Meadow High School
Jargon Buster
There is lots of jargon used in education - words, shortforms, phrases, etc. There are also lots of things we may use in reports which may be confusing. We hope the following will help you. Scroll down to see more.
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
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| ADHD |
Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder |
| AFL |
Assessment for Learning |
| AHT |
Assistant Headteacher |
| APD |
Auditory Processing Disorder |
| AQA |
Assessment & Qualifications Alliance |
| ARP |
Additional Resource Provision |
| ASD/ASC |
Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Autistic Spectrum Condition |
| BSL |
British Sign Language |
| BSP |
Behaviour Support Plan |
| CAF |
Common Assessment Framework |
| CF |
Cystic Fibrosis |
| C&G |
City & Guilds - Examination and Accreditation Board |
| CIN/CiN |
Child In Need |
| CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
| CP |
Child Protection |
| CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
| CYP |
Children & Young People |
| DD |
Disability Discrimination |
| DfE |
Department for Education |
| DHT |
Deputy Headteacher |
| DT |
Design Technology |
| EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
| ECT |
Early Careers Teacher |
| EBD |
Emotional Behavioural Difficulties |
| EDEXCEL |
Pearson Edexcel - Examination Board |
| EDUQAS |
Examination Board |
| EFL |
Evidence For Learning (an app that allows school and home to share photographs and videos of pupils' achievements). |
| EHCP |
Education Health Care Plan |
| ELC |
Entry Level Certificate (Accreditation) |
| EP |
Educational Psychologist |
| EVC |
Educational Visits Co-ordinator |
| FDT |
Food Design Technology |
| FE |
Further Education |
| FSM |
Free School Meals |
| GCSE |
General Certificate of Secondary Education (exam) |
| HI |
Hearing Impairment |
| HT |
Headteacher |
| HLTA |
Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
| HYDRO |
Hydrotherapy |
| ITT |
Initial Teacher Training |
| JCQ |
Joint Council For Qualifications ( |
| KS 1 |
Key Stage 1 students aged 5-7 years (years 1-2) |
| KS 2 |
Key Stage 2 students aged 7-11 years (years 3-6) |
| KS 3 |
Key Stage 3 students aged 11-14 years (years 7-9) |
| KS 4 |
Key Stage 4 students aged 14-16 years (year 10-11) |
| KS 5 |
Key Stage 5 students aged 16-19 years (Years 12-14) (Sixth Form) |
| LAC |
Looked After Children |
| LBH |
London Borough of Hillingdon |
| MFL |
Modern Foreign Language |
| MHS |
Meadow High School |
| MLD |
Moderate Learning Difficulties |
| MSI |
Multi Sensory Impairment |
| MT |
Medical Tracker |
| NC |
National Curriculum |
| NCFE |
Examination and Accreditation Board |
| NGRT |
New Group Reading Test |
| NQT |
Newly Qualified Teacher |
| NVQ |
National Vocational Qualification |
| OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| OCR |
Oxford Cambridge & RSA |
| ODD |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
| OFSTED |
The Office for Standards in Education |
| OFQUAL |
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation |
| OT |
Occupational Therapist |
| OTT |
Overseas Trained Teacher |
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Pathway 1 Pathway 2 Pathway 3 |
The description used by the school to describe the curriculum that the pupils are following in school- please see the Curriculum pages for more information |
| PD |
Physical Disability |
| PLAC |
Previously Looked After Child |
| PDA |
Pathological Demand Avoidance |
| PDD |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder |
| PE |
Physical Education |
| PECS |
Picture Exchange Communication System |
| PEP |
Personal Education Plan (only for Looked After Children) |
| PEEP |
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan |
| PHP |
Positive Handling Plan |
| PLIMs |
Personal Learning Intentions Map |
| PMLD |
Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities |
| PPF |
Pupil Premium Funding |
| PRU |
Pupil Referral Unit |
| PSHE |
Personal, Social and Health Education |
| PSHCE |
Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education |
| PT |
Physiotherapist or PHYSIO |
| RA |
Risk Assessment |
| RE |
Religious Education |
| RS |
Religious Studies |
| RSE |
Relationship and Sex Education |
| SALT |
Speech & Language Therapist |
| SEMH |
Severe Emotional and Mental Health |
| SEN |
Special Educational Needs |
| SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator (in a Mainstream School) |
| SEND |
Special Educational Needs and Disability |
| SENDIASS |
The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Services |
| SGO |
Special Guardianship Order |
| Signalong |
Signing system to support oral language development used at MHS |
| SLCN |
Speech, Language & Communication Needs |
| SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulties |
| SLT |
Senior Leadership Team |
| SpLD |
Specific Learning difficulty |
| STEM (subects) |
Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths |
| TA |
Teaching Assistant |
| TAF |
Team Around the Family |
| VI |
Visual Impairment |
| VMI |
Visual Motor Integration |
| Vocational Pathways |
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| WEX |
Work Experience |
| WOW |
World of Work |
| WJEC |
Welsh Joint Examination Council - Examination Board |
| WRL |
Work Related Learning |