AAAdmission Authority
ACEAdvisory Centre for Education
ANAdmission Number (same as PAN)
BASBritish Ability Scales (a series of tests used by educational psychologists)
CAFCommon Application Form
CATsCognitive Abilities Tests (Reasoning Tests used in some schools)
CEMCentre for Evaluation and Monitoring (independent provider of educational assessment tests, based at Durham University)
CoPCode of Practice
DCSFDepartment for Children, Schools and Families, see DfE
DDADisability Discrimination Act (now the Equality Act)
DfEDepartment for Education, formerly DCSF
DPAData Protection Act – superseded by General Data Protection Regulation, 25th May 2018
EFAEducation Funding Agency (carries out certain functions in relation to Academies on behalf of the Secretary of State, e.g. dealing with complaints about Academy appeals) – merged with the Skills Funding Agency to become the “ESFA” in 2017.
ESFAEducation and Skills Funding Agency (carries out certain functions in relation to Academies on behalf of the Secretary of State, e.g. dealing with complaints about Academy appeals).
EPEducational Psychologist
EqAEquality Act
FCO“fair, consistent, & objective” (the standard required of a Selection Review process)
FOIFreedom of Information (Act)
GDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation, 2018
HTRHead Teacher Recommendation (used in Bucks)
IANIndicated Admission Number (indicated, that is, by the Net Capacity formula)
IAPIndependent Appeal Panel
IMHOIn my humble opinion
KS1Key Stage 1 (reception, year 1, year 2)
KS2Key Stage 2 (years 3-6)
LALocal Authority
LGOLocal Government Ombudsman
NCNational Curriculum (e.g. NC tests: the proper name for SATs. Optional NC tests: tests taken in years 3-5 that give a NC level
NFERNational Foundation for Educational Research (now GL Assessment)
NVRNon Verbal Reasoning
OoCOut of County / Out of Catchment
PANPublished Admission Number
POPresenting Officer (representative of the admission authority, who presents the school’s case)
Q&AsQuestions and Answers
SAACSchool Admission Appeals Code
SATsStandard Assessment Tests
SENCOSpecial Educational Needs Coordinator
SpLDSpecific Learning Difficulty
SRSelection Review
SRPSelection Review Panel
VAVoluntary Aided
VRVerbal Reasoning
WISCWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (a series of tests used by educational psychologists)
YPLAYoung Peoples Learning Agency (carried out certain functions in relation to Academies on behalf of the Secretary of State, e.g. dealing with complaints about Academy appeals). Replaced by EFA (see above).