Acronyms
ABC – antecedents, behaviours, consequences
ADD – attention deficit disorder
ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
AfL – assessment for learning
ALIS – A-Level Information System
AOB – any other business
APP – assessing pupil progress
APS – average point score
AQA – Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
ASBO – anti-social behaviour orders
ASCL – Association of School and College Leaders
ASD – autistic spectrum disorders
ASDAN – Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network
AST – advanced skills teacher
ATL – Association of Teachers and Lecturers
BACP – British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
BfL – behaviour for learning
BICS – basic interpersonal communication skills
BLP – Building Learning Power
BTEC – Business and Technology Education Council
CA – cognitive acceleration
CACHE – Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education
CAD – computer-aided design
CAF – common assessment framework
CALP – cognitive academic language proficiency
CAME – cognitive acceleration in maths
CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
CASE – cognitive acceleration in science
CASEL – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
CASK – concepts, attitudes, skills and knowledge
CAT – cognitive ability test
CBI – Confederation of British Industry
CBT – cognitive behavioural therapy
CCEA – Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
CCTV – closed-circuit television
CEGNET – Careers Education and Guidance Network
CEIAG – careers education, information, advice and guidance
CEM – Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring
CFF – Classroom of the Future Foundation
CfL – Connections for Learning
CIDA – certificate in digital applications
CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
CLAIT – Computer Literacy And Information Technology
CofE – Church of England
COPE – certificate of personal effectiveness
COVE – centre of vocational excellence
CPD – continuing professional development
CRB – Criminal Records Bureau
CTC – city technology college
CTL – curriculum team leader
CUREE – Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education
CV – curriculum vitae
CVA – contextual value added
D&T – design and technology
DART – directed activities related to text
DCD – dyspraxia/developmental coordination difficulties
DCSF – Department for Children, Schools and Families
DEE – Department for Education and Employment
DES – Department for Education and Science
DfBIS – Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
DfE – Department for Education
DfEE – Department for Employment and Education
DfES – Department for Education and Skills
DH – deputy headteacher
DIDA – diploma in digital applications
DISS – Deployment and Impact of School Support Staff
DMS – data management system
Ebacc – English baccalaureate
E2L – English as a second language
EAL – English-as-an-additional-language
EBD – emotional or behavioural disorder
EBI – even better if
EBP – Education Business Partnership
ECHA – European Council for High Ability
ECM – Every Child Matters
EFT – emotional freedom technique
EI – emotional intelligence
EIT – early intervention teams
EL – entry level
ELLI – Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory
ELSA – emotional literacy support assistant
EPQ – Extended Project Qualification
ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages
ESRC – Economic and Social Research Council
ESSA – English Secondary Students’ Association
EWO – education welfare officer
FAQ – frequently asked question
FE – further education
FEIPS – Framework for Enhanced Individual Pastoral Support
FFT – Fischer Family Trust
FSM – free school meals
FTE – full-time equivalents
G&T – gifted and talented
GB – governing body
GCE – General Certificate of Education
GCSE – General Certificate of Secondary Education
GNVQ – General National Vocational Qualification
GROW – goal, reality, options, will
GTCE – General Teaching Council for England
GTP – graduate teacher programme
HE – higher education
HEFCE – Higher Education Funding Council for England
HLTA – higher level teaching assistant
HMI – Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools
HMIE – Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (Scotland)
HoD – head of department
HoY – head of year
IAG – information, advice and guidance
IB – International Baccalaureate
ICT – information and communications technology
IEP – individual education plan
iGCSE – international GCSE
IiP – Investors in People
ILP – individual learning plan
ILT – information and learning technologies
Inset – inservice training
IoE – Institute of Education
IQ – intelligence quotient
IQS – Institutional Quality Standard
ISI – Independent Schools Inspectorate
ITE – initial teacher education
ITT – initial teacher training
IWB – interactive whiteboard
JISC – Joint Information Systems Committee
KS – key stage
KTP – knowledge transfer partnership
KWL – know/want to know/learned
L&N – literacy and numeracy
L&NS – literacy and numeracy skills
L2L – learning to learn
LA – local authority
LAC – looked after children
LEA – local education authority
LftM – Leading from the Middle
LiL – leading in learning
LMI – labour market information
LMT – leadership and management team
LOtC – learning outside the classroom
LRC – learning resource centre
LRCA – learning resource centre assistant
LSA – learning support assistant
LSDA – Learning and Skills Development Agency
LSIS – Learning and Skills Improvement Service
LSRI – Learning Sciences Research Institute
LSU – learning support unit
MA – most able
MEd – Master of Education
MER – monitoring, evaluation and review
MFL – modern foreign languages
MIDYIS – Middle Years Information System
MIS – management information system
MLD – moderate learning difficulties
MLE – managed learning environment
MYP – middle years programme
NACE – National Association for Able Children in Education
NAGC – National Association for Gifted Children
NAHT – National Association of Headteachers
NATT – National Association of Teachers for Travellers
NC – national curriculum
NCCA – National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
NCER – National Consortium for Examination Results
NCS – National Careers Service
NCSL – National College for School Leadership
NEET – not in education, employment or training
NESTA – National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
NFER – National Foundation for Educational Research
NIACE – National Institute of Continuing Education
NLC – Networked Learning Communities
NLP – neuro-linguistic programming
NOS – National Occupational Standards
NPQH – National Professional Qualification for Headship
NQT – newly qualified teacher
NVQ – National Vocational Qualification
OCR – Oxford, Cambridge and RSA
OECD _ Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Ofsted – Office for Standards in Education
OM – Opening Minds
P4C – Philosophy for Children
PASS – Pupil Attitude to Self and School
PATHS – Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies
PB – personal best
PBA – performance-based assessment
PBAS – Pupil Behaviour Assessment System
PBL – project-based learning
PC – personalised curriculum
PD – professional development
PDP – professional development portfolio
PE – physical education
PEE – point, evidence, explanation
PEP – personal education plan
PFI – Private Finance Initiative
PGCE – postgraduate certificate in education
PIES – positive interdependence and individual accountability
PISA – Programme for International Student Assessment
PLASC – Pupil Level Annual School Census
PLC – professional learning community
PLTS – personal, learning and thinking skills
PM – performance management
PoS – programme of study
PP – pupil premium
PPM – pupil progress meeting
PRU – pupil referral unit
PSD – personal and social development qualification
PSHCE – personal, social, health and careers education
PSHE – personal, social and health education
PSHEE – personal, social, health and economic education
PSHME – personal, social, health and moral education
PSM – physical sensory and medical difficulties
PSP – pastoral support plan
PTA – parent-teacher association
Q&A – question and answer
QCF – Qualifications and Credit Framework
QESS – Quality in Extended School Services
QiSS – Quality in Study Support
QTLS – qualified teacher learning and skills
QTS – qualified teacher status
RA – reading age
RE – religious education
RLS – research lesson-study
RPI – relative performance indicator
RPP – reflective practitioner programme
RS – religious studies
RSA – Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
S4L – skills for learning
SAPERE – Society for the Advancement of Philosophical Enquiry and Reflection in Education
SAS – standard age score
SAT – standard assessment task
SDP – school development plan
SEAL – social and emotional aspects of learning
SEBD – social, emotional and behavioural difficulties
SEBS – social, emotional and behavioural skills
SED – Scottish Education Department
SEF – self-evaluation form
SEL – social and emotional learning
SEN – special educational needs
SENCO – special educational needs coordinator
SEND – special educational needs and disabilities
SER – self-evaluation report (Wales)
SES – socio-economic status
SI – school improvement
SIG – school improvement group
SIMS – school information management system
SIP – school improvement partner
SLT – senior leadership team
SMART – specific, measureable, achievable, realistic, timebound
SMARTER – specific, measureable, achievable, realistic, timebound, evaluation, reward
SMSC – social, moral, spiritual and cultural
SMT – senior management team
SoW – scheme of work
SpLD – specific learning difficulties
SPRinG – Social Pedagogic Research into Groupwork
SRE – sex and relationships education
SSAT – Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
SSRC – Social Science Research Council
STA – senior teaching assistant
STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics
SWiS – support work in schools
SWOT – strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
T&L – teaching and learning
TA – teaching assistant
TASC – thinking actively in a social context
TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autism and related Communication-handicapped CHildren
TEEP – Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme
TES – Traveller Education Services
TfL – teaching for learning
TLA – Teacher Learning Academy
TLC – teacher learning community
TLR – teaching and learning responsibility
TLRP – Teaching and Learning Research Programme
TMG – target minimum grade
TPM – teacher performance management
TQM – total quality management
TSO – The Stationery Office
TSPC – thinking skills and personal capabilities
TTD – teacher training day
TVEI – technical vocational education initiative
UN – United Nations
VAK – visual, auditory and kinaesthetic
VLC – vocational learning centre
VLE – virtual learning environment
WALT – we are learning to …
WIIFM – what’s in it for me?
WILF – what I am looking for is …
WISC – Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
WRL – work-related learning
WSV – within-school variation
WWW – what went well
YELLIS – Year Eleven Information System
YOT – Youth Offending Team
YST – Youth Sport Trust
ZPD – zone of proximal development