Abbreviations and Acronyms

List of commonly used abbreviations.

AHt – Assistant Headteacher

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

CLDD – Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

EHCP - Education Health and Care Plan 

EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage

FGB – Full Governing Body

FOBS – Friends of Brooklands School

GB – Governing Body

HLTA – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

HS – Health and Safety

HT – Headteacher

IPP – Individual Pupil Pathway

KS – Key Stage

LA – Local Authority

LLE – Local Leader in Education

LT – Leadership Team

LTA - Lead Teaching Assistant 

MAPA – Management of Actual or Potential Aggression

OT – Occupational Therapy

PECS – Picture Exchange Communication System

PMLD – Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

RA – Risk Assessment

R4L - Routes for Learning

SaLT – Speech and Language Therapy

SCERTS - Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transactional Support

SDP - School Development Plan

SES – Self Evaluation Summary

SPAN – SLD, PMLD, ASD Network

TA – Teaching Assistant

TEACCH - Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children