Jargon Buster / Acroynms

What does everything mean?

Some of the information we send out to parents often includes 3 letter acronyms and school jargon. We thought this might help you to understand some of things you may hear or read in school.

SAB - St Andrew's Benn

LA - Local Authority

WCC - Warwickshire County Council

PSHE - Personal, Social, Health & Economic Education

PTA - Parent Teacher Association

SENDCO - Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

TA - Teaching Assistant

VA - Voluntary Aided

C of E - Church of England

SEN - Special Educational Needs

FSM - Free School Meals

UIFSM - Universal Infant Free School Meals

EYFS - Early Years (Reception and Nursery)

KS1 - Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)

KS2 - Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)

INSET - In Service Educational Training Day / Teacher Training

DBS - Disclosure & Barring Service

EAL - English as an Additional Language

EY - Early Years (Nursery and Reception)

ICT - Information and Communication Technologies

TTRS - Times Tables Rockstars

PE - Physical Education

PP - Pupil Premium

CPOMS - Child Protection Online Management System

GC - Google Classroom

Waffle - the 9 dots on Google pages

RSE - Relationship and Sex Education

RE - Religious Education

Teachers2Parents - the system we use to send emails and texts to parents

DSL - Designated Safeguarding Lead

Parentpay - this is what is used for booking school meals, paying for trips, giving consent etc