There are many acronyms used in education, some are easy to understand whilst others are a little trickier!
Below are some everyday acronyms that you as a parent might come across as your child moves through the school.
Educational Acronyms
APS |
Average Points Score |
ARP |
Additional Resource Provision |
CAMHS |
Children’s and Adults’ Mental Health Service |
CP |
Child Protection |
CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
EYFS |
Early Years Foundation Stage |
EHCP |
Educational Health Care Plan |
FGB |
Full Governing Board |
FSM |
Free School Meals |
HLTA |
Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspectors (of schools) |
ICT |
Information Communication Technology |
IPP |
Individual Pupil Plan |
IWB |
Interactive White Board |
KS1 |
Key Stage 1 |
KS2 |
Key Stage 2 |
KUW |
Knowledge & Understanding of the World |
LA |
Local Authority |
LAC |
Looked After Child |
LO |
Learning Objective |
MDS |
Midday Supervisor |
MFL |
Modern Foreign Language |
NQT |
Newly Qualified Teacher |
PCSO |
Police Community Support Officer |
PD |
Personal Development |
PM |
Performance Management |
PP |
Pupil Premium |
PPA |
Planning Preparation & Assessment |
PSED |
Personal Social Emotional Development |
PSHE |
Personal Social Health & Economic |
QFT |
Quality First Teaching |
RWM |
Reading Writing Mathematics |
SC |
Success Criteria |
SCR |
Single Central Record |
SDP |
School Development `Plan |
SEF |
Self Evaluation Form |
SEND |
Special Educational Needs/Disability |
SENDCo |
Special Educational Needs/Disability Coordinator |
SIA |
School Improvement Adviser |
SIP |
School Improvement Partner |
SLT |
Senior Leadership Team |
SMSC |
Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural |
SPAG or GPS |
Spelling. Punctuation & Grammar |
T&L |
Teaching & Learning |
TA |
Teaching Assistant |