Bridgend County Borough Council

ACAS

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

ACE

Advisory Centre for Education

ADEW

Association of Directors Education in Wales

Aided Schools

School set up and owned by a voluntary body, usually a church body. The governing Body employs the staff, and controls pupil admission and religious education

Annual Parents Meeting

A meeting organised by the governing body for the parents of all

pupils registered at a school. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Governors Annual Report to Parents and any other matters connected with the governors’ work at the school. A meeting must be held once every academic year

ARP

Report to Parents Annual

AQA

Assessment and Qualification Alliance

ASB

Aggregated Schools Budget

AST

Advanced Skills Teacher

ATL

Association of Teachers and Lecturers

AV

Audio Visual

BCBC

Bridgend County Borough Council

BDA

British Dyslexia Association

BECTA

British Education Communications & Technology Agency

Benchmarking

A technique often associated with finance, but not exclusively so, which permits the comparison of data between schools, or different departments in schools. To allow performance to be assessed and best practice and value for money to be identified shared and encouraged

Best Value

The governments replacement for Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) which confirm for all council services to be efficient, cost effective and responsive to client needs etc.

BEST

Building Excellent Schools Together

BGA

Bridgend Governors Association

BTEC

Business and Technology Education Council

BSI

British Standards Institution

Capitation

The part of a schools budget allocated to spending on equipment and teaching materials

CASE

Campaign for the Advancement of State Education

CEO

Chief Education Officer

CLEA

Council of Local Education Authorities

Controlled School

A type of voluntary school controlled by the LEA – see Voluntary Controlled School

Community School

A school maintained by the Local Education Authority (was County School)

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

CPVE

Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education

CRB

Criminal Record Bureau

CRE

Commission for Racial Equality

DfES

Department for Education and Skills

EA

External Advisor

EBD

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

EBP

Education Business Partnership

EDP

Education Development Plan

ELWa

Education Learning Wales

EOP

Equal Opportunities Policy

EPS

Educational Psychology Service

Estyn

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales

EWO

Education Welfare Officer

Ex-Officio

A person attending meetings in a non-voting capacity

FE

Further Education

FEFC

Further Education Funding Council

FS

Foundation Stage

GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GEST

Grants for Education Support and Training Programme

GNVQ

General National Vocational Qualification

GSB

General Schools Budget

GTC

General Teaching Council (Wales)

H&S

Health & Safety

HE

Higher Education

HMCI

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector

HMI

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate

HOD

Head of Departments

HOY

Heads of Year

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ISB

Individual Schools Budget

IiP

Investors in People

INSET

In-Service Training of Teachers

I Instrument of

Government

A legal document setting out the composition of the Governing Body

ISCG

Information for School and College Governors

ISR

Individual School Range – categorising of a school according to size and type used in calculating the salary level of a head teacher.

IT

Information Technology

ITT

Initial Teacher Training

KS1/2/3

Key stage 1/2/3/4 etc

LIG

Leadership Incentive Grant

LSC

Learning and Skills Council

LEA

Local Education Authority

LMS

Local Management of Schools

LSC

Learning & Skills Council

LSO

Learning Support Officer

Maintained School

Any county or voluntary school maintained by the Authority including any maintained special school not established in a hospital

Minor Authority Governor

A person appointed to a Primary School governing body by a parish

or district council when a school serves an area in which the parish or district council operates

MCSI

Monitoring, Challenge, Support and Intervention – ‘Knowing your School’ effective self – review document

MLD

Moderate Learning Difficulties

MNS

Maintained Nursery School

NAHT

National Association of Headteachers

NASEN

National Association for Special Educational Needs

NAS/UWT

National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of women Teachers

NATFHE

National Association of Teachers in further and Higher Education

NCSL

National College for School Leadership

NC

National Curriculum

NCVQ

National Council for Vocational Qualifications

Non Contact time

Non teaching time when teachers prepare lesson plans etc

NNEB

National Nursery Examination Board

NPQH

National Professional Qualification for Head teachers

NQT

National Union of Teachers

NVQ

National Vocational Qualification

PAL

Planned Admission Limit (the number of children the LEA or appropriate admissions body determines can be admitted to the school)

PAN

Published Admissions Number

PAT

Professional Association of Teachers

PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate of Education

PI

Performance Indicators

PIAP

Post Inspection Action Plan

PM

Performance Management

PPA

Planning, Preparation, Assessment

Prospectus

Information about an individual school which must be published annually. Information that must be included is specified in the School Information Regulations

PRP

Performance Related Pay

PRU

Pupil Referral Unit – LEA maintained organisation that educates pupils excluded from Schools or who are unable to attend for reasons such as illness.

PTA

Parent Teacher Association

PTR

Pupil Teacher Ratio – obtained by dividing the number of pupils by the number of Teachers

Reception Class

A class in which education is provided which is suitable for the requirements of pupils aged 5 and any pupils under or over that age that it is appropriate to educate together with pupils aged 5

RI

Registered Inspector

Risk Assessment

The main thrust of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requiring every employer to carry out a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risks to health and safety of employees to which they are exposed whilst at work and the risks to non-employees to which they are exposed as a result of the work

ROA

Record of Achievement (a document now required for all children leaving school containing a record over time of a pupil’s achievements in and out of school)

SATs

Standard Assessment Tasks

SDP

School Development Plan

SEN

Special Educational Needs

SENSS

Special Educational Needs Support Service

SENA

Special Educational Needs Assessment

SENCO

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

SLSO

Senior Learning Support Assistant

SNSA

Special Needs Support Assistant

SNSO

Special Needs Support Officer

SSFA

School Standards and Framework Act 1998

SHA

Secondary Heads Association

SI

Statutory Instrument

SIO

School Improvement Officer

SIP

School Improvement Plan

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLD

Severe Learning Difficulties

SMT

Senior Management Team

STRB

School Teachers’ Review Body

TA

Teaching Assistant

TES

Times Educational Supplement

TLR

Teaching and Learning Responsibilities

TUPE

Transfer of undertakings

UNISON

Union of Public Employees

VA

Voluntary Aided School is set up and owned by a voluntary body, usually a church body, largely financed through a LEA. The governing body employs the staff, and controls pupil admissions and religious education

VC

Voluntary Controlled School is set up by a voluntary body usually a church body (generally Church of England). Totally funded through the LEA. The LEA employs the staff.

Voluntary School

Schools initially provided by bodies other than LEA’s. Such schools are designated ‘Controlled’, ‘Aided’ or ‘Special Agreement’.

WAG

Welsh Assembly Government

WLB

Welsh Language Board

YT

Youth Training