During your child’s time at Kingsbury you may come across many acronyms used to abbreviate words!  Here are some of the most commonly used ones but please contact school if you hear any others that you are unsure about!

 

PE – Physical Education

RE – Religious Education

PSHE – Personal Social Health Education

ICT – Information Communication Technology

RSHE – Relationships Sex Health Education

AR – Annual Review

CIN – Child In Need

LAC – Looked After Child

PEP – Personal Education Plan (Only carried out when a child is looked after.)

TAF – Team Around the Family

VI – Visual impairment

BM – Bowel Movement

HI – Hearing impairment

SPD – Sensory Processing Disorder

MSI – Multi-Sensory Impairment

CAMHS – Child And Adolescent Mental Health Service

SALT – Speech and Language Therapy

OT – Occupational therapy

PLO’s – Personal Learning Outcomes (set for each child termly) 

EHCP – Educational Health Care Plan

EfL – Evidence for Learning

TA – Teaching assistant

HLTA – High level teaching assistant

EAL – English as an additional language

KS – Key Stage

EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage

SLT – Senior Leadership Team

ASC – Autistic Spectrum Condition (Formally ASD – Autistic Spectrum Disorder)

PMLD – Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties

SLD – Severe Learning Difficulties

MLD – Moderate Learning Difficulty

PECS – Picture Exchange Communication System

DLA – Disability Living Allowance

CA – Carers Allowance

PIP – Personal Independence Payment

FSM – Free School Meals

PP – Pupil Premium