Jargon Explained

JARGON EXPLAINED

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		ACAS = Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
		APT&C = Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical
		ASCL = Association of School and College Leaders
		ATL = Association of Teachers and Lecturers
		CAF = Childrens Assessment Framework
		Caveat emptor = Latin: Let the buyer beware
		CCPR = Central Council of Physical Recreation
		CYPDJCF = Children and young Peoples Directorate Joint Consultative Forum
		CYWU = Community and Youth Workers' Union
		DCSF = Department for Children, Schools and Families (formerly DfES)
		DfES = Department for Education and Skills
		EDP = Education Development Plan
		EFL = English as a Foreign Language
		ESL = English as a Second Language
		FBU = Fire Brigade Union
		FSS = Formula Spending Share (replaced SSA = Standard Spending Assessment)
		GASH = Gloucestershire Association of Secondary Headteachers
		GM = Genetically Modified
		GMB = General, Municipal Boilermakers - union representing council manual workers
		HMI = Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools
		HSE = Health and Safety Executive
		ICT = Information Computer Technology
		INSET = In-Service Training
		JUCC = Joint Union Consultative Committee - once upon a time an important negotiating body with the LEA
		KS1 = Key Stage 1
		KS2 = Key Stage 2
		LA = Local Authority
		LMS = Local Management of Schools
		LRD = Labour Research Department (a TUC-sponsored organisation)
		NAEIAC = National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisors and Consultants
		NAHT = National Association of Headteachers
		NASUWT = National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers
		NATFHE = National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
		NC = National Curriculum
		NUT = National Union of Teachers
		OFSTED = Office for Standards in Education
		PDF = Portable Document File
		QCA = Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (a DfES quango)
		QUANGO = Quasi-Autonomous Non-Government Organisation
		SACRE = Standing Advisory Committee for Religious Education
		SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
		SEN = Special Education Needs
		STPRB = Schoolteachers' Pay Review Body
		TAAG = Teacher Appraisal Advisory Group
		TACP = Teachers' Advisory Consultative Panel - see JCPTA
		TGWU = Transport and General Workers' Union
		TSN = Teacher Support Network (formerly TBF - Teachers' Benevolent Fund)
		UNISON = Union for local government employees
		WAMG = Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group