BSL – British Sign Language

CLA – Children Looked After

CAMHS – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services

CP – Child Protection

DBS – Disclosure Barring Service

DfE – Department for Education

DSO – Designated Safeguarding Officer

EAL – English as an Additional Language

EHCP – Education, Health & Care Plan

EWO – Education Welfare Officer

EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage

FE – Further Education

FSM – Free School Meals

GLD – Global Learning Delay

HE – Higher Education

HI – Hearing Impairment

HLTA – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

IBP – Individual Behaviour Plan

IEP – Individual Education Plan

KS – Key Stage

LEA – Local Education Authority

LO – Local Officer

LSA – Learning Support Assistant

MAT – Multi-Academy Trust

MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulties        

NQT – Newly Qualified Teacher

ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder

OFSTED – Office for Standards in Education

PECS – Picture Exchange Communication System

PEP – Personal Education Plan

PGCE – Postgraduate Certification of Education

PMLD – Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

PP – Pupil Premium

PPA – Planning, Preparation and Assessment

PRU – Pupil Referral Unit

QTS – Qualified Teacher Status

QTLS – Qualified Teacher Learning & Skills

SALT – Speech & Language Therapist / Therapy

SATs – Statutory Assessment Tests

SCR – Single Central Record

SEBD – Social, Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties

SEMH – Social, Emotional & Mental Health

SEND – Special Educational Needs & Disability

SENDCo – Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Co-ordinator

SET – Society for Education & Training

SIMS – Schools Information Management System

SLCN – Speech, Language & Communication Needs

SLD – Severe Learning Difficulties

SLT – Senior Leadership Team

SpLD – Specific Learning Difficulty

TA – Teaching Assistant

TRA – Teacher Regulation Agency

VI – Visually Impaired

YOT – Youth Offending Team