schools Information Management System
SIP: School improvement plan
SLA: Service level agreement
SMT: Senior management team
SNA: Special needs assistant
SOC: School organisation committee
SOP: School organisation plan
SSC: Sector Skills Council
SSDA: Sector Skills Development Agency
STA: Specialist teaching assistant
STRB: School Teacher Review Body
SWOT: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

T
TA: Teaching Assistant (HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant)
TAS: Traveller Achievement Service
TDA: Test of developed ability
TDA: Training and Development Agency
TDLB: Teaching development leady body
TES: Times Educational Supplement
TESS: Extended schools support service
TIPD: Teachers' international professional development
TPLF: Teachers' professional learning framework
TSN: Teacher Support Network
TTA: Teacher Training Agency

U
UCAS: University and College Admissions Service
UPN: Unique pupil number

V
VA: Voluntary aided
VRH: Volunteer reading help
VRQ: Vocationally related qualification

W
WAMG: Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group