Glossary of Abbreviations
These are commonly used abbreviations in our school.
Abbreviation |
Description |
| AAP | Attendance Advisory Practitioner |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| AFL | Assessment for learning |
| AO | Administrative Officer – Lin Erskine |
| AOS | Autism Outreach Service |
| APS | Average Point Score |
| ARE | Age Related Expectations |
| ASD | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| BESD | Behavioural Emotional & Social Difficulties |
| BSS | Behaviour Support Service |
| CAF | Common Assessment Form |
| CAMHS | Child & Adolescent Mental Health |
| CAST | Child and Adolescent Support Team |
| CBEC | Cranbourne Business & Enterprise College |
| CLIC | Counting, Learn Its, It’s nothing new, Calculations |
| COP | Code of Practice |
| CP | Child Protection |
| C of E | Church of England |
| DCD | Developmental Co-ordination Disorder |
| DFE | Department for Education |
| DHT | Deputy Head Teacher |
| DT | Designated Teacher for looked after children |
| DT | Design Technology |
| EAL | English as an Additional Language |
| EIS | Education Inclusion Services |
| ELSA | Emotional Literacy Support Assistant |
| EMTAS | Ethnic, Minority & Traveller Achievement Service |
| EP | Education Psychologist |
| EW | Education Welfare |
| EY | Early Years |
| EYFS | Early Years Foundation Stage – Yr R |
| FS | Foundation Stage – Nursery (FS1) and Reception (FS2) |
| FSM | Free School Meals |
| GR | Guided Reading |
| HI | Hearing Impairment |
| HLTA | Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| H&S | Health & Safety |
| HFW | High Frequency Words |
| HT | Head Teacher |
| IBP | Individual Behaviour Plan |
| ICSS | Individual Children Support Service (Early Years) |
| ICT | Information Communication Technology |
| IEP | Individual Education Plans |
| INSET | In-service Education and Training |
| ISR | In School Review |
| IWB | Interactive white boards |
| JRSO | Junior Road Safety Officers |
| KS1 | Key Stage 1 – Infants yrs 1 & 2 |
| KS2 | Key Stage 2 – Juniors Yrs 3 – 6 |
| LA | Local Authority |
| LAC | Looked after child |
| LO | Learning Objective |
| LSA | Learning Support Assistant |
| LSS | Learning Support Service |
| MLD | Moderate Learning Difficulty |
| NC | National Curriculum |
| NOR | Number on Role |
| NQT | Newly Qualified Teacher |
| NS | Next Steps |
| OFSTED | Office for standards in education |
| OT | Occupational Therapist |
| PE | Physical Education |
| PEP | Personal Education Plan |
| PPA | Planning Preparation Assessment |
| PSA | Parent Support Assistant |
| PSHE | Physical Social Health Education |
| PTA | Parent Teacher Association |
| QMC | Queen Mary’s College |
| RUCSAC | Read, Understand, Calculate, Solving, and Check |
| SALT | Speech & Language Therapy |
| SLT | Speech and Language Therapist |
| S & L | Speech and Language |
| SATS | Statutory Assessment Tests |
| SEND | Special Educational Needs and Disabilities |
| SIP | School Improvement Plan |
| TAC | Team Around the Child |
| VA | Voluntary Aided |
| WAHO | Working at Home Opportunity |