SEND Jargon Buster
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Abbreviation |
What it stands for. |
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Academy |
An academy is an independent state funded school. This means it is directly funded by the government (the Education Funding Agency EA) rather than by a local authority. |
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ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
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ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
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ASD |
Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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APDR |
Assess/Plan/Do/Review |
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CAF |
Common Assessment Framework |
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CAFA (2014) |
Children and Families Act 2014. |
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CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service |
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CCG |
Clinical Commissioning Group |
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CIN |
Child in Need |
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CoP |
Code of Practice |
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CP |
Child Protection |
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CP |
Cerebral Palsy |
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CQC |
Care Quality Commission |
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CRM |
Conference and Review Manager |
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CSO |
Child Safety Order |
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CYP |
Children and Young People |
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DDA |
Disability Discrimination Act |
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DfE |
Department of Education |
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DoH |
Department of Health |
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EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
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EH |
Early Help |
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EHA |
Early Help Assessment |
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EHE |
Elective Home Education |
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EHCP |
Education Health Care Plan |
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EP |
Educational Psychologist |
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EPO |
Emergency Protection Officer |
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EYF |
Early Years Forum |
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EYFS |
Early Years Foundation Stage |
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EWO |
Education Welfare Officer |
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FASD |
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
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FSM |
Free School Meals |
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FE |
Further Education |
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GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
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GLD |
Global Learning Delay |
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HI |
Hearing Impaired |
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HLTA |
Higher Level Teaching Assistant |
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IEP |
Individual Education Plan |
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IRP |
Independent Review Panel |
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KS1 |
Years 1-2 |
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KS2 |
Years 3-6 |
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KS3 |
Years 7-9 |
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KS4 |
Years 10-11 |
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KS5 |
Years 12 onwards – College |
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LA |
Local Authority |
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LAC |
Looked after children |
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LD |
Learning Disability |
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LADO |
Local Authority Designated Officer |
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LARM |
Locality Allocation and Review Meetings |
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LDD |
Learning Difficulties and Disability |
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LO |
Local Offer |
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LSCB |
Local Safeguarding Children Board |
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Mainstream school |
A mainstream school is a maintained school or academy which is not a special school. Mainstream schools are not selective and will not require students to pay fees. |
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Maintained |
A school controlled and funded by the local authority. |
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MARAG |
Multi agency referral action group |
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MAPPA |
Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangement |
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MARRAC |
Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference |
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MASH |
Multi Agency Service Hub |
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MLD |
Moderate Learning Difficulties |
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MSCR |
MAPPA Serious Case Review |
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MSI |
Multisensory Impairment |
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NICE |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |
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ODD |
Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
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OFSTED |
Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills |
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OT |
Occupational Therapist |
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PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
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PD |
Physical Disability |
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PDA |
Pathological Demand Avoidance |
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PEP |
Personal Education Plan (for looked after children) |
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PLP |
Personal Learning Plan |
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PLAC |
Previously looked after children |
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PMLD |
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties also can be known as Profound and Multiple Learning Disability |
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PP |
Pupil Premium |
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PHSE |
Personal, Social and Health Education |
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PR |
Parental Responsibility |
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PT |
Physiotherapist |
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QRT |
Quality First Teaching |
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RAD |
Reactive Attachment Disorder |
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SALT |
Speech and Language therapy |
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SCR |
Serious Case Review |
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SDQ |
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
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SEAL |
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning. |
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SEMH |
Social, Emotional and Mental Health |
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Section 17 |
Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 states that it is the general duty of every local authority to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need; and so far as it is consistent with that duty, to promote the upbringing of such children by their families. |
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Section 47 enquiry |
A Section 47 enquiry means that CSC must carry out an investigation when they have 'reasonable cause to suspect that a child who lives, or is found, in their area is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm'. The aim is to decide whether any action should be taken to safeguard the child. |
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SEN |
Special Educational Need |
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SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Coordinator |
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SEND |
Special Education Needs and Disability |
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SENDIASS |
Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service |
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SENMAS |
Special Educational Need Monitoring Assessment Service |
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SI |
Sensory Impairment |
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SLCN |
Speech Language and Communication Needs |
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SLD |
Severe learning difficulties |
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SMART |
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely |
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Special School |
A special school is a school that is specially organised to make special educational provision ('SEP') for children or young people with SEN. Specials schools can by maintained by the local authority ('LA'). There are also a number of independent special schools as well as non-maintained special schools. |
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SpLD |
Specific Learning Disability |
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SPD |
Sensory Processing Disorder |
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SRT |
Safeguarding Referral Team |
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START |
Statutory Assessment Resource Team |
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TA |
Teaching Assistant |
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TAC |
Team around the child |
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TAF |
Team around the family |
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TFF |
Together for families |
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VI |
Visually Impaired |