© Crown Copyright The Education, Skills and Children's Services Thesaurus is the controlled vocabulary developed and maintained by the UK Department for Children, Schools and Families. It was developed in the 1980s and has been continuously updated to reflect new topics and new Departmental responsibilities. Comments and suggestions enquiries.library@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk education en-GB Education, Skills and Children's Services Thesaurus 01-10-2009 DCSF Abbreviations Acronyms Ability Capability Ability grouping Sets (ability grouping) Setting (ability grouping) Streaming Abortion Termination of pregnancy Absence from school Absence management (school) Absence rate in school Pupil absence from school Absence from work Absenteeism Unauthorised absence from work Absence management Academic freedom Academic libraries College libraries Further education libraries Learning resource centres (further and higher education) University libraries Academic year Educational year Year (academic) Publicly funded independent secondary schools with sponsors from the private or voluntary sector or from churches or other faith groups. Academies City academies An intervention designed to engage the individual in recognising their behaviour and its negative effects on others, in order to stop the offending behaviour. An ABC is a written agreement between an anti-social behaviour perpetrator and their local authority, Youth Inclusion Support Panel, landlord or the police. ABCs are usually used for young people but can also be used for adults. Acceptable Behaviour Contracts Provide an alternative route to higher education for unqualified adults. Access courses Foundation courses Introductory courses Access for the disabled Disabled access Funds received by colleges so that they can provide selective help to certain students who have serious financial difficulties or whose access to higher education might be inhibited because of financial reasons. Access Funds Accessibility software Access to education Educational access Educational opportunities Equal opportunities (education) Opportunities (education) June 1985-1988. Sought to provide an initial stimulus to more flexible training opportunities in information technology awareness and to demonstrate the existence of a market for training provision outside normal hours. Access to Information Technology AIT 1997-. Access to Learning Access to Learning Fund Access to scripts Access to training June 1994-. Replaced several separate Department of Employment schemes. Designed for people with long-term health conditions or impairments who need extra practical support to take up work or do their job. Access to Work Programme ATW Programme Accidents Accountability Accountants Account codes Accounting Accountancy Accountancy education Cost accounting Cost control Costing Estimating Financial accounting Financial control Management accounting Accounting officer role Accounts Accounting records Financial records Records (financial) Accreditation Re-accreditation Validation (accreditation) Achievement and performance in the broadest sense, including the achievement of individuals and institutions, throughout education and career development. Achievement Academic achievement Achievement expectation Achievement potential Attainment Educational achievement Educational performance Performance (college) Performance (education) Performance (pupil) Performance (student) Pupil performance Student performance Achievement, performance and evaluation March 1988-1994. Aimed to bring together and give a new focus to the comprehensive range of programmes designed to promote rejuvenation in inner city areas. Included City Challenge and City Action Team. Largely replaced by Single Regeneration Budget in 1994. Action For Cities AFC City Action Teams Action planning Action plans Aimed at 16 and 17 year olds who have dropped out of education and are currently out of work. They will be offered cash in return for committing to a plan to reintegrate them into education or training, including work-based training. Launched in 2006. Activity Agreements Acts Legal statutes Statutes EU initiative. Helps employees, especially those threatened with unemployment, to adapt to change. ADAPT Addiction Addicts Adjustment Adaptation Social adjustment Adjustment to school Primary to secondary school transfer Pupil adjustment to school School adjustment Transfer from primary to secondary school At the level of whole nation or community. Use Educational Management for management at the institutional level. Administration of education Educational administration (national level) Management of education (national level) Includes everyone who works in an office. Administrative staff Clerical staff Clerical workers Office personnel Office workers Administrative support Administrative services (offices) Office services Admission and selection (education) Selection (education) Admission and selection (pupil) Admission (school) Admission criteria (school) Entrance requirements (school) Pupil admission Pupil selection School admission Selection (pupil) Admission and selection (student) Admission (further and higher education) Admission criteria (further and higher education) Entrance requirements (further and higher education Entrance requirements (further and higher education) Selection (student) Student selection (further and higher education) Admission appeals (pupil) Adopted adults Adopted children Adoption Use for both local authority and voluntary agencies. Adoption agencies Adoption and Children Act 2002 The Register is operated and maintained by the Registrar General of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for adults who were adopted in England and Wales; those born in England and Wales but adopted overseas; and the birth relatives of these two groups of adoptees. Established under the Children Act 1989. Adoption Contact Register Removes the parental rights and responsibilities of the birth parents and confers them onto the adopter(s). Adoption orders Adoption Register for England and Wales Adoption support services Adoptive parents 1998-2004. Supports community-based learning activities for adults. Adult and Community Learning Fund Adult education Adult and community education Adult learning Adult learners Lifelong learners To help financially vulnerable adult learners gain skills and qualifications. Adult Learner Support Being rolled out in 2006-07, provides a weekly maintenance allowance for adults on low incomes studying for Level 2 or level 3 qualifications. Adult Learning Grant Adult learning inspection Further education inspection From April 2007 replaced by the new Ofsted. Adult Learning Inspectorate Piloted from September 2006, enables those on benefits to take up full-time study for their first Level 2 qualification without loss of benefits. Adult Learning Option Adult literacy Adult literacy programmes Family literacy programmes Adults Adulthood Set up by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 to supersede the PoVA List. Adults barred list Begun in January 1984 and continued by the various adult training programmes. Aimed to change the attitudes and behaviour of all those concerned, especially employers and training providers, so that training is undertaken which significantly improves the quantity, quality and relevance of the skills available in the labour force. Adult Training Strategy ATS A category/status of advanced specialist colleges to enable well-established and high-performing specialist schools to strengthen their centre of excellence and enhance their capacity to innovate and provide teacher training. Advanced schools Career grade to reward the best classroom teachers who are prepared to take on additional roles contributing to the quality of teaching in their schools. Advanced skills teachers Superteachers Adventure Activities Licensing Authority 1995-. Licensing scheme for outdoor education activities (such as caving, climbing, trekking and water sports) involving students aged 18 years and under. Adventure Activities Licensing Scheme Advertising Also known as ACMD, it is an independent expert body that advises Government on drug related issues in the UK. The Advisory Council was established under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs Under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 local authorities have a duty to provide advocacy services for children and young people. Advocacy services for children and young people Africa African Caribbeans AfroCaribbeans West Indians Africans Age Age discrimination Ageism Age groups Agendas Agriculture Agricultural education Farming Food production Aids for the disabled Assistive technology Braille system Hearing aids Mobility aids Sign languages From 2004, takes over from Excellence Challenge and Aimhigher Partnerships for Progression, to deliver a coherent national outreach programme that will encourage young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into further and higher education Aimhigher Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC), launched in May 2007, is the transformation programme for disabled children's services. Aiming High for Disabled Children AHDC Alcohol abuse Abuse (alcohol) Alcoholics Alcoholism Binge drinking Drinking problems Drunkenness Alcohol education Anti-alcohol education A six unit GCE. It comprises an AS Level and a further three units known as the A2. A Levels Allegations Allergies Children with allergies People with allergies Education outside of school, when it is arranged by local authorities or schools, is called Alternative Provision. It can range from pupil referral units and further education colleges to voluntary or private sector projects. Alternative Provision Alternative education provision Americas Use sparingly. Choose a more specific term if possible. Analysis Animals Dogs Farm animals Annual reports The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) was founded by NSPCC and National Children's Bureau in 2002. It is hosted and supported by NCB. The Alliance brings together 65 organisations into one network with the aim of reducing bullying and creating safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn. Anti-Bullying Alliance Anti-Bullying Week Antisemitism Antisocial behaviour Delinquency Drunk and disorderly behaviour Hooliganism Anti-Social Behaviour Orders ASBO Apathy Passivity Social passivity Applicants Applications to higher education Launched April 2006 to champion Apprenticeships to employers of all sizes with the aim of increasing take-up, particularly in sectors with poor penetration. Apprenticeship Ambassador Network Apprenticeships Apprentices Apprenticeships for Adults Pre-Apprenticeships Apprenticeships Skills Children and Learning Bill Children, Skills and Learning Bill Aptitude Aptitude tests Arabic Arabic language Archives Archive science Armed forces Air force Army Defence forces Military forces Navy Service personnel Arson Art Art and design Art and design (National Curriculum) Design and art (National Curriculum) Art galleries Arts Asia Asian children Asian pupils Asians A revised three-unit Advanced Subsidiary (AS) qualification, representing the first half of the full A Level. This will allow students to study five subjects to AS Level as well as three full A Levels. AS Levels Advanced Subsidiary Levels Aspirations Ambitions (education) Educational aspirations Assertiveness Assertiveness training Assertion training Assessment (childrens needs) Assessment Framework (children) Needs assessment of children The assessment of pupils and students. Assessment (education) Assessment (educational) Educational assessment Failure prediction (education) Pupil assessment Student assessment Success prediction (education) These are multi-exercise programmes designed to identify the recruitment and promotion potential of personnel. Assessment centres Using data to promote student learning, providing structured feedback to pupils, setting individual learning targets and planning lessons according to individual needs. Assessment for Learning Assessments and statements (SEN) Disability statement Identification of special needs Needs identification (SEN) SEN statement Special educational needs assessment Special educational needs identification Statements (SEN) Statements of special educational needs Asset management Asset management plans Asset registers Asset management registers The SSC for property services, housing, cleaning services and facilities management. Asset Skills April 1984-1990 (phased closure). Begun with three pilot teams. ASSET teams were established to provide a flexible assessment and rehabilitation service for disabled people in areas not directly served by an Employment Rehabilitation Service. Assistance toward Employment ASSET Assistance into Employment and training Scheme to assist academically able children whose families could not otherwise afford the tuition fees, to attend one of the independent secondary schools in the scheme. Entry ages 11-13, sometimes at sixth form stage. Began September 1981, phased ending from 1998. Assisted places scheme Assisted transport to school Concessions (school transport) Travel to school concessions Association of Colleges ADASS represents all the Directors of Adults' Social Services in England and Northern Ireland. Its members are jointly responsible through their departments for the well-being, protection and care of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable, elderly and disabled people in liaison with voluntary agencies, private companies and other public authorities. Association of Directors of Adult Social Services The ADCS is the national leadership association in England for statutory directors of children's services and other children's services professionals in leadership roles. Association of Directors of Childrens Services Association of Learning Providers Association of Muslim Schools UK Associations Institutions (associations) Societies (associations) Asthma Children with asthma People with asthma Astronomy Attainment gap Achievement gap An attainment target identifies the 'knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of each key stage'. Attainment levels Attainment targets Attendance Attendance policy (education) Pupil attendance School attendance Student attendance Attendance rate A diagnosis that psychiatrists and paediatricians use to describe serious and persistent inattentiveness and/or over-activity and impulsiveness. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD Attitudes Beliefs Opinion Social attitudes Audiences Audiovisual media AV materials Nonbook materials Nonprint materials An independent public body responsible for ensuring that public money is spent economically, efficiently, and effectively in the areas of local government, housing, health, criminal justice and fire and rescue services. Audit Commission Auditing Auditors Audits Au pairs Australasia Australia Austria Confirmation that work has been produced by the learner who is putting it forward for assessment and that it has been produced under the required conditions. Authentication Authorisation Licensing Authority Autism Aspergers syndrome Children with autism People with autism The SSC for the retail motor industry. Automotive Skills Autonomy (education) Earned autonomy Educational autonomy Educational self management School autonomy School freedoms Self management (educational institutions) Statistical information provided by the DfES to schools to support evaluation and target setting. Autumn Package Awarding bodies Validation bodies Awards and prizes Bonuses Prizes Rewards (prizes) Awareness Perception Awaydays Bankruptcy In all but the most serious cases a barred individual will have a right of appeal to the Care Standards Tribunal. Barring appeals Appeals (barring) Assessment of all children in language and literacy, mathematics and social development, as they start primary school at the age of 4-5. Baseline Assessment Defined as the excess of forecast demand for pupil places over the existing schools capacity to provide them. Basic need (school places) Basic skills Adult basic skills Basic skills instruction Basic Skills Agency Beacon colleges The Beacon Scheme identifies excellence and innovation in local government. The scheme exists to share good practice so that 'best value' authorities can learn from each other and deliver high quality services to all. Beacon Scheme Schools which have been identified as among the best performing in the country, and represent examples of successful practice which are to be brought to the attention of the rest of the educations service, with a view to sharing the practice with others. Beacon schools Behaviour Human behaviour Behaviour and Education Support Teams Behaviour change Behaviour disorders July 2002. Part of the Government's Street Crime Initiative aimed at improving poor behaviour and attendance in schools in key areas. Behaviour Improvement Programme Behaviour management (pupils) A statement prepared by the LEA detailing the arrangements available, or proposed, in their area for the education of children with behaviour problems. Behaviour support plans LEAs behaviour support plans Belgium Regulations used to determine to which local education authority in England and Wales pupils and students belong. Belonging Regulations Education (Areas to which Pupils and Students Belong) Regulations Benchmarking Benefit recipients Benefits Commissioned in September 2007, intended to improve services for children and young people from birth to 19 who have speech, language and communications difficulties. Bercow review Bereavement The testing of public services against the private sector to determine which can provide services at the best value for money. Best Value Better quality services Market testing 1995-. Measures to raise standards of written and spoken English in schools, the workplace and across the community. Better English Campaign Bias 2004. Deals with the implementation by the DfES of the recommendations of the Bichard Inquiry into the failure of child protection measures. Bichard Implementation Project Bicycles Cycles Bilateral relationships Bilingual education Bilingualism Bills Biochemistry Biological chemistry Physiological chemistry Biographies Autobiographies Biology Biological sciences Biology education A unique, measurable characteristic or trait of a human used for automatically authenticating a person’s identity. Biometric data Biotechnology Biological engineering Birth parents Bisexual people Black children African Caribbean children African children Black pupils West Indian children To be launched in April 2008, aims to turn around major school problems faced by the region. Black Country Challenge Black Pupils Achievement Programme Boarding schools Residential schools Board meetings Executive Board meetings 1901-1944. Subsequently Ministry of Education 1944-1964. Board of Education Body language Nonverbal communication Bogus colleges Bogus qualifications Bogus degrees In 1999 the ministers of education of 29 countries met to discuss the future development of higher education in Europe. The post-summit declaration, the Bologna Declaration, expressed the goal of developing a European Higher Education Area by 2010. This development is known as the Bologna Process. Bologna Process Run by Booktrust, Booked Up is supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). It aims to encourage and support the enjoyment of reading among children in the Year 7 age group. Booked Up Beginning in 1992, the programme works through locally-based organisations to give a free pack of books to every baby, with guidance materials for parents and carers. Bookstart In 2007-08 the Department for Children, Schools and Families is supporting the delivery of Booktime to all schools in England. Booktime will aim to give a free book pack to every reception class child in England and at least half of all 4-5 year olds in the rest of the UK when they first start school. Booktime Booktrust is an independent national charity that encourages people of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy reading. Booktrust Botany Plant biology Plant science Boycotts Boys Boys education Boys schools Brand management Breastfeeding Briefing British Chambers of Commerce British Council British Educational Communications and Technology Agency Becta British Educational Research Association British National Party BNP A British Overseas Territory is one of 14 (as of 2006) territories which are not part of the United Kingdom but come under its sovreignty. British Overseas Territories Broadband Broadcasting Educational broadcasting Instructional broadcasting Buddhism Zen Buddhism Buddhists Budget planning Profiling (budgets) Budgets Budgets (national) Budget (UK) National budgets Building design Building improvements Modernisation (buildings) Refurbishment (buildings) Renovation (buildings) Building maintenance Maintenance (school buildings) Repairs (buildings) Repairs (school buildings) School building repairs Building regulations Construction regulations Buildings and facilities Construction works Facilities (buildings) Property (buildings) Real estate (buildings) Rooms From 2004. Provides 21st century facilities for every secondary school pupil through a programme of renewal and rebuilding over 10-15 years. Building Schools for the Future Bulgaria Bullying Aggressive behaviour (pupil) Antibullying policies Bullied child School bullying Bureaucracy Reducing bureaucracy Has the power to review and challenge the impact of new policies across the whole learning and skills sector and to publicly challenege existing policies. Jointly supported by DfES and LSC. Bureaucracy Reduction Group Bursars (school) Finance managers in schools School business managers Buses Coaches School buses Business Business economics Business education Business information Distribution and production Information (business) Production and distribution Studies (business) Set up 28 June 2007 to advise Government on how it can best promote the long-term health of the UK economy. Business Advisory Council Business cases Business crime Forgery Covers business links with all levels of education. Use School business links or Higher education business links for more specific information. Business education links Begun within Training for Enterprise Programme in April 1987 and continued as a separate programme after September 1988 when TFE and the Job Training Programme ended. It finished in March 1991 when it became part of the Business Enterprise Support. The Business Enterprise Programme was a basic business training programme for people who were considering starting their own small business, and offered to those not eligible for Employment Training. Business Enterprise Programme BEP September 1988-March 1994. A national initiative providing small and medium sized enterprises with financial assistance to engage consultants to help them to develop their management to meet the challenges of business change. Ceased to be a programme when responsibility was transferred to the Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs). Business Growth Training BGT Business Improvement Scheme BIS Business law Commercial law Company law Law (business) Mercantile law 1994-. A national network of over 200 offices as one stop shops giving advice, information and assistance to small firms to help them compete in world markets. Business Link Business plans Corporate plans Business schools Management schools Business start up April 1991-March 1995. Replaced the Enterprise Allowance Scheme and was administered by TECs, and provided an allowance and introductory briefing for unemployed people who wished to become self-employed or start up a business. Business Start Up Scheme Business studies Includes direct support through grants and subsidies and specific schemes; indirect support, for example through workforce development; advice (and brokerage to advice) on tax and regulation, employment, occupational health and safety and trading standards, business processes and other business-specific issues. Business support A government-wide initiative to streamline business support at a local, regional and national level to reduce the number of schemes from more than 3000 to just 100 by 2010. Business Support Simplification Programme Safer children in a digital world. 2008 Byron review of children and new technology Cabinet Cabinet secretariat Cabinet committees Cabinet Office Office of the e-Envoy e-Government Unit Call centres Canada Cancellation Cancer Children with cancer Neoplasms People with cancer Skin cancer Employer procedures to assess and deal with incompetence at work Capability procedures Capability reviews To increase the operating efficiency of a government or non-government institution, a community based organisation, a community per se or an individual through training (increasing knowledge), changed operating procedures, restructuring, etc. Capacity building Capital Capital allocation Capital expenditure Capital funding Capital management Capital expenditure appraisal methods Capital investment Return on capital Career breaks Career change Career transition Career choice Aspirations (career) Career aspirations Occupational choice Career development Career achievement Career advancement Career patterns 1988-. Provides wider opportunities for adults to acquire and improve their skills by helping them to pay for vocational education or training of their own choice. Career Development Loans CDL Career prospects Prospects (career) Careers Careers officers Careers teachers Careers services Care leavers Care of the disabled Disability care services Welfare services for the disabled Care orders A plan drawn up before a child enters care setting out their needs and the services required to meet them. Second BT Children in care changed to RT Jan 2009. Care plans Carers Care Standards Act 2000 Care Standards Tribunal Caretaking School caretaking Care to Learn Caribbean Cars Automobiles Motor cars Taxis Case law Case studies Case histories Casework Case notes Catch-up classes Catering services Educational catering services European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training CEDEFOP Censorship Censuses Expenditure within the schools' budget centrally held by LEAs. Central expenditure Central government Centralisation An independent research unit, based in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University in the UK. The Centre’s main aim is to inform, influence and support policy and practice for children, families and their communities. Centre for Child and Family Research Launched 2003. To provide research-informed leadership development and tailored leadership support for the learning and skills sector. From October 2008 merged with the Quality Improvement Agency to form the Learning and Skills Improvement Service. Centre for Excellence in Leadership Centre for the Economics of Education Centres for Advanced Training Centres of Vocational Excellence Cerebral palsy Children with cerebral palsy People with cerebral palsy Certificates CPVE Certificate of Secondary Education Certificates (educational) Certificates of achievement Leaving certificates Use sparingly. Choose a more specific term if possible. Change Amendment Modification Revision Charges Charging for activities (school) Activities charges (school) Charitable status Charities Charitable trusts Charity Commission 1992. Aimed to raise standards in further and higher education by extending the Citizen's Charter to these areas. Charter for Further and Higher Education Checkpoint meetings Chemistry Chemistry education Child abuse Battered children Childbirth Childcare Childcare services Day care (child) Daycare services (child) Preschool day care Childcare Act 2006 The Childcare Approval Scheme (CAS) is a voluntary scheme for carers who are not required to be registered by Ofsted. Its aims are to raise the standard of home based care and allow greater numbers of parents to access financial support . Childcare Approval Scheme Childcare at work Child day care at work Childcare provision at work Given Royal Assent July 2006. Childcare Bill A project to pilot the delivery of the new duties in the Childcare Bill in 12 local authorities. Launched May 2006. Childcare Implementation Project Childcare inspection Childcare inspectors Under the Childcare Act 2006 each local authority is required to carry out an assessment of the sufficiency of childcare within their area. It is a measurement of the nature and extent of the need for, and supply of, childcare within each local area. Childcare Sufficiency Assessment From 1 April 2008 local authorities will have a duty to secure sufficient childcare to enable parents to work, or to undertake education and training leading to work. This duty is being introduced under the Childcare Act 2006. Childcare sufficiency duty Child centred education Pupil centred education Child development Child employment Child labour Child workers Child Health Promotion Programme Child maintenance Child support Maintenance (child) Set up in 2000 Childminder Start-up Grant Scheme Introduced April 2001 Childminder Sustainability Grant Childminders provide care, play and learning opportunities for children within a home setting. (Directgov Feb 2008) Childminding Child minding Registered child minders The persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in serious impairment of the child’s health or development. Child neglect Child poverty Poor children Published June 2009. Child Poverty Bill Child prostitution Child prostitutes BT changed from Social services Jan 2009. Child protection Safeguarding children Child protection plans Child protection registers Child psychology Ages 0-16. Children Childhood Brings together five existing grant programmes from April 2006. These are: the Children and Young People’s Participation Fund; the National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme; Safeguarding Children and Support Families grants; the Strengthening Families Grant, and Sure Start voluntary and community service grants. Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme Children Act 1989 Children Act 2004 Children acts Children and adolescent mental health services CAMHS Children and Adoption Act 2006 Given Royal Assent July 2006. Children and Adoption Bill Children and family benefits Child Tax Credit Child benefit Childrens allowances Family and children benefits Guardians allowance Working Tax Credit Young peoples benefits Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service CAFCASS 2004. A single, strategic, overarching plan for all local services to children and young people to be produced by all areas. Children and Young Peoples Plan Children and young people statistics Children and Young Persons Act 2008 Children and Young Persons Bill Set up in June 2004 to advise the DfES and the Minister for Children, Young People and Families, on policy issues and to be involved in recruiting the Children's Commissioner. Made up of 25 members aged between 11 and 19. Children and Youth Board Children at risk At risk children Vulnerable children Children in local authority care. Children in care Children looked after Corporate parenting Looked after children Defined as children in need of social services intervention. Children in need Children in Need Census Includes data on adopted children and care leavers. Children looked after statistics Refers to all children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll, nor being educated otherwise (e.g. privately or in alternative provision) and who have been out of any educational provision for a substantial period of time (usually agreed as four weeks or more). Children missing from education Set up by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 to supersede List 99 and the PoCA List. Childrens barred list Children Schools and Families Committee Childrens Commissioner Aims to ensure that vulnerable children get the best start in life, remain on track in their early years, flourish in secondary school and chose to stay on in education and training at 16. Childrens Fund Childrens literature Books for children 2001. A framework to develop new national standards for children's health and social care. Childrens National Service Framework National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services Announced December 2007. Childrens Plan Childrens rights Rights of the child The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is a coalition of over 380 voluntary and statutory organisations committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Childrens Rights Alliance for England Childrens services Childrens services authorities Announced in 2002. They bring together all services for children and young people in an area, underpinned by the Children Act 2004 duty to cooperate, to focus on improving outcomes for all children and young people. BT changed from Trusts Jan 2009. Childrens Trusts Childrens workforce Approved childcarers Child minders Childcare workers Childminders Childrens social care workforce Early years workers Nannies Nursery workers Playgroup workers Workers with children The CWDC is one of five bodies forming the UK Skills For Care and Development Sector Skills Council and coordinates the Children's Workforce Network. Childrens Workforce Development Council An alliance committed to creating and supporting a world-class children's workforce in England. The CWN is a strategic body, bringing together the relevant Sector Skills Councils and other partners. Childrens Workforce Network Childrens Workforce Strategy Term used to describe all those children at risk of poor outcomes as defined by Every Child Matters. Children with additional needs Such children have a number of discrete needs that require additional support from more than one agency. Their needs are often chronic and maybe lifelong. Different needs tend to interact, exacerbating their impact on the child's development and well-being. Children with complex needs Children with disabilities Children with physical disabilities Disabled children Disabled pupils Handicapped children Physically disabled children Pupils with disabilities Child safety Pupil safety Child safety orders Child sex abuse Paedophilia Involves exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where young people receive something (eg. food, accomodation, drugs, alcohol, money) as a result of them performing and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities. Child sexual exploitation Proposed by HM Treasury for all children born after 1 September 2002 Child Trust Funds Child welfare China Chinese Choice Selection Choice of school Parents choice of school School choice School selection Selection of school March 2002. To improve outcomes for looked after children through providing better placement stability, matching and choice. Choice Protects Choirs Choral music Choir schools 1991-. A grant scheme for Choristers attending independent Cathedral or Collegiate Choir Schools in membership of the Choir School's Association (CSA). Enables around 80 choristers aged 8 to 13 from low-income families to be supported in their academic education and choral training. Choir Schools Scholarship Scheme Christianity Christian Church Christians Church of England Anglicanism Church of England schools Anglican schools Church of England education CILT, the National Centre for Languages Circulars Government department circulars Guidance notes (departmental) Guidance notes (official) CITB-ConstructionSkills Citizens Nationals Citizenship Citizenship education Citizenship (National Curriculum) A highly targeted drive to crack the cycle of under-achievement among disadvantaged children in primary and secondary schools in three urban regions: London, The Black Country and Greater Manchester. It is an expansion of the successful London Challenge and will provide support over three years from 2008 to improve outcomes for young people. City Challenge City Learning Centres are a key element of the Excellence in Cities programme. They are located in the main on secondary school sites and provide state of the art ICT-based learning opportunities for pupils at a network of local schools and for the wider community. City Learning Centres Specialist schools with extra technology facilities. City technology colleges Civil law Private law A formally registered relationship between two people of the same sex. Civil partnerships Civil Renewal is about people and government working together to make life better. Civil renewal Citizens participation Civil service Civil servants Civil Service Pension Scheme Classics Classical languages education Classical studies Classroom interaction Classroom techniques Classroom arrangement Classroom management Management (classroom) Class size Includes office and school cleaning services, window cleaning. etc. Cleaning services Cleaning Office cleaning School cleaning Window cleaning Climate and weather Weather Climate change Closed schools Discontinued schools Closure Business closure Plant closure Includes social clubs, interest clubs, etc. Clubs Coaching Individual teaching One to one training Tutoring Coalfield communities Codes of practice The SSC for chemical, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer industries. Cogent An assessment of a range of reasoning skills. The tests look at reasoning with three types of symbols: words, numbers and shapes or figures, i.e. verbal, quantitative and non-verbal reasoning. Cognitive abilities tests Cognitive development Mental development Cognitive skills Cognitive processes Higher mental processes Collective worship Collective worship policy School worship Worship policy 1995-. COMENIUS focuses on pre-school and primary to secondary school, and supports school partnerships, projects for the training of school education staff, and school education networks. It emphasises learning in a multi-cultural framework and support for disadvantaged groups. COMENIUS European Cooperation on School Education 1986-90. Scheme to reinforce training in the field of technology, with emphasis on advanced technologies, and to foster the development of highly skilled human resources and the competitiveness of European industry. COMETT Command papers Some Acts are brought into force immediately, some at a date specified in the Act and others by Commencement Orders, which may activate all or part of the Act. They are statutory instruments. Commencement orders Independent body proposed by the Leitch Review of Skills, coming into operation in April 2008. It replaces the Sector Skills Development Agency and the National Employment Panel. Commission for Employment and Skills UK Commission for Employment and Skills UKCES Established by the Equality Act 2006 to bring the three existing Commissions (EOC, CRE and DRC) into a single body. Commission for Equality and Human Rights Independent inspectorate for all social care services in England, launched April 2004 Commission for Social Care Inspection CSCI Commissioning services 1839-1901 Government Department for elementary education Committee of Council on Education Committees Trialling from 2005-06 a new standardised approach to assessing children's and young people's needs for services. Common Assessment Framework for Children and Young People CAF Do not use as indexing term. This heading includes terms too general to be placed in a specific subject field. Common concepts Common terms Covers the areas of expertise essential for everyone working with children and young people, and will support work across professional boundaries and more flexible career routes. Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Childrens Workforce Commonwealth The project is funded by the DfES and aims to set up clubs in secondary schools across England. It is aimed at providing resources and assistance to schools to help set up and run the club. It also aims to teach young people more about the Commonwealth and its many aims and opportunities. Commonwealth clubs Communicable diseases Contagious diseases Epidemics Infectious diseases Viral diseases Communication Social communication Started 2002, managed for DfES by BECTA. To help pupils with communication difficulties by providing technology to help them access the curriculum, interact with others and support their transition to post-school provision. Communication Aids Project Not to be used as indexing term. Communication and information Control of communication including secrecy, electronic surveillance, government control of the media, and in addition, the control of the individual by the media, including manipulation, disinformation and indoctrination. Communication control Control (communication) Electronic surveillance Media control Secrecy Communication disorders Communication process Communication skills An organisation that will give focused support to those who help children with communication disabilities. It will devise and deliver expert training, information and advice for those who work with these children as well as developing an awareness campaign to highlight the issue of communication disability. Supported by DfES. Communications Trust Communication studies Studies (communication) Communities Community centres Community groups Community organisations Local communities Groups with a common interest in a discipline or problem, who generally use electronic communication. Communities of practice Communities of interest September 1993-1996. Offered a route back into paid employment through work experience and structured jobsearch, and was aimed at people who have been out of work and claiming benefit for 12 months or more. Community Action Programme Aims to increase the skill levels of individuals to enable them to act as inspirational figures, community entrepreneurs, community mentors and community leaders. Also to increase the involvement of communities in regeneration and learning activity. Launched 2002. Community Champions Fund Working towards a society in which there is a common vision and sense of belonging by all communities, where the diversity of people's backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and valued. Community cohesion The Education and Inspections Act 2006 introduced a duty on all maintained schools in England to promote community cohesion. The duty on schools came into effect from September 1 2007. Community cohesion duty Community development Community action Community projects April 1981-September 1982. Temporary employment on schemes of community benefit for 18-24 year olds unemployed over 6 months, and over 25s unemployed on year. Community Enterprise Programme CEP 2002-. A community-based initiative to combat financial exclusion by improving literacy and numeracy skills, providing access to a range of mainstream financial services and access to micro-finance. Community Finance and Learning Initiative 2000-. Virtual learning environments joining up web sites, local centres and organisations to take the benefits of the internet community-wide. Community Grids for Learning Community involvement Community engagement October 1982-September 1988. Aimed to provide temporary jobs for 18-24 year olds unemployed over six months and over 25s unemployed one year. Work should benefit the community and would not otherwise be done, and should improve job prospects of participants. Community Programme CP Community relations Community safety Community school relations Community involvement (school) Pupil voluntary work in the community School-community relations Voluntary work by pupils in the community The LEA employ the school's staff, own the school's land and buildings and have primary responsibility for deciding the arrangements for admitting pupils. Community schools Community colleges County schools Community service Community penalties Community service by offenders Community work Environmental improvement (community work) 1988-1995-96. Introduced to motivate disadvantaged young people living in inner cities to make best use of the education and training opportunities available in order to reach their full potential. Compacts Arrangements between an HEI and local schools/colleges that offer aspiration raising activities and/or alternative offers for students from disadvantaged backgrounds with the potential to succeedd in higher education. Compacts (higher education) Comparative analysis Comparison Cross cultural analysis Comparative education International comparisons (education) Recompense for loss or damage. Compensation The ability to perform the activities within an occupation or function to the standards expected in employment. Competences Competitiveness Competition (economic) Economic competitiveness Complaints Complaints procedures Customer complaints Completion rates Comprehensive schools Comprehensive education Will set spending plans for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 CSR07 Parents of children of compulsory school age (5-16) are required to ensure that they receive a suitable education by regular attendance at school or otherwise. Compulsory education Compulsory school age Compulsory school attendance Compulsory purchase orders Computer applications Applications (ICT) Applications (computer) Computerisation ICT applications IT applications Information technology applications Computer games Games (computer) Computer networks Data networks Networked systems Networking (computers) Networks (computers) Computers Computer systems Digital computers PCs Computer science Computer technology Action taken by management to ensure security and to protect data. Includes access control, computer user identity, encryption, disaster recovery, software protection. Computer system security Computer security Disaster recovery (computer systems) Security (computer) Computer viruses Viruses (computer) Conduct at work Codes of conduct at work Discipline at work Dress codes Job rules Misconduct at work A diagnosis used by psychiatrists to describe a pattern of persistent and serious misbehaviour in children and young people. Conduct disorder Confederation of British Industry Conferences Conference papers Confidential information Classified information Confidential documents Confidentiality Documents (confidential) Leakage of information Restricted documents Restricted information Secret information The process of identifying and addressing differences that if unmanaged would affect the achievement of work objectives. Conflict management Congenital disorders Abnormalities (congenital) Birth defects Chromosome disorders Genetic disorders (congenital) Hereditary disorders (congenital) Malformation (congenital) Connexions brings together partners from learning, health, youth justice, employment and voluntary agencies to deliver a smooth transition to adulthood and working life for every young person. Connexions Connexions Service Personal advisers (connexions) The Connexions Card is aimed at encouraging and motivating young people to continue in learning beyond 16. Introduced nationally 2002 it closed in 2006. Connexions Card Connexions Direct Conservative Party Consistency Introduced in 2002, allows schools to compare income and expenditure with other schools on a consistent basis. Consistent Financial Reporting Constituencies Parliamentary constituencies Constitutional law Bill of rights Constitutions Law (constitutional) Construction Industry Training Board Consultants Experts Management consultants Specialists Consultation Public consultation Launched in 2003, a fund to allow children and young people to attend events and give their views on policies and services. It will cover costs such as participants’ travel, delegate fees, accommodation and expenses for any support workers. Consultation Fund Consultation papers Consultation documents Green papers ContactPoint is an online directory of basic contact information for all children and is designed to ensure there is easier and faster contact between doctors, nurses, social workers and police when they suspect a child is at risk. It will contain the name, address, date of birth, GP and school of every child in the country and crucially the name and contact details of any professional working with that particular child. Initiated in 2007 first released in January 2009. ContactPoint Content management systems Widening the market to create more suppliers of public services. Contestability Continental school day Teacher training in schools. Continuing professional development (teacher) Baker days CPD (teacher) INSET days Inservice training (teachers) Nonteaching days Teacher professional development Continuous assessment Contraction Cut backs (services) Down sizing Reduction of resources Resource reduction Contract management Contracts Contract law Law (contract) Activity in which a person must not employ another person without following certain steps. Broadly it covers work in further education and health settings and activities that give a person access to sensitive data. Controlled activity Commissioned by HM Treasury, published in December 2006. Cooksey review of UK health research funding Cooperation Collaboration Liaison Coordination Copyright Copyright law Core curriculum Those skills which are essential for competence in a particular task or occupation. Not necessarily basic skills. Core skills Corporate identity Branding Corporate image Use for policy on the level of the individual company or within government departments. Corporate policy Corporate policies Policy (corporate) Policy analysis (corporate) Correspondence Letters Corruption Cost centres Cost effectiveness Cost benefit analysis Costs Unit costs Costs (schooling) Schooling costs Aims to promote and enhance the quality of nursing and allied health profession education and research. Council of Deans A non-EU body aiming to defend shared values and promote awareness of a European identity. Council of Europe Council of the European Union Counselling Advice (counselling) Guidance (counselling) Counselling (pupil) Pupil counselling 2001-. Continues the work of Maths Year 200 by helping to make maths relevant, accessible and enjoyable. It aims to raise the profile of maths and help children and adults to develop the maths skills they need. Count On Campaign Countries and regions Geographical location County councils Course assessment Course design Course development Training course design Courses Academic courses Educational courses Training courses Course work Court orders Staff resources needed to provide continuity of service Cover Holiday cover Creationism Intelligent design The SSC for advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, the arts and music. Creative and Cultural Skills Creative industries A Government programme, funded by the DCSF and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport that enables schools to work in partnership with other professionals (including architects, dancers, engineers, musicians, scientists and web designers) to develop an exciting and relevant curriculum that fosters the creativity of all learners and teachers. Creative Partnerships Creativity Imagination Inventiveness Originality Credit Borrowing (finance) Trade credit The system of transferring an award or credit obtained for one purpose, or in one institution, as credit towards the same award in another institution. Credits (education) Credits transfer (education) Educational credits Educational credits transfer Crime Crime Concern is a national crime prevention charity and social business that develops sustainable solutions to crime and anti-social behaviour. It has two main operational divisions, which offer crime prevention and offender justice services. It works largely, but not exclusively, with young people, providing routes away from crime and anti-social behaviour and back into full time education and employment. Crime Concern Crime prevention Self defence Criminal law Criminal records Criminal Records Bureau Crisis management Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries. Commissioned by the Prime Minister, Department of Health and the Department for International Development. Published February 2007. Crisp review of the UK contribution to health in developing countries Assessment of an individual's ability in order to determine whether it meets certain specified requirements. Criterion referenced assessment Cross-cutting issues Cross disciplinary curriculum Interdisciplinary curriculum Multidisciplinary curriculum Cross government links Interdepartmental working Joined up government Partnership working Crown courts Consists of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Crown dependencies Cultural change Cultural factors Cultural differences Differences (cultural) Cultural organisations Cultural policy Cultural systems Culture and lifestyle Curriculum Subjects taught at school Syllabus Curriculum development Curriculum design Curriculum planning 2001-. Provides teachers with online access to a wide range of digital learning materials, which they can use to support their teaching across the curriculum. Curriculum Online Curriculum research Curriculum vitae CV (curriculum vitae) Customer relations Customer care Customer focus Customer service Relations (customer) Customer relationship management systems Customers Consumers Customer satisfaction Satisfaction (customers) Customs and Excise HM Customs and Excise HMCE Customs and traditions Traditions Cyberbullying is the use of e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones or other forms of information technology to deliberately harass, threaten or intimidate someone. Cyberbullying 2001-. Aims to develop and market a search facility to help and guide people to overcome barriers such as lack of confidence, lack of skills and/or lack of motivation in using online services and encourage them to go online. Cybrarian Project Cyprus Czech Republic 2002-. Specifically aimed at fathers of 11-14 year old boys, encouraging them to boost their sons' interest in education and learning by taking a greater interest in it themselves. Dads and Sons Campaign Dance Ballet Dance arts Dance education Dance and Drama Awards are for students over the age of 16 who want to work in the performing arts. They're available from some of England's leading private dance and drama schools. Dance and Drama Awards Dangerous materials Asbestos Hazardous materials Toxic substances Toxic wastes Darlington site Data Data analysis Database management Databases Online databases Data collection Sampling Data exchange Information exchange Data management Data services Data protection Data confidentiality Data privacy Refers to the features and characteristics that ensure data are accurate and complete and that they convey the intended meaning. Data quality Review of qualifications for 16-19 year olds. 1996 Dearing review of 16-19 qualifications Higher education in the learning society: report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. 1997 Dearing review of higher education Death Deaths Fatalities Debt Debt recovery Debt repayment Decentralisation Decentralised government Decision making Dedicated Schools Grant Defence National security Degree awarding powers Degrees Bachelor degrees University degrees Delegation Authority delegation Demand Democracy Denmark Dentistry Dental care Departmental annual report Initiatives, programmes, schemes, projects and campaigns of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and its predecessors. Includes initiatives under development, current and completed programmes. Also listed are initiatives with substantial Departmental support or funding and those not managed by the Department, but with significant impact on children and/or education. Departmental initiatives Education and training initiatives Education programmes Employment initiatives Initiatives (departmental) Training initiatives Strategies and initiatives for the development of internal Departmental processes. Departmental initiatives (internal) Internal Departmental initiatives Departmental publications Publications (DfES) Departmental sites Management of the departments relationship with partner organisations including funding and delivery. Departmental sponsorship Sponsorship (departmental) Departmental Strategic Objectives DSOs Created 28 June 2007. Superceded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills in June 2009 when merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform DBERR Created in June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Department for Business Innovation and Skills Created 28 June 2007 from the Department of Education and Skills. Department for Children Schools and Families DCSF Department for Children Schools and Families Board Department for Communities and Local Government 1992-1995. Previously Department of Education and Science and subsequently Department for Education and Employment. Department for Education DFE Previously Department for Education. In July 1995 merged with Department of Employment to become Department for Education and Employment. In 2001 became Department for Education and Skills. Department for Education and Employment DfEE Previously Department for Education and Employment. In 2001 became Department for Education and Skills. On 28 June 2007 split into the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills. Department for Education and Skills DfES Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA Created 28 June 2007. Merged with Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2009 to form the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Department for Innovation Universities and Skills DIUS Department for International Development DfID Department for Work and Pensions DWP Replaced by the Ministry of Justice from 9 May 2007. Department of Constitutional Affairs Department of Culture Media and Sport DCMS 1964-1992. Previously Ministry of Education, 1944-1964, Board of Education, 1901-1944. In July 1992 responsibility for Science passed to Office of Public Service and Science and became Department for Education. Department of Education and Science DES Department of Employment Department of Health Abolished 28 June 2007, largely replaced by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Department of Trade and Industry DTI Department of Transport Dependencies Interdependencies Deprivation Economic deprivation Economic disadvantage Social deprivation Social disadvantage Underprivilege Deprived areas Depressed areas Disadvantaged areas Deputy headteachers Use sparingly. Choose a more specific term if possible. Design Design and technology CDT Craft, design and technology Design and technology (National Curriculum) Technology and design (National Curriculum) Design Council Detention (school) Pupil detention School detention Choose a more specific term if possible. Development Devolved administrations A grant that gives maintained schools direct funding to help support the capital needs of their buildings. It is initially allocated to LEAs who are then required to allocate the funding directly to schools using a simple formula. Devolved Formula Capital Diabetes Children with diabetes Diabetes mellitus People with diabetes Diary management Dictionaries Diet Dietetics Slimming Digital communication Blogs Electronic communication Instant messaging Podcasts Web 2.0 technology Web conferencing Webcasts Wikis Led by Sector Skills Councils working closely with key stakeholders, including employers, schools, further and higher education institutions. They are responsible for the development of the line of learning statements. Diploma Development Partnerships Diplomas College diplomas Higher education diplomas A short document recording students' achievements widely used in European HEIs. Diploma Supplement Directives European directives Directorate General for Education and Culture Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Directories Disabilities Handicaps Multiple disabilities Multisensory impairment Physical disabilities Sensory difficulties Sensory disorders Sensory impaired children Sensory impaired people Sensory impairment Disability discrimination Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Disability Discrimination Act 2005 The Disability Equality Duty comes into force in December 2006. This new legal duty requires all public authorities to actively look at ways of ensuring that disabled people are treated equally. All public authorities covered by the specific duties must also produce a Disability Equality Scheme. Disability Equality Duty Under the Disability Equality Duty public authorities are obliged to publish such a scheme to explain how they will meet both their general and specific duties. Disability equality schemes Disability Impact Assessment Disability rights Rights (disability) Will cease to exist 31st March 2009 and be subsumed into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. Disability Rights Commission Disabled people and carer benefits Carers allowance Disability allowance Disabled persons employment Disabled employment Sheltered employment Disabled Students' Allowances are grants to help meet the extra costs of studying that students face as a direct result of a disability or specific learning difficulty. They are designed to help disabled students study on an equal basis with other students. The allowances provide help for full-time, part-time and postgraduate students. Disabled Students Allowances Disadvantage (education) Discrimination (education) Educational disadvantage Educational discrimination Disadvantaged children Deprived children Deprived pupils Disadvantaged pupils Disaffected children Socially excluded children Disadvantaged families Deprived families Low income families Socially excluded families Disadvantaged people Deprived people Disaffected people Hard to help people Socially excluded people Underclass Vulnerable groups Disadvantaged young people Deprived young people Disaffected youth Socially excluded young people Set up under the SEN and Disability Act 2001. Disagreement Resolution Services (SEN) Under the Education Act 1996, disapplication of part or even all of the National Curriculum may be appropriate. Disapplication is permitted for individual pupils for: a temporary period; for specific purposes at Key stage 4; through a statement of special educational need. Disapplication of the National Curriculum Discipline of children For example, company disclosure of accounts to employees. Disclosure of information Discretionary awards Discrimination Diseases and disabilities Brain diseases Brain injury Disorders Muscular diseases Musculoskeletal system diseases Nervous system diseases Neurologic diseases Neuromuscular diseases Notifiable diseases Occupational diseases Respiratory system diseases Display screen equipment VDUs Visual display units Use for the disposal of assets. Disposal Sale District councils Diversification Divorce Dissolution of marriage Marriage breakdown Marriage separation Separation (marriage) Doctorates Ph.Ds Documents Print media Printed materials Publications Domestic violence Donations Gifts Downs syndrome Children with Downs syndrome People with Downs syndrome Drama Drama education Drinks Drug abuse Abuse (drugs) Drug addiction Drug misuse Drug regulation Drug trafficking Drug use Narcotics abuse Recreational drug abuse Drug education Anti-drug education Drugs Drug testing Duty of care Dyslexia is a specific difficulty in learning, in one or more of reading, spelling and written language which may be accompanied by difficulty in number work, short term memory, sequencing auditory and/or visual perception and motor skills. Dyslexia Children with dyslexia People with dyslexia Dyspraxia EAL English as an Additional Language 2002-. Established to develop models of good practice in integrating early education, childcare and family support services, including parental involvement and outreach work, and to provide training and a focus for dissemination. Early Excellence Centres Early intervention 1999-. The goals are that children approaching the age of six should have learnt to count to ten, know the alphabet, have gained confidence in their ability to learn and have learnt to concentrate on their own play. Early Learning Goals Early leavers Dropouts (education) Early retirement Premature retirement 2002. Purpose is to improve the delivery of services to disabled children under 3 and their families. Early Support Programme Collects information about 3 and 4 year olds in the private, voluntary and independent sectors for all providers registered with EYDCPs in January each year. Early Years Census 1997-. Convened by LEAs to bring together all the parties (including schools and other providers, parents, employers and colleges) to develop early education and childcare services in their areas and to draw up, implement and monitor their annual plans. Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships EYDCCPs Early years education Early childhood education Early years learning Infant education Preschool education Preschool learning Due to be launched in September 2008, it will merge the foundation stage and Birth To Three Matters. It will cover care, learning and development for children in all early years settings from birth to the August after their fifth birthday. Early Years Foundation Stage EYFS Includes nursery education and primary education to age 7. Early years inspection This new duty requires local authorities to improve outcomes for all young children in their area and reduce inequalities, through the provision of accessible and integrated early childhood services. Brought in under the Childcare Act 2006 it will commence on 1 April 2008. Early years outcomes duty Includes maintained schools; non-maintained schools; independent schools; and childcare registered by Ofsted on the Early Years Register (to be introduced in September 2008), all of which are required to meet the EYFS requirements. Early years providers Established by the Childcare Act 2006, a register for childcare for children up to the age of 5. Early Years Register Earth sciences Geosciences East midlands East of England Eating disorders Anorexia Bulimia Children with eating disorders Feeding disorders People with eating disorders e-business e-commerce The national eCAF system is the e-enablement of the Common Assessment Framework or CAF. eCAF ECHO (External Correspondence Handling Online) Economic analysis Socioeconomic analysis Economic and Monetary Union EMU Monetary union of the EU Single European Currency Economic aspects Economic conditions Economic decline Contraction (economic) Decline (economic) Depression (economic) Economic contraction Economic depression Economic recession Recession (economic) Slump (economic) Economic development Economic boom Economic expansion Economic growth Economic recovery Expansion (economic) Growth (economic) Industrial development Recovery (economic) Reflation (macroeconomics) Economic forecasting Economic forecasts Economic projections Projections (economic) Economic performance Economic efficiency Profitability Economic policy Aims (economic) Economic aims Economic goals Economic objectives Economic planning Goals (economic) Objectives (economic) Economic reform Economic resources Resources (economic) Economics Economics education Economics and finance Economic sectors Skill sectors Implies education as a national or regional resource. Economics of education Educational economics Economics of training Training economics Economic trends Economic change Economic restructuring Restructuring (economic) Trends (economic) Economists Economy (national) National economy UK economy Education Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 Education (No 2) Act 1986 Education (Schools) Act 1992 Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 Education (Student Loans) Act 1996 Education Act 1944 Education Act 1962 Education Act 1967 Education Act 1973 Education Act 1980 Education Act 1981 Education Act 1986 Education Act 1994 Education Act 1996 Education Act 1997 Education Act 2002 Education Act 2005 1998-. Each EAZ includes a cluster of two to three secondary schools with their supporting primaries and special schools working in partnership with LEAs, parents, business and other representatives from the local community. They aim to raise standards in disadvantaged urban and rural areas. Education Action Zones EAZ Education acts Education advisers Advisers (education) External advisers (education) Educational buildings and facilities Academic buildings Further education buildings Higher education buildings University buildings Management of schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions. Educational management Academic management Administration of educational institutions College management Educational institution management Educational management (institutional level) Further education institutions management Higher education institutions management Management of educational institutions School administration School management School organisation Educational organisations Organisations (education) Educational participation Educational involvement Participation rate Educational policy Policy (education) Educational population Educational processes Educational provision Educational supply Provision (education) Supply (education) Educational psychology Educational psychologists Psychology of education Educational reform Development (education) Educational development Reform (education) Educational resources Resources (education) Educational systems and institutions Institutions (educational) Education and Inspections Act 2006 Education and Inspections Bill Education and Skills Act 2008 Education and Skills Bill Education and Skills Committee Any organisation that exists, wholly or in part, to enable employers to work in partnership with education as a contribution to young people’s education and their journey to a successful adulthood. Education business partnership organisations EBPOs Required from each LEA setting out how it intends to promote school improvement. Education Development Plans Covers expenditure funded from revenue raised locally and from central government. Education expenditure Education Formula Spending Share EFSS (Education Formula Spending Share) Includes acquisition of funds: charges, investment, etc. and financial support: grants and loans. Education funding Funding (education) 2005. Their aims should be school improvement, the personalisation of provision and delivering the outcomes of Every Child Matters. Education Improvement Partnerships Most recent initiative piloted 1999. Provide eligible young people with financial support to help them carry on with their studies. Additional bonuses are payable for staying on and achievement. EMAs are designed to help young people from less well off families stay on at school or college. Education Maintenance Allowance EMAs Maintenance Allowances (education) UK-based membership organisation which provides support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school. Education Otherwise All types of staff in all education sectors. Education personnel Educational personnel Educational staff Staff (education) Education Reform Act 1988 Education sector Education statistics Educational statistics Statistics (education) Statistics of education Education studies Pedagogy Study of education Education supervision orders Education welfare service Effectiveness EPPE 3-11 is an extension of the original EPPE research. Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 project EPPE 3-11 Longitudinal research project funded by DfES 1997-2004. Effective Provision of Pre-school Education EPPE Effects Affected by Effect on Efficiency e-government e-delivery e-Government Interoperability Framework eGIF A range of activities, from effective use of digital resources and learning technologies in the classroom, through to a personal learning experience enabled through individual access at home or elsewhere. e-learning Computer assisted learning Computer based training Online learning Elections Electoral systems Electrical engineering Electric power Electric power industry Electrical industry Electronic Communications Act 2000 Electronic document and record management EDRM Electronic documents Electronic publications Electronic engineering Electronics Electronics industry Electronic media Electronic records Eligibility Email Electronic mail Emergencies and disasters Civil emergencies Disasters Severe weather Includes accident containment. Emergency planning Business continuity Contingency planning Contingency plans Disaster planning Emergency measures Emergency planning exercises Emergency protection orders Emotional and behavioural difficulties Behavioural difficulties EBD Emotional difficulties Emotional problems Maladjusted children Emotional development Emotions Affective processes Anger Anxiety Fear Grief Hate Love The skills, knowledge and adaptability which enables people to enter employment and stay in highly productive work, not necessarily with the same employer. Employability Enables secure access to sensitive information by verifying that the right people are accessing appropriate data thus creating a secure and trusted environment for information sharing. It requires 2 components to validate the identity of a user: something you know - a password or PIN and something you have - a token or card. Employee Authentication Services Employee benefits Benefits (employee) Staff benefits Employee relations Management-personnel relations Personnel relations Relations (employee) Staff relations Employee rights Rights (employee) Rights in job Staff rights Employees Employed people Paid workers Student workers Support staff Workers Employer based teacher training Building the capacity of providers to deliver employer-led education and training provision which is relevant, responsive and flexible in meeting the needs of employers and employees. Employer engagement Employer liability Employers Employers associations Trade associations Launched September 2002 Employer Training Pilots Employment Jobs (employment) Employment abroad Abroad (employment) Foreign postings Overseas employment Working abroad October 1991-March 1993. An initiative to increase the help and support available to longer-term unemployed people, including in particular those in inner city areas, to maintain their work skills and to assist them in finding a new job as quickly as possible. Employment Action Employment and career development Employment conditions Conditions and terms of employment Conditions of service Terms and conditions of employment Employment contracts Labour contracts Employment law Employment legislation Labour law Employment opportunities Employment discrimination Employment prospects Equal job opportunities Job availability Job discrimination Job opportunities Job supply Opportunities (employment) Employment protection Protection of employees Protection of employment Employment rehabilitation Rehabilitation (employment) Employment rights Labour rights Rights (employment) Workers rights Employment statistics Censuses of employment Job statistics Labour market information Unemployment statistics September 1988-March 1993, when replaced by Training for Work. Open to anybody who had been unemployed for over six months, it provided structured training averaging six months duration where participants were paid benefits plus #10 per week. Employment Training ET Employment tribunals Employment Appeal Tribunal Industrial tribunals September 1998-. Geographically defined areas within which the business, voluntary and training fields from the public and private sector will work together to make imaginative and effective use of the various resources to make unemployed people improve their employment prospects. Employment Zones will offer a more individual approach to support job seekers. Targeted on those areas which have higher than average rates of long-term unemployment. Employment Zones Encyclopaedias End of year reviews The SSC for electricity, gas, waste management and water industries. Energy and Utility Skills Energy conservation Conservation of energy Energy resources Engineering Aerospace engineering Aircraft engineering Civil engineering Engineering training Structural engineering Engineering Construction Industry Training Board ECITB Engineering Council UK Engineering Employers Federation England English ESL TEFL English language English language (National Curriculum) English literature English literature (National Curriculum) Enrolment Academic enrolment Educational registration (enrolment) Open admission Open enrolment Pupil enrolment Registration (enrolment) Student enrolment Piloted 1982, national August 1983-March 1991. Provided a weekly allowance for one year to eligible unemployed people to enable them to set up their own business. Replaced by Business Start-Up Scheme. Enterprise Allowance Scheme EAS Enterprise architecture Information architecture Enterprise education is a key element of the non-statutory work-related learning framework, aiming to encourage young people to be more enterprising. Enterprise education consists of enterprise capability, supported by financial capability and economic and business understanding. Enterprise education December 1987-1996. Designed to encourage the development of qualities of enterprise amongst those seeking higher education qualification and to make students better prepared for working life. Enterprise in Higher Education EHE Enterprises Business enterprises Businesses Companies Corporations Industrial corporations Industrial enterprises Private companies Public corporations Entrance examinations Common entrance Eleven plus Entrance tests Entrepreneurship Economic individualism Enterprise (behaviour) Entry level qualifications Entry to Employment E2E Environment Green issues Natural environment Physical environment Environmental engineering Sanitary engineering Water supply engineering Water supply industry Environmental factors Environmental health Public health Environmental management Environmental control Environmental planning Environmental regeneration Physical planning Planning (town and country) Regeneration (environment) Rural planning Town and country planning Urban planning Environmental protection Conservation (environmental) Nature conservation Wildlife protection Environmental sciences Ecology Environmental sciences education 1997-. One of those four options for young people on the New Deal where the long-term unemployed elect to do six months environmental work to benefit the community. In so doing, they receive training and acquire the job skills required by future employers. Environmental Task Force Epilepsy Children with epilepsy People with epilepsy Aims to collate the results of public policy research in a format that policy-makers, practitioners, academics and other research-users can use to make sensible decisions based on sound evidence. It is part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London. EPPI-Centre Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre Equality Act 2006 Equality and diversity impact assessments Equal opportunities and diversity Diversity Diversity of opportunity Equality Opportunities (equal) Will cease to exist 31st March 2009 and be subsumed into the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. Equal Opportunities Commission Equal pay Equal value Comparable worth Work of equal value Use a more specific term if possible. Equipment Educational equipment School equipment 1987-1995. Programme to encourage some European students to study for a limited period of time in another European country as part of their university course in their home country. Replaced by SOCRATES in 1995. ERASMUS European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students e-registration Ergonomics Human engineering Errors Faults (errors) Mistakes The SSC for information technology and telecommunications. e-skills UK ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages Estonia Ethics Moral education Moral philosophy Moral problems Moral values Morality Ethnicity Ethnic minorities BME Black and minority ethnic Black people Ethnic groups Minorities (ethnic) Minorities (racial) Racial minorities Ethnic Minority Achievement A Standards Fund grant from the DfES to support activities specifically designed to improve the attainment of ethnic minority pupils. Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant EMAG Ethnic minority children Bilingual ethnic minority children Ethnic minority pupils Minority ethnic pupils Mixed race children Ethnic monitoring Europass brings together into a single framework several existing tools for the transparency of diplomas, certificates and competences. Europass will promote both occupational mobility, between countries as well as across sectors, and mobility for learning purposes. Europass Europe European Commission EU Commission European Union Commission European Court of Justice Court of Justice of the EU EU Court of Justice European Union Court of Justice European funds European structural funds European Parliament European Assembly The EQF will provide a common language to describe qualifications which will help Member States, employers and individuals compare qualifications across the EU’s diverse education and training systems. European Qualifications Framework Broad sense. Europeans Government-funded schools for children of EU government officials abroad. European schools European Social Fund European social policy Charter of Fundamental Rights of Workers European Social Action Programmes European Social Chapter European Social Charter Social Chapter (European) Social Charter (European) European Training Foundation European Union EU European Union agencies Also used to cover wider European initiatives which include the EU. European Union initiatives EU initiatives EU programmes European Union programmes Initiatives (European Union) European Union institutions