Acronyms List

Abuse

To cause harm to a child or fail to take action to prevent harm.

Accruals

Income and expenditure are recognized as they are earned or incurred, not as money is received or paid.

Advisory Centre for Education

ACE

Independent charity offering advice on education.

ACE Advisory Line

Helpline: 0808 800 5793. Offers advice to parents/carers that need help concerning their children at school or nursery setting.

Additional Educational Needs

AEN

Adult Education

AE

Age-Weighted Pupil Unit

AWPU

The unit to which the funding of schools is calculated, according to the age of the pupils.

Any other business

AOB

Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act

ASCL

Area Child Protection Committee

ACPC

This is now the Safe-Guarding Children’s Board.

Aspergers Syndrome

Part of the autistic spectrum disorder. Individuals are average or higher than average intelligence. This affects the way they communicate and relate to the people around them.

Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association

AMBDA

Attention Deficit Disorder

ADD

Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder

ADHD

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

ASD

Bachelor of Arts degree

BA

Baseline Assessments

The assessment of the abilities of individual children within the first 7 weeks of their primary education.

Basic Skills

Reading, writing and arithmetic.

Basic Skills Agency

BSA

Best Value

The process to ensure that spending is both effective and efficient.

Best Value Performance Indicators

BVPI

Budget

The settings planned expenditure and income.

Business and Technology Education Council

BTEC

Name also represents the vocational course qualification.

Capital Expenditure

Spending on the acquisition of a fixed asset or expenditure that adds to and not merely maintains the value of an existing asset.

Casting vote

An additional vote to be utilised by the Chair person in the event of equal numbers for or against a motion.

Catchment area

The area from which schools take their pupils.

Cognitive Ability Test

CATS

Child Health Clinic

CHC

Children’s Centre

CC

Children’s Centre’s brings together childcare, early education, health and family-support services for families with children under 5 years old. Higham Hill and Lloyd Park are the only two non-statutory Children Centre’s in the London Borough of Waltham Forest and are managed by The Lloyd Park Centre.

Chief Executive Officer

CEO

The Lloyd Park Centre is a registered Charity and as such has a Chief Executive acting in an advisory role to the Management Committee.

Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service

CAMHS

Children Centre Improvement Partner

CCIP

Child Law Advice Line

Helpline service 0845 120 2948. An advice service to receive accurate information regarding child law.

Child Protection Committee

CPC

L/A brings together representatives of main agencies responsible for helping to protect children from abuse or neglect.

Child Protection Plan

CPP

Child Protection Register

CPR

Children and Young People

CYP

Children and Young People Board

CYPB

Children and Young People Plan

CYPP

Children in Care

CIC

Code of Practice

CoP

A document that gives practical advice regarding meeting legal or other requirements.

Cohort

The body of pupils entering a school in one year.

Commission for Racial Equality

CRE

Common Assessment Framework

CAF

The identification of a child’s or families needs are gathered across all agencies.

Communication, Language and Literacy Development

CLLD

Competitive Tendering

The collecting of quotes or tenders from differing suppliers before the awarding of contracts.

Computer Learning Centre

CLC

Connexions

Service offering guidance for 13 – 19 year olds.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

COSHH

Core curriculum

Subjects studied by pupils.

Core Offer

The minimum of facilities offered by the Children Centre or setting.

Criminal Records Bureau

CRB

Day Nurseries

Settings that care for under 5’s and can be run by the Local Authority, voluntary organisations, private companies, individuals or employers. There must be at least one adult to every 8 children and at least half of the staff must hold a recognised qualification.

Department for Education

DFE

Formally known as ‘DfES’- Department for Schools and Education. The DFE is responsible for education and children's services.

Direct Discrimination

Less favourable treatment of a person on gender grounds compared with the treatment or likely treatment of a person of another gender in the same or similar circumstances.

Early Years

0-5 years

Early Years  Childcare and Development Partnership

EYCDP

Early Years Foundation Stage

EYFS

The purpose and aims of the EYFS is to help young children to achieve the five outcomes from the ‘Every Child Matters Agenda’ which include staying safe, being healthy, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well being.

Early Years Professional

EYP

The Early Years Professional is responsible for managing the play, care and learning at the settings.

EYFS Profile

The summative assessment completed by the practitioner at the end of the EYFS.

Earmarked

The amount of money set aside for a specific purpose.

Educational Social Worker

ESW

Educational Welfare Officer

EWO

Educational Welfare Service

EWS

Education Maintenance Allowance

EMA

Weekly payments for school leavers who are enrolled on specific courses.

English as a second language or other language

ESOL

Equal Opportunities Commission

EOC

Every Child a Talker

ECaT

Every Child a Talker was initially a national strategies project.  The aim is to support children’s language skills through play and empowering parents to develop talk at home. The Lloyd Park Centre continues to use these strategies in their every day practice.

Every Child Matters

ECM

Every Child Matters is a Government programme for a national framework to support the "joining up" of children's services.

Exclusion

The temporary or permanent banning of a pupil from a setting.

Extended School

A setting that provides a range of services  and activities often beyond the school day to help to meet the needs of its pupils, their families and the wider community.

Extra curricular

Activities in addition to those already undertaken by the curriculum.

Financial Year

FY

1^st April – 31^st March.

Fire risk assessment

FRA

Formative Assessment

A type of assessment based on observations, photographs, children’s artwork and information from parents. Used to inform the planning.

Form of entry

The number of classes admitted to a school in one year.

FoundationSchool

School funded by Local Authority but the site is owned by Governors. The staff and admissions are controlled by a governing body

Free Early Education Entitlement

FEEE

The FEEE is a government grant which enables children aged three and four to have up to 15hours/week of free nursery education from the term after their third birthday.

Free school meals

FSM

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Part-time staff measured according to how many full-time staff would be required to work the same number of hours.

Full Time Equivalent

FTE

Further Education

FE

General Certificate of Education

GCE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GCSE

General National Vocational Qualification

GNVQ

Good Beginnings

G/B

Good Practice

Examples of services, employment or policies.

Governing Body

GB

Grant Maintained School

GM School

Financed through the funding agency for schools.

Head Teacher

HT

Health Visitor

HV

Health and Safety

H & S

Health and Safety Executive

HSE

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector

HMCI

Head of Ofsted.

Her Majesty’s Inspector

HMI

Higham Hill Children’s Centre

HHCC

Higham Hill Children’s Centre incorporates the Children Centre and Higham Hill Daycare. It serves the Higham Hill ward in LBWF.

Human Resources

HR

Independent Safeguarding Authority

ISA

The role is to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults.

Independent Schools Information Service

ISIS

Individual Schools Budget

ISB

The delegated budget for each school.

Information and Communications Technology

Information Technology

IT

Information Sharing

IS

In-Service Training for Teachers

INSET

In-Service Training for Teachers usually happens 5 days per year when pupils do not attend school. Sometimes Teacher Education Day.

Investors in People Standard

IiP

Knowledge and Understanding of The World

KNU

Learning Difficulties

LD

Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

LDD

Lloyd Park Centre’s Centre

LPCC

The Lloyd Park Centre is a designated Children Centre for William Morris ward in LBWF.

LondonBorough of Waltham Forest

LBWF

Local Authority

LA

Local Educational Authority

LEA

The part of the Local Authority responsible for Education.

LondonBorough

LB

Looked After Children

LAC

Multi Agency Team

MA

National Health Service

NHS

Office for Standards in Education

OFSTED

Ofsted’s role is to inspect and regulate settings/schools to ensure they achieve excellence in the care and education of children and young people.

Parent & Toddler

P&T

Primary Care Trust

PCT

Private, Voluntary and Independent Groups

PVI

Schools and settings that are not part of the maintained or statutory sector.

Quality Improvement in Learning and Teaching

QUILT

The Lloyd Park Centre works to the QUILT Quality Assurance Scheme.

Roma, Gypsy and Traveller

RGT

Speech and Language Therapist

SALT

Self Evaluation Form

SEF

The Self Evaluation Form is an inspection system that settings/schools demonstrate their strengths and weaknesses and look at ways in which to improve their services in the future.

Senior Leadership Team

SLT

Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities

SFSC

The Lloyd Park Centre

LPC

The Lloyd Park Centre is a registered Charity and incorporates Lloyd Park Children’s Centre, Higham Hill Children’s Centre, Lloyd Park Daycare, Higham Hill Daycare and Lloyd Park Training Agency.

The Lloyd Park Centre Training Agency

LPTA

Toddler Opportunities Parent Support

TOP’S

You and Your Child Project

Y & YC

A specialist project funded by BIG – ‘Reaching Communities’ Scheme. The You and Your Child Project allows us to help parents of 0-5 year olds across the borough to encourage them to access and engage in community life.