Asset Management Plan
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Statutory Plan required by DFES detailing our strategy for improving our school buildings
Beacon Schools
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Very good schools who receive additional funding from the DfES to share their expertise
Capita
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Private educational consultancy working in partnership with Education Leeds
Education Development Plan
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Statutory Plan required by DfES detailing our strategy for improving standards in our schools
Education Leeds
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Education Leeds is a wholly owned Leeds City Council company formed after the LEA inspection in 1999
Excellence in Cities
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Excellence in Cities is a DfES strategy for supporting city schools to raise standards of achievement
Executive Board
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LCC decision making forum
Family groupings
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Families are one of the ways schools in Leeds are grouped together on an area basis
Governors Forum
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Elected and representative group of governors
Headteachers Forum
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Elected and representative group of headteachers
Key Stages
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Key Stages are the way age groups are divided up under the National Curriculum
Learning Skills Council
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The LSC is a regional body responsible for post-16 provision and funding across West Yorkshire
Leeds Learning Network
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The LLN is a city-wide network that links schools, the LEA, Libraries, and other places in the city where learning takes place.
Schools Forum
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Elected and representative group of governors and headteachers who advise the Executive Board on budget matters
Serious Weaknesses
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Serious Weaknesses is an OFSTED term for schools facing significant problems
Special Measures
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Special Measures is an OFSTED term for schools with exceptional difficulties
Specialist School/College
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Good schools who specialise in agreed areas and receive additional funding from the DfES
test
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test
Wedge groupings
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Wedges are the way Leeds is divided up into more manageable planning areas
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AMP
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Asset Management Plan
BEST
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Behaviour Education Support Team
CEO
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Chief Education Officer
CLC
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City Learning Centres
CRE
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Commission for Racial Equality
DCSF
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Department for Children, Schools and Families, formerly (DfES) Department for Education and Skills
EAS
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Employee Administration Service
EDP
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Education Development Plan
EiC
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Excellence in Cities
EMA
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Ethnic Minority Achievement
FAQ
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Frequently Asked Questions
FE
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Further Education
HE
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Higher Education
HMI
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Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools
HR
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Human Resources
ICT
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Information and Communication Technology
IIP
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Investors in People
LCC
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Leeds City Council
LEA
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Local Education Authority
LHSS
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Leeds Healthy School Standard
LLN
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Leeds Learning Network
LMS
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Local Management of Schools
LSC
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Learning and Skills Council
NQT
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Newly Qualified Teacher
OFSTED
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Office for Standards in Education
PAS
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Psychology and Assessment Service
PFI
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Private Finance Initiative
PGCE
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Post Graduate Certificate in Education
PSHE
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Personal, Social and Health Education
QSF
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Quality Standards Framework
SCC
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School Causing Concern
SEN
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Special Educational Needs
SENISS
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SEN & Inclusion Support Service
SM
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Special Measures
SW
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Serious Weaknesses
TPPT
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Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood Team
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