Cayley Primary School

ACAS

-

Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service

ACE

-

Advisory Centre for Education

ADEW

-

Association of Directors of Education in Wales

CES

-

Catholic Education Society

CCET

-

Community Consortium for Education and Training

CETW

-

Council for Education and Training Wales

DDE

-

Diocesan Director of Education

DfES

-

Department for Education and Skills

DfE

-

Department for Education

EFQM

-

European Foundation for Quality Management

EHRC

-

Equality and Human Rights Commission

ESRC

-

Economic and Social Research Council

ESTYN*

-

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales

GTCW

-

General Teaching Council for Wales

HMSO

-

Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

HSE

-

Health & Safety Executive

IIS

-

Independent Investigation Service

LA

-

Local Authority

NAC

-

National Assembly Commission

NAfW

-

National Assembly for Wales

NASEN

-

National Association for Special Educational Needs

NFER

-

National Foundation for Educational Research

NGA

-

National Governors Association

NGFL

-

National Grid for Learning

NS

-

National Society

OfSTED

-

Office for Standards in Education

OPSI

-

Office of Public Section Information

PTAUK

-

Parent Teacher Associations UK

SNAP

-

Special Needs Advisory Project

STRB

-

School Teacher Review Body

TES

-

Times Educational Supplement

WG

-

Welsh Government

WJEC

-

Welsh Joint Education Committee

WLGA

-

Welsh Local Government Association

CA

-

Challenge Advisers

CSCJES

-

Central South Consortium Joint Education Service

CEO

-

Chief Education Officer

CSO

-

Chief Schools Officer

DOE

-

Director of Education

EAS

-

Education Achievement Service for South East Wales

ERW

-

Education Through Regional Working

ESP

-

Education Strategic Plans

EWO

-

Education Welfare Officer

GSU

-

Governor Support Unit

GwE

-

North Wales Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service

ITT

-

Initial Teacher Training

LAC

-

Looked After Children

NNEB

-

National Nursery Examination Board

PGR

-

Parent Governor Representative

PRU

-

Pupil Referral Unit

SSA

-

Standard Spending Assessment

VA

-

Value Added

WESPs

-

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans

INSPECTION

HMI               -

Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools

PIC                -

Pre-Inspection Commentary

RI                  -

Reporting Inspector

SAP              -

School Action Plan

SER          - 

UNIONS

Self-Evaluation Report

ASCL           -

Association of School and College Leaders

ATL              -

Association of Teachers and Lecturers

GMB             -

Britain’s General Union

NAHT           -

National Association of Headteachers

NASUWT -

National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers

NUT              -

National Union of Teachers

UCAC           -

National Association of Teachers in Wales

UNISON       -

Union of Public Service Employees

UNITE *       -

Union formed by the merger of T&G and Amicus

Voice *         -

The Union for Education Professionals

DBS

-

Disclosure and Barring Service

DPA

-

Data Protection Act

FOIA

-

Freedom of Information Act

IiP

-

Investors in People

PFI

-

Private Finance Initiative

SI

-

Statutory Instrument

SSFA

-

Schools Standard and Framework Act

SENDIST

-

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

STP&CD     -

School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

‘A’ Level       -

Advanced Level

ADD              -

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD           -

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

AEN              -

Additional Educational Needs

AfL                -

Assessment for learning

ALS               -

Additional Literary Support

ALN               -

Additional Learning Needs

ALNCO         -

Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator

AN                 -

Admission Number

APR              -

Annual Parents’ Report

APG              -

Associate Pupil Governors

‘AS’ Level -

Advanced Subsidiary Level

AT

-

Attainment Target

AWPU

-

Age-Weighted Pupil Unit

BTEC

-

Business and Technology Education Council

CIF

-

Common Inspection Framework

CFR

-

Consistent Financial Reporting

CPD

-

Continual Professional Development

CSI

-

Core Subject Indicator

CYP

-

Children and Young People

DEWi

-

The Data Exchange Wales Initiative

EAL

-

English as an Additional Language

EBD

-

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

EMA

-

Education Maintenance Allowance

EMAS

-

Ethnic Monitoring Advisory Service

EPD

-

Early Professional Development

EWO

-

Education Welfare Officer

FE

-

Further Education

FEI

-

Further Education Institution

FSM

-

Free School Meals

FTE

-

Full Time Equivalent

GB

-

Governing Body

GCE

-

General Certificate of Education

GCSE

-

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GNVQ

-

General National Vocational Qualification

HE

-

Higher Education

HLTA

-

Higher Level Teacher Assistant

HOD

-

Head of Department

HOY

-

Head of Year

HSA

-

Home-School Agreement

ICT

-

Information Communications Technology

IEP

-

Individual Education Plan

INCERTS * -

Assessment tool for schools

INSET           -

In-Service Education and Training

ISF                 -

Innovative Schools Fund

ISR                -

Individual School Range

ITT                -

Initial Teacher Training

KS                 -

Key Stage

LAC               -

Looked After Children

LAP               -

Language and Play

LNF               -

Literacy and Numeracy Framework

LPSH            -

Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers

LSA               -

Learning Support Assistant

MAT              -

More able and talented

MFL                 -

Modern Foreign Languages

MLD                -

Moderate Learning Difficulties

NC                   -

National Curriculum

NDC                -

National Data Collection

NOR                -

Number on Roll

NPQH             -

National Professional Qualification for Headship

NQT                -

Newly Qualified Teacher

NRA                -

National Record of Achievement

NSP                -

National Support Programme

NVQ                -

National Vocational Qualification

OSHL             -

Out of School Hours Learning

PDG                -

Pupil Deprivation Grant

PGCE             -

Post-Graduate Certificate of Education

PHIP               -

Professional Headship Induction Programme

PI                    -

Performance Indicator

PLC                -

Professional Learning Community

PLASC           -

Pupil Level Annual School Census

PPA                -

Preparation, Planning and Assessment time

PRP                -

Performance Related Pay

PSHE              -

Personal, Social and Health Education

PSDWBCD  -

Personal and Social Development, Well-being and Cultural Diversity

PTA                -

Parent Teacher Association

PTR                -

Pupil Teacher Ratio

QTS                -

Qualified Teacher Status

RE                   -

Religious Education

ROA               -

Record of Achievement

SBIG               -

School Buildings Improvement Grant

SDP                -

School Development Plan

SEAL              -

Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

SEF                 -

School Effectiveness Framework

SEG                -

School Effectiveness Grant

SEP                -

School Effectiveness Profile

SEN

-

Special Educational Needs

SENCO

-

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

SIMS

-

School Information and Management System

SIP

-

School Improvement Plan

SL

-

Subject Leader

SLA

-

Service Level Agreement

SLD

-

Severe Learning Difficulties

SLMs

-

School Leadership Modules

SMT

-

Senior Management Team

STA

-

Statutory Teacher Assessments

STEPS *

-

Assessment tool for schools

STF

-

Specialist Teaching Facility

S3i

-

Supported School Self-Improvement

TA

-

Teaching Assistant

TLR

-

Teaching and Learning Responsibility

UPN

-

Unique Pupil Number

UPS

-

Upper Pay Scale

VA

-

Voluntary-Aided

VC

-

Voluntary Controlled

WED

-

Welsh Examinations Database

WIMD

-

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation

WSL

-

Welsh Second Language

WRE

-

Work Related Education