Jargon Buster

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
A condition whereby a child has difficulty in maintaining concentration and is unable to stay on task due to hyperactivity.

Assessment for Learning
Using evidence from assessment to check student progress and inform teachers’ planning.

Assessing Pupil Progress
A system for using assessment criteria to assess progress and inform planning.

Attitude to Learning
Every student is graded on this in every subject each term.

Behaviour for Learning
A code that sets out the behaviour expected of students.

A Government initiative to promote tolerance and equality. The British Values are:

• Democracy
• Rule of law
• Individul liberty
• Mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

Barrier to Learning
Some students perform less well than we would like because of specific barriers. The BTL is an optional column when ATL data is reported which is designed to flag up students where organisation, literacy or numeracy or combinations of them are preventing the student from progressing as well as we would like.

Centre Assessed Grades
In 2020, CAGs were used to replace exams. They were estimated by teachers based on what the students would most likely have achieved if there had been exams.

Depth of Learning Grid
A collection of Depth of Learning Indicators (DLIs) for a particular subject.

Depth of Learning Indicator
Used for Key Stage 3 assessment.

DSL and ADSL

Designated Safeguarding Lead and
Alternate Designated Safeguarding Leads
The members of staff responsible for Child Protection.  At Attleborough Academy, the DSL is Michala Parks and the Alternate DSLs are Charlotte Fagg, Marie Medley and Caroline Phoenix.

Education, Health and Care Plan
An EHCP is a legal document which sets out a description of your child’s needs (what he or she can and cannot do) and what needs to be done to meet those needs by education, health and social care. Generally, only a very small number of children with especially complex and severe needs which require very high levels of support are issued with an EHCP. They are a more comprehensive replacement for ‘statements’.

Education Funding Agency
The EFA administers education revenue and capital funding for learners between the ages of 3 and 19, or up to 25 for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

It also supports building and maintenance programmes for schools, academies, free schools and Sixth Form colleges.

EFA is an executive agency of the Department for Education.

Further Education
The FE sector in England includes further education colleges, Sixth Form colleges, specialist colleges and adult education institutes. It does not include universities.

Gifted and Talented
The gifted are those with high ability in one or more academic subject and the talented are those with a high ability in sport, music, visual arts and/or performing arts.

Every student at Attleborough Academy is organised into one of four houses:

• Boudicca
• Cavell
• Kett
• Nelson

Houses are led by a Head of House (a teacher) working with House Captains (students).

Information Advice and Guidance
To inform students about their options for further education and training.

Individual Education Plan
Drawn up by a school’s SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator). It sets targets for a child to achieve and a date for a review of progress.

In- Service Education and Training
INSET days are set aside to allow teachers to update their skills and knowledge in order to raise student achievement.

Joint Council for Qualifications
The National organisation that oversees examination administration.

Local Authority
A body responsible for providing education for pupils of school age in its area. It also has responsibility for early years, the youth service and adult education.

Looked after Children
The term ‘looked after children’ is defined in law under the Children Act 1989. A child is looked after by a Local Authority if he or she is in their care or is provided with accommodation for more than 24 hours by the authority.

Local Education Authority
This was the part of the Local Council that was responsible for education. The phrase is now obsolete in official use and has been replaced by the Children Services Authority or commonly known as Local Authority.

Learning Support Assistant
A non-teaching member of staff who helps to meet the educational needs of children. LSAs support teachers in classes and work with small groups or individual students in extraction.

Leadership Team
The Leadership Team is made up of the Executive Principal, Deputy Principal and Assistant Principal, Associate Assistant Principals, Director of Administration and Director of Student Support.

Management Team
The Academy's Management Team includes everyone who holds a TLR2 and TLR1 responsibility and those on the Leadership Team.

The Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulations
The Government body that oversees exams/qualifications.

Office for Standards in Education
The body which inspects state funded schools. OFSTED inspectors produce education reports to help improve schools.

Prepared for Learning
This is our protocol to ensure students are ready for lessons (i.e. have the correct stationary equipment etc).

Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers.

Special Educational Needs
Learning difficulties, talents or other needs, for which a child requires extra help.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
A child or young person has special educational needs and disabilities if they have a learning difficulty and/or a disability that means they need special health and education support.

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
The teacher in a school who is responsible for arranging the extra help for children with Special Educational Needs.

Sapientia Education Trust
The family of schools that Attleborough Academy belongs to.

Senior Leadership Team
The Academy’s Senior Leadership Team includes the Executive Principal, Deputy Principal and Assistant Principal.

Senior Management Team
The Senior Management Team is made up of members from the Senior Leadership Team, the Leadership Team, the Wider Leadership Team, the SENCO, Heads of Faculty and Heads of Key Stage 3 and 4.

Specific Learning Difficulty
A child has a Specific Learning Difficulty if they have an identified problem with one or more areas of the curriculum, usually reading, writing, spelling and/or number work.

Student Support Mentor
Student Support Mentors form the Student Support Team.

Senior Student Support Mentor
A senior member of the Student Support Team who hold additional responsibilities such as being an Alternate Designated Safeguarding Leads and line managing other members of the team.

Teacher Assessed Grades
In 2021, TAGs were used to replace exams. They required teachers to gather, mark and moderate evidence to show what grades students were working at.

The grades given have to be based on evidence only.

Virtual Staff Room
Our Intranet where staff can access the most important documents in a SharePoint Library, known as the ‘VSR’ (Virtual Staff Room).

Wider Leadership Team
The Wider Leadership Team is made up of members from the Senior Leadership Team, the Leadership Team and the Heads of Faculty for English, Maths and Science.