Parents/Pupils

Terminology Guide

In education we use lots of acronyms. We hope you will find the list below helpful to decode some of the most common acronyms.

A+
- ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ANP Additional Needs Plan
- APSO Attendance & Pupil Support Officer
- ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
C+
- CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- CHEWS Children’s Emotional Wellbeing Service
- CIN Child In Need
- CME Children Missing in Education
- CSE Child Sexual Exploitation
D+
- DSL Designated Safeguarding Lead
- DV Domestic Violence
E+
- EHA/SA Early Help Assessment/Single Assessment
F+
- FGM Female Genital Mutilation
- FSCG Family Support Conference Group
- FSW Family Support Worker
H+
- HI Hearing Impaired
- HMI Her Majesty’s Inspector
I+
- IBP Individual Behaviour Plan
- IEP Individual Education Plan
- ISP Integration Support Plan
- IW Inclusion Worker
- IYSS Integrated Youth Support Service
K+
- KCSB Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board
- KIAS Kirklees Information Advice and Support Service
L+
- LA Local Authority
- LAC Looked After Children
- LADO Local Authority Designated Officer
- LOCAL A Local Community Partnership NHS
M+
- MARF Multi-Agency Referral Form
- MASH Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (Referral and Response Service)
- MAST Multi-Agency Support Team
P+
- PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance
- PEPs Personal Education Plans
- PHP Positive Handling Plan
- PPRS Primary Pupil Referral Service
- PRS Pupil Referral Service
- PSHCE Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education
- PSP Pastoral Support Plan
R+
- RA Risk Assessment
- RSP Reintegration Support Plan
S+
- SALT Speech & Language Therapy
- SEMH Social, Emotional & Mental Health
- SEN Special Educational Needs
- SENACT Special Educational Needs Assessment and Commissioning Team
- SENCo Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
- SIP School Improvement Partner
- SIW Senior Inclusion Worker
- SLCN Speech, Language & Communication
- SLT Senior Leadership Team
- S&L Speech and Language
- SMSC Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural
- SPR Single Point of Referral
- STSRP Support to Self-Regulate Plan
- SULP Social Use of Language Programme
T+
- TAF Team Around the Family
- TYS Targeted Youth Support
V+
- VI Visually Impaired