Glossary of SEND and Inclusion acronyms
AET Autism Education Trust
AET Award in Education Training
AP Alternative Provision
ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder
AY Academic Year
CAMHS Childrens Mental Health Services
CIN Child (ren) In Need
CIAG Careers Information, Advice and Guidance
CME Children Missing Education
CP Child Protection
CPD Continual Professional Development
CWaSW Children with a Social Worker
CYP Children and young people
D2N2 Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Growth Hub
DCHS Derby Community Healthcare Services
DCS Director of Children’s Services
DDICB Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
Derby Promise Derby promises to support every young person in the city to live their best life. Together we’ll provide meaningful opportunities to get careers experience; for you to build your skills; and to give you the confidence to reach your full potential. Believe it. Achieve it.
Derby Sal Derby SENCO Advice Line
DHCFT Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
DPA Derby Pride Academy
DPEIA Derby Priority Education Investment Area
DSG Designated School Grant – funding from central government for special needs support
DSR Dynamic Support Register – for those at risk of needing a tier 4 hospital admission due to mental health
DWP Department for Work and Pensions
EBSNA Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance
EET Education, Employment and Training
EH Early Help (SC / EH = Social Care / Early Help)
EHCNA Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment
EHCP Education, Health, and Care Plan
EHE Elective Home Education
EHWB Emotional Health and Wellbeing
EITSS Early Intervention Targeted Support Services
ELSA Emotional Literary Support Assistants
EM East Midlands
EMCCA East Midlands Combined County Authority
EOTAS Education Other Than At School
EP Educational Psychologist
EWO Education Welfare Officer
EY Early Years
EYFS Early Years Foundation Stage
FE Further Education
FFT Friends and Family Test – NHS feedback tool
ICB Integrated Care Board
INMSS Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools
ISA Intensive Support Assistant
ITT Independent Travel Training
IYFA In Year Fair Access - a fair access protocol exists to ensure that children without a school place, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at an appropriate school as quickly as possible.
JSNA Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
JUCD Joined Up Care Derbyshire
KLOE Key Lines of Enquiry
KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5 Key Stages in the national curriculum,
EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) = reception – age 4 to 5
KS1 Years 1 and 2 – infants – age 5 to 7
KS2 Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 – primary – age 7 to 11
KS3 Years 7, 8 and 9 – lower secondary – age 11 to 14
KS4 Years 10 and 11 – GCSE years – age 14 to 16
KS5 Years 12 and 13 – sixth form – age 16 to 18
LA Local Authority
LAC Looked after Children
LAIP Local Area Inclusion Plan – a document required by the Department for Education that sets out what the local area plans to do to meet needs.
LAP Local Area Partnership
LD Learning Disabilities
MASH Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs
MDT Multi-Disciplinary Teams
MH Mental Health
MHST Mental Health Support Team
MLD Moderate Learning Difficulties
ND Neurodiversity
NDTI National Development Team for Inclusion
NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training
NMSS Non-Maintained Special School
OW Offensive Weapon – (reason for suspension / exclusion)
PAA Physical Attack - adult
PAP Physical attack - pupil
PCF Parent Carer Forum
PDB Persistent Disruptive Behaviour
PEIA Partnership Education Investment Areas
PEX Permanent Exclusions
PfA Preparing for Adulthood
PINS Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools – nationally funded initiative currently a pilot in primary schools
PMLD Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PRU Pupil Referral Unit
PSG Primary Schools Group
PTT Part Time Timetable
QA Quality Assurance
RAG RED, Amber, Green, rating for performance indicators.
RONI Risk of NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) Indicator Tool
S19 Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 places a duty on local authorities that they must arrange suitable education at school or elsewhere for pupils who are out of school because of exclusion, illness or for other reasons, if they would not receive suitable education without such arrangements. In addition, the duty applies where a child has or is likely to be absent for 15 days or more (consecutively or not) [and the school is not providing educational support].
SaLT Speech and Language Therapy
SAO School Attendance Order
SEF Self-Evaluation Framework – a document required by the Department for Education setting out how the local area considers it meets needs.
SEN2 return Data that has to be submitted to the Department for Education annually.
SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator – works in an education setting
SEND Ambassadors Derby young people with special educational needs or disabilities that meet monthly
SENIF Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund
SC Social Care
SC / EH Social Care / Early Help
SI Supported Internships
SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound
Solihull Offer Online advice available to all households in Derby.
SSG Secondary Schools Group
UHDB University Hospitals Derby and Burton
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation
VAA Verbal Abuse or threatening behaviour towards an Adult
VAP Verbal Abuse or threatening behaviour towards a Pupil
VS Voluntary Services
WASP Waiting for A School Place
WASP ISP Waiting for A School Place Intensive Support Assistant
YG Youth Guarantee (funding for Derby Promise)
YJS Youth Justice Service / System
YOS Youth Offending Service – now referred to as the Youth Justice System (YJS)
YTD Year To Date