We hope this list of some of the jargon used today in education is helpful.

You may hear your children using some of it!

 

AGaT Able, Gifted and Talented

ALS Additional Literacy Support

AWPU Age Weighted Pupil Unit – the unit used in calculating the funding for the school

BEDSA Brinkworth Earl Danby’s School Association, of which every parent is automatically a member

Building Learning Power A programme of helping students to become better learners with emphasis on the 4Rs: Reciprocity, Reflectiveness, Resilience, Resourcefulness

CE Church of England

Cohort Body of pupils entering a school in any one year group

DfES Department for Education and Skills

EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Extended Schools Government initiative for schools to offer a range of services beyond the school day for pupils and adults in the wider community

Foundation Stage Pre-school and Reception - ages 3 - 5

HLTA Higher Level Teaching Assistant – qualified to teach a class

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IEP Individual Education Plan

IiP Investors in People

KS1 Key stage 1 - years 1 and 2 - ages 5 - 7

KS2 Key stage 2 - years 3 to 6 - ages 7 - 11

L.A. Local Authority - in our case Wiltshire County Council

L.E.A. Local Education Authority – now replaced by L.A.

MUGA Multi Use Games Area

National Curriculum What must be taught in school

National Literacy Strategy A national plan for teaching English in Schools

National Numeracy Strategy A national plan for teaching Maths in Schools

OFSTED Office for Standards in Education

PASSIS Physical Sensory and Impairment Service

PPA Preparation, Planning and Assessment time - time for teachers to prepare for lessons and to assess pupils’ progress

PHSE Personal, Social and Health Education

QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority – government body that regulates and develops curriculum and exams

Reciprocity - to be able to learn with and from others

Reflectiveness - to think about learning and about oneself as a developing learner

Resilience -to focus on learning and to persist under difficulties

Resourcefulness - to use a variety of learning ideas or strategies

SATs Standard Assessment Tests - commonly used name for national tests carried out at ages of 7, 11 and 14

SDP School Development Plan - a written plan through which the school develops and improves

SEN Special Educational Needs

SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator in School

SRE Sex and Relationship Education

TA Teaching Assistant

VC Voluntary Controlled - a school which voluntarily works with the Church and Diocese