Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
AACS | Adult Advancement and Careers Service |
BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. |
CCIS | Client Caseload Information System |
CCTA | City College for the Technology of the Arts |
CDL | Career Development Loan |
CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
CTB | Children’s Trust Board |
CYPP | Children and Young People’s Plan |
DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families |
ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
EYFS | Early Years Foundation Stage |
EYP | Early Years Provider |
FE | Further Education |
FEI | Further Education Institution |
FHEA | Further and Higher Education Act 1992 |
GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
HE | Higher Education |
IEB | Interim Executive Board |
ISA | Independent Safeguarding Authority |
ISB | Individual Schools Budget |
IT | Information Technology |
IVA | Individual Voluntary Arrangement |
LA | Local authority |
LEA | Local Education Authority |
LGO | Local Government Ombudsman |
LSC | Learning and Skills Council |
LSCB | Local Safeguarding Childrens Board |
MIAP | Managing Information Across Partners |
NAS | National Apprenticeship Service |
NC | National Curriculum |
NCCIS | National Client Caseload Information System |
NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body |
NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
Ofsted | Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills |
Ofqual | Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation |
PRU | Pupil Referral Unit |
QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
QCDA | Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency |
SENDIST | Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal |
SFA | Skills Funding Agency |
SSSNB | School Support Staff Negotiating Body |
SVG Act | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 |
TTWA | Travel to Work Areas |
VRQ | Vocationally Related Qualification |
YOI | Young Offender Institution |
YPLA | Young People’s Learning Agency |