School Jargon Buster!

Term

Meaning

Assessment

Ways of judging how well students are progressing

Attainment

What students accomplish

BIP

Behaviour Improvement Plan. A document used to supports positive behaviour.

CATS testing

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) is an assessment of a range of reasoning skills. The test looks at three types of reasoning: verbal, quantitative and non-verbal reasoning

DfE

Department for Education. The government department responsible for education

EWO

Education Welfare Officer – a person employed by the Local Authority to work with parents to ensure their child has good attendance

Healthy Schools

A Healthy School promotes the health and wellbeing of its pupils and staff through a well-planned, taught curriculum in a physical and emotional environment that promotes learning and healthy lifestyle choices

GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

IEP

Individual Education Plan

Key Stage

Your child’s progress through school is measured in key stages. Key Stage 3 is for Yr7 – 8, Key Stage 4 is for Yr9-11 and Key Stage 5 is for Yr12-13

PSP

Pastoral Support Plan. A document used to supports positive behaviour

SENCO

Special Educational Needs Coordinator

Specialist School

Schools who use government grants and business sponsorship to improve their facilities and resources in a particular curriculum area

Targets

The individual goal set for a pupil. Targets are a way of checking a child’s progress