Soul and Funk for Rock Fans

The following is a revised list of soul and funk artists that I compiled a couple of years ago for another forum, which the open-minded progressive rock fan might like:

Bb

• Bee Gees (Faith No More covered I Started the Joke)
• Maggie Bell and Stone the Crowes (those who say erroneously there aren’t many women rock singers, because they don’t have the power in their voice, can eat their words)
• Booker T and the MGs (Jeff Beck was a fan)
• James Brown (influenced Ian Gillan)

Cc

• Cameo
• The Chi-lites
• Commodores
• Crusaders (jazz rock)

Dd

• Detroit Spinners
• Doobie Brothers (rock and soul fusion)

Ee

• Earth, Wind and Fire

Ff

• Chris Farlowe (formed a group with Albert Lee and Carl Palmer in 1967 and later joined Atomic Rooster)
• Fifth Dimension (progressive soul)
• Roberta Flack
• The Four Tops
• Funkadelic and Parliament (worked with Warren Zevon)

Gg

• Marvin Gaye (What’s Going On album is political, orchestrated and conceptual)
• Graham Central Station
• Al Green

Hh

• Hall and Oates (worked with Todd Rundgren)
• Isaac Hayes (Theme from Shaft) 
• Jimi Hendrix (Band of Gypsies were slightly funkier than the Experience)
• Glenn Hughes (almost single-handedly introduced funk and soul to heavy rock)
• Humble Pie (covered I Can’t Stand the Rain made famous by Ann Peebles)
• The Isley Brothers (wrote Twist and Shout and metamorphosed into the Jimi Hendrix-style The Ladder)

Jj

• Michael Jackson

Kk

• Chaka Khan and Rufus
• Gladys Knight and the Pips

Ll

• Labelle

Mm

• Curtis Mayfield
• Meters

Oo

• Osibisa (early material sounds like Santana)

Pp

• The Philadelphia International All Stars
• Billy Preston (famously worked with the Beatles in Germany and on Let It Be)

Rr

• Lou Rawls
• Otis Redding (you can hear him in Frankie Miller)
• Todd Rundgren (mainly progressive but difficult to pigeon-hole)

Ss

• David Sanctious and Tone (keyboard player whose album was produced by Eddie Offord)

Tt

• The Temptations (psychedelic soul)
• McCoy Tyner (jazz rock)

Ww

• Stevie Winwood and Traffic (on the progressive Arc of a Diver, Stevie has a soulful voice)
• Bill Withers
• Stevie Wonder (among other things, an influential and experimental keyboard player)
• Bobby Womack

Originally posted on Monday 20th June 2011

Chasing References

Item equals totem

Originally posted on Monday 20th June 2011

Diary of a Surviving Supply Teacher: Sir Unsatisfactory

Thursday 9^th June 2011

I

 do not think I have ever had such a late call as I had for this afternoon. It was at 12:45pm to work in a school, nine miles away, starting at 01:15pm.

“But, I am not changed for school,” I exclaimed.

The agency replied, “I’ll tell them you are getting changed.” On second thoughts, I decided not to change, other than my round-necked T-shirt for one with a collar but no tie. From the outset, I felt uncomfortable because, having initially worked a lot at the school, I had not worked there for at least a year and had assumed there was a problem.

At exactly quarter-past, I was in the classroom reading the plan, after a teacher showed me to the classroom and another, possibly the year leader, came to tell me the class needed ‘squashing’. At least she recognised that this was the case. She said she would collect the class from the playground, so that I had at least that much time to read the plan, and said it as though she was doing me a favour. I was still reading the plan as the children came through the door. 

There were constant interruptions while I was reading the plan, during the register and throughout the afternoon, for un-introduced adults taking children out to undertake unexplained tasks, a mother (who was polite) coming to hear readers and a tennis competition which involved children getting changed and going at different times. In addition, there were disputes about who was a substitute for tennis and who had/did not have PE kits. I had to ask children to sit down and stop calling out fairly frequently.  

Our first task was to briefly discuss a new school motto with the pupils, but I got them to write down their ideas on hastily hand-cut slips. Although I was prepared to discuss mottoes, the children already had a good knowledge and came up with some imaginative ideas. 

The work was on planning a trip to Mudeford as part of a topic on the coast and, although I was not involved in the organisation, I had taken trips there before, so I had some knowledge. To set the location in context, I was to tell the children about the history of smuggling in the area and why it was ideal for smuggling. As I did not have enough time to read the background text, I gave this a miss and went straight into the written task. The class had two sheets, the first a drawing of part of the beach and the second, a table divided into columns: (i) feature, (ii) natural or man-made, and (iii) evidence. They were required to make predictions as to what feature they would find, ie. sand, and then make notes as to whether it was natural or man-made and what evidence there was. The sheets were trimmed and Pritt-stuck, by the children, into their A4 geography exercise books. 

After the predictions, we examined maps of the area, over which could be placed transparencies showing the planned route. Map symbols were clearly important, so we drew a key in the geography books: i = information, m = museum, p = car park, pc = public convenience, v = visitor centre, abbey, golf course, nature reserve, slipway, sports centre, stately home, telephone, walks/trails and other features. I hoped I had remembered them accurately and, if I had not, no-one noticed! We were due to draft questions to ask tourists about the area, but ran out of time before the assembly in the hall at 03:00pm.

Assembly, for the so-called mid-phase, was based on the Dragon’s Den television programme with visitors as ‘dragons’. An enthusiastic teacher asked the children what had been going on in the school that day. Very few raised their hands but, as I have never seen the programme and was not involved in the day’s events, I could empathise with the children’s apparent indifference. One teacher sitting at the side sarcastically announced that perhaps the children should have been be given interesting work like copying out War and Peace instead. The visitors, claiming to be millionaires, one in casual wear and the other two in suits, discussed their favourite business plans drawn up by the children, including a device for neutralising the odour from dogs’ muck.     

Some of the boys decided not to take the correct route back to the classroom, but I let it go and gave out a host of letters to be taken home. I won’t forget those children, in the unlikely event that I am there again. Because of the late call, I spent half an hour marking the geography books and writing a letter to the teacher before heading off home. To their credit, the children were very good overall and the head of year said the class teacher would be pleased. She seemed unconcerned about the missed work such as the background of smuggling and that the trip was to be introduced via a letter requesting the children’s help in conducting a survey. I arrived home to find a whole pot of stone cold tea.    

Originally posted on Monday 13^th June 2011     

Saturday 11^th June 2011

Chris Woodhead, the former Ofsted chief who once claimed there were 15,000 incompetent teachers in Britain, is knighted in the birthday honours list. The lesson is that you do not have to work hard as a teacher, just criticise those that do.

Woodhead was appointed head of the schools inspection service, the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), in 1994. Five years later he came under pressure to resign when it was claimed by his ex-wife Cathy Woodhead that, whilst working as a teacher, he had an affair with a pupil, Amanda Johnston. Both Woodhead and Johnston insisted that, although they had met while he was her teacher at the Gordano School, the nine-year-relationship had developed several years later at Oxford. He was head of English at the school, near Bristol, from 1974-6. His version of events, given under oath, is disputed by some former colleagues. In February 1999, Woodhead addressed an audience of trainee teachers and was asked for his views on legislation to ban sexual relationships between pupils and teachers. His response was that such relationships, while regrettable, could be "experiential and educative on both sides", a remark for which he later apologised.

On 2^nd November 2000, Woodhead eventually announced his resignation.

Originally posted on Saturday, 11 June 2011

List of Popular Musicians Awarded OBEs

T

he Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4^th June 1917 by George V. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions. In decreasing order of seniority, these are:

1. Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
2. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) or Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
3. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
4. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
5. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

A list of popular music performers, record producers and songwriters who have been appointed to the Order of the British Empire: 

·             Ian Anderson (MBE 2008) Jethro Tull

·             Bono (Paul David Hewson) (honorary KBE 2007) U2

·             John Cale (OBE 2010) Velvet Underground

·             Eric Clapton (OBE 1994, CBE 2004) Cream

·             Petula Clark (CBE 1998)

·             Joe Cocker (OBE 2007)

·             Andrea Corr (MBE 2005) The Corrs

·             Caroline Corr (MBE 2005) The Corrs

·             Jim Corr (MBE 2005) The Corrs

·             Sharon Corr (MBE 2005) The Corrs

·             Brian Cox (physicist) (OBE 2010) Dare

·             Bernard Cribbins (OBE 2011)

·             Roger Daltrey (CBE 2004) The Who

·             Ray Davies (CBE 2004) The Kinks

·             Barbara Dickson (OBE 2002) Stage musicals

·             Clive Dunn (OBE 1975) Grandad

·             David Essex (OBE 1999)

·             Bryan Ferry (CBE 2011) Roxy Music

·             Gracie Fields (DBE 1979)

·             Neil Finn (OBE 1993)

·             Tim Finn (OBE 1993)

·             George Formby (OBE 1946)

·             Bob Geldof (honorary KBE 1986) Boomtown Rats, Live Aid

·             Barry Gibb (CBE 2004) Bee Gees

·             Maurice Gibb (CBE 2004) Bee Gees

·             Robin Gibb (CBE 2004) Bee Gees

·             David Gilmour (CBE 2005) Pink Floyd

·             Evelyn Glennie (OBE 1993, DBE 2007)

·             Bob Harris (OBE 2011) Radio disc jockey and OGWT presenter

·             Rolf Harris (CBE 2006) Novelty hits

·             George Harrison (MBE 1965) The Beatles

·             Trevor Horn (CBE 2011) Buggles, Yes, record producer

·             Elton John (CBE 1996)

·             Tom Jones (OBE 1999, KBE 2006)

·             Mark Knopfler (OBE 2000) Dire Straits

·             John Lennon (MBE 1965) The Beatles

·             Annie Lennox (OBE 2011) Tourists, Eurythmics

·             Lulu (OBE 2000)

·             Vera Lynn (OBE 1969, DBE 1975)

·             Gerry Marsden (MBE 2003)

·             George Martin (KBE 1996) Record producer

·             Brian May (CBE 2005) Queen

·             John Mayall (OBE 2005) Bluesbreakers

·             Paul McCartney (MBE 1965, KBE 1997) The Beatles

·             Kylie Minogue (OBE 2008)

·             Van Morrison (OBE 1996) Them

·             Graham Nash (OBE 2010) Hollies, CSN&Y

·             Olivia Newton-John (OBE 1979)

·             Jimmy Page (OBE 2005) Led Zeppelin

·             Elaine Paige (OBE 1995) Stage musicals

·             Rick Parfitt (OBE 2010) Status Quo

·             John Peel (OBE 1998) Radio disc jockey

·             Les Reed (OBE 1998) Songwriter

·             Cliff Richard (OBE 1980, KBE 1995) Authentic British rock ‘n’ roll star

·             Francis Rossi (OBE 2010) Status Quo

·             Dusty Springfield (OBE 1999) While soul and country singer

·             Ringo Starr (MBE 1965) The Beatles

·             Rod Stewart (CBE 2007) The Faces, Python Lee Jackson

·             Gordon Sumner (Sting) (CBE 2002) The Police

·             Midge Ure (OBE 2005) Ultravox, Live Aid

Originally posted on Saturday, 11 June 2011           

Diary of a Surviving Supply Teacher: Edu-Babble

A to Z of Education Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

W

hereas other disciplines have a few abbreviations, acronyms and jargon, Education is absolutely riddled with them. It is not just those new to this area that can be confused and distracted by them, because many educational establishments devise their own codes and jargon too. This A to Z aims to give a bewilderingly full, but by no means complete, guide to often used abbreviations and acronyms encountered in education.

A

ACE Advisory Centre for Education

ACPC Area Child Protection Committee

AI Assigned Inspector

AIMSS Assessment Improvement Monitoring and School Support

A level Advanced level examinations

ALIS A Level Indicator System

APS Alliance of Parents and Schools

APT&C Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical

AQA Assessment and Qualifications Alliance

ASB Aggregated Schools Budget

AST Advanced Skills Teacher

AT Attainment Target (in National Curriculum)

ATL Association of Teachers and Lecturers

ATS SENSS Advisory Teachers Service

AWP Area Wide Prospectus

AWPU Age Weighted Pupil Unit

B

BA Bachelor of Arts

BDA British Dyslexia Association

BEA Boarding Education Index

BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

BEd Bachelor of Education

BEI British Education Index

BESTeam Behaviour Support Team

BHLP Budget Holding Lead Professional

BITC Business in the Community

BSc Bachelor of Science

BSP Behaviour Support Plan

BSS Behaviour Support Service

BTEC Business and Technology Education Council

BV Best Value

C

C&G City and Guilds and guilds of London Institute

CAD Computer Aided Design

CAF Common Assessment Framework

CAL Computer Assisted Learning

CAM Computer Aided Manufacture

CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

CAP Common Application Process

CAP Child Action Project

CASE Campaign for the Advancement of State Education

CAT Cognitive Ability Test

CAT Curriculum Attainment Target

CATS Credit Accumulation and Transfer System

CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering

CDT Craft, Design and Technology

CEG Careers Education Guidance

CEL Central Expenditure Limit

CFET Certificate in Further Education and Training

CEM Centre for Education Management

CENMAC Centre for Micro-Assisted Communication

CEO Chief Education Officer

CFE Countryside Foundation for Education

CIF Common Inspection Framework

CIRCLE Centre for Intercultural Resources and Language Education

CLAIT Computer Literacy and Information Technology

CLiP Community Learning and Innovation Partnership

CNAA Council for National Academic Awards

CoVE Centre of Vocational Excellence

CP Creative Partnerships

CP Child protection

CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment

CPD Continuing Professional Development

CPS Classroom Teachers Pay Spine

CPVE Certificate of Pre-vocational Education

CRE Commission for Racial Equality

CSIE Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education

CTC City Technology College

CTF Common Transfer File

CST Curriculum Support Team

CYPS Children and Young Peoples' Strategy

CYPSP Children and Young Peoples' Strategic Partnership

D

DCPO Designated Child Protection Officer

DDA Disability Discrimination Act

DfE Department for Education

DI The Dyslexia Institute

D&T Design and Technology

DLO Desirable Learning Outcomes

DOE Director of Education

DoGP Dissemination of Good Practice

DRC Disability Rights Commission

DWP Department of Work and Pensions

E

EAB Examinations Appeals Board

EAL English as an Additional Language

EAZ Education Achievement Zone

EAZ Education Action Zone

EBD Emotional and Behavioural Difficulty

EBP Education Business Partnership

EC Excellence Cluster

ECAF Electronic Common Assessment Framework

EDU Education Development Unit

EENET Enabling Education Network

EFL English as a Foreign Language

EHE Elective Home Education

EHP Early Headship Provision

EiC Excellence in Cities

EIP Education Improvement Partnerships

EMAG Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant

EMAS Ethnic Minorities Achievement Service

EMS Education Management System

EO Education Otherwise

EOTAS Education Other than at School

EP Educational Psychologist

EPM Education Plan Monitoring

EPS Educational Psychology Service

EQUAL ESF funded community initiative programme

ERA Education Reform Act

ESF European Social Fund

ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages

ESSTeam Educational and Social Support Team

EWO Education Welfare Officer

EYCS Early Years and Childcare Service

EYDCP Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership

EYDP Early Years Development Plan

F

FF Fair Funding

FL Family Learning

FLC Flexible Learning Centre

FLLN Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy

FLW Family Learning Weekend

FOLDA Federation of Local Development Agencies

FS Foundation Stage

FSA Financial Services Authority

FSM Free School Meals

FSP Foundation Stage Profile

FSS Formula Spending Share

FTE Full Time Equivalent (staffing)

G

GBA Governing Bodies Association

GCE A General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

GCE AS General Certificate of Education Advanced Supplementary

GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education

GEP Group Educational Plan

GEST Grants for Education Support and Training (replaced by School Standards Fund)

GM Grant Maintained (term no longer in use)

GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification

GOSW Government Office of the South West

GSA Girls' School Association

GSB General Schools Budget

G&T Gifted and Talented

GTC General Teaching Council

H

HACSG Hyperactive Children’s Support Group

H&S Health and Safety

HEADLAMP The Headteachers’ Leadership and Management Programme

HiMP Health Improvement Plan

HIP Headteachers' Induction Programme (now replaced by EHP)

HMC Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

HMCI Her Majesty's Chief Inspector

HMI Her Majesty's Inspector(ate)

HMM Healthy Minds Matter

HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office

HODS Heads of Departments

HRF Health Related Fitness

HSE Health and Safety Executive

HT Headteacher

I

IAG Information Advice and Guidance

IAS Inspection and Advisory Service

IB International Baccalaureate

ICS Integrated Children's System

IEP Individual Education Plan

IiC Investors in Children

IIP Investors in People

ILP Individual Learning Plan

ILR Individual Learner Record

ILS Integrated Learning Systems

INSET In-service Education and Training

IPSEA Independent Panel for Special Educational Advice

IRT The Identification, Referral and Tracking of children and young people at risk

ISA Information Sharing and Assessment

ISB Individual Schools Budget (i.e. the delegated budget for each school)

ISCG Information for School and College Governors

IS Index Information Sharing Index

ISP Integrated Service Plan

ISPP Integrated Service and Performance Plan (changing to Business Plans from April 2006)

ISR Individual School Range

IT Information Technology

ITT Initial Teacher Training

IYSS Integrated Youth Support Service

J

JAPONITE Joint Advisory Panel on Information Technology

JAR Joint Area Review

JCPTA Joint Consultative Panel with Teacher Associations

JET Joint Educational Trust

K

KS Key Stage

KS1 Key Stage 1 Years 1-2 (5 - 7 year olds)

KS2 Key Stage 2 Years 3-6 (8 - 11 year olds)

KS3 Key Stage 3 Years 7-9 (12-14 year olds)

KS4 Key Stage 4 Years 10-11 (15 - 16 year olds)

KUWC Keeping Up With Children

L

LSB Local Schools Budget (i.e. the total budget available to be spent on schools)

LAC Looked After Children

LACES Looked After Children Education Service

LDP Local Delivery Plan

LDW Local Development Worker

LEA Local Education Authority

Learndirect National Education and Training Helpline

LIF Local Initiative Fund

LIFT Learning Independence for Travel

LIG Leadership Incentive Grant

LLP Local Learning Providers

LMS Local Management of Schools

LMSS Local Management of Special Schools

LPSA Local Public Service Agreement

LPSH Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers

LRM Local Resource Management

LSC Learning and Skills Council

LSDA Learning Skills Development Agency

LSE Library Services for Education

LSP Local Strategic Partnership

LSW Learning Support Workers

M

MA Minor Authority

MA Master of Arts

MAIDeN Multi Agency Information Database for Neighbourhoods

MCI Management Charter Initiative

MDLB Management and Development Lead Body

M.Ed Master of Education

MFL Modern Foreign Languages

MIND National Association for Mental Health

MIS Management Information System

MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty

MP&D Management, Planning and Development Group

MSc Master of Science

MTFS Medium Term Financial Strategy

N

NACE National Association for Able Children in Education

NAGC National Association for Gifted Children

NAGM National Association of Governors and Managers

NAHT National Association of Headteachers

NAPE National Association for Primary Education

NASUWT National Association of School Teachers/Union of Women Teachers

NC National Curriculum

NCB National Children's Bureau

NCER National Consortium of Examination Results

NCPTA National Conference of Parent Teacher Associations

NCSL National College of School Leadership

NCT Non-contact time

NCT National Curriculum Tests

NCVQ National Council for Vocational Qualifications

NDS New Deal for Schools

NEOST National Employers Organisation for School Teachers

NETTS National Education and Training Targets

NFER National Federation for Educational Research

NGC National Council for Governing Bodies

NGFL National Grid for Learning

NHS PT National Health Service Partnership Trust

NLP National Literacy Project

NN Neighbourhood Nurseries

NNEB National Nursery Examination Board

NOCN National Open College Network

NOF New Opportunities Fund

NoR Number on Roll

NPQH National Professional Qualification for Headship

NPQICL National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership

NPQSL National Professional Qualification for Subject Leaders

NQT Newly Qualified Teacher

NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

NUPE National Union of Public Employees

NUT National Union of Teachers

O

O and A Observation and Assessment

OCN Open College Network

OCR Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations

OFSTED Office for Standards in Education

OOHL Out of Hours Learning

OU Open University

P

PAL Planned Admission Level

PANDA Performance and Data Analysis

PANDAS Performance and Assessment Documents

PAT Professional Association of Teachers

PATA Parent and Toddler Association

PCT Primary Care Team

PDC Professional Development Consultancy

PE Physical Education

PEACH Parents for the Early intervention of Autism in Children

PEO Principal Education Officer

PEPs Personal Education Plans

PfS Playing for Success

PGCE Postgraduate Certificate of Education

PI Peer Inspection

PIs Performance Indicators

PIAP Post Inspection Action Plan

PICSI Pre-inspection Contract and School Indicator

PID Project Initiation Document

PIN Parents Information Network

PIP Performance Improvement Plan

PIPS Performance Indicators in Primary Schools

PLASC Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (replaced by School Census from January 2007)

PLP Primary Leadership Programme

PO Project Officer

PoS Programmes of Study (in National Curriculum)

PPA Pre-school Playgroups Association

PRB Performance Review Board

PRC Pupil Referral Centre

PoCA Protection of Children Act

PRP Performance Related Pay

PRU Pupil Referral Unit

PSA Parent School Association

PSE Personal and Social Education

PSHE+C Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education

PSHE Personal, Social and Health Education

PSS Pupil and Student Services Group

PTA Parent Teacher Association

PTR Pupil Teacher Ratio

Q

QAA Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

QA Quality Assurance

QAN Qualification Accreditation Number

QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

QTA Qualified Teacher Status

QTPS Qualified Teachers Pay Spine

QTS Qualified Teacher Status

R

R Reception (Year R, Year 1 etc)

RARPA Recognising and recording progress and achievement

RDA Regional Development Agency

RE Religious Education

RgI Registered Inspector

RoA Record of Achievement

RSA Royal Society of Arts Examination Board

RSU Research and Statistics Unit

S

S2S School to school data transfer system

SACRE Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education

SAR Self Assessment Report

SATs Standard Assessment Task/Test

SCR Single Central Record

SC School census statistics collected twice yearly by DfES

SDP School Development Plan

SEP Single Education Plan

SEN Special Educational Needs

SENARC Special Educational Needs Area Resource Centre

SENCO Special Educational Needs Coordinator

SENDA Special Educational Needs Discrimination Act

SENSS Special Educational Needs Support Service

SER Small Events Record

SETPOINT School Science and Technology Materials

SEU Standards and Effectiveness Unit

SFCC School Facing Challenging Circumstances

SFF Skills for Families (National project for developing and planning of FLLN)

SHA Secondary Heads Association

SII & I School Improvement & Inclusion

SIMS Schools Information Management System

SIP School Improvement Plan

SLA Service Level Agreement

SLD Severe Learning Difficulty

SLS School Library Service, renamed Library Service for Education

SM Special Measures

SMART Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-scaled

SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural

SMT Senior Management Team

SN Standard Number, which replaced PAL Planned Admission Level

SOP School Organisation Plan

SoW Scheme of Work

SPAW School Performance Award Scheme

SpLD Specific Learning Difficulty

SRB Single Regeneration Budget

SRS Safer Routes to Schools

SSA Standard Spending Assessment

SSCO School Support Coordinators

SSE School Self Evaluation

SSF School Standards Fund

SSFA School Standards and Framework Act 1998

STABIS State Boarding School Information Service

STRB School Teachers' Review Body

SURE Start A government programme bringing together, early education, childcare, health and family support agencies

SW Serious Weaknesses

T

TAP Training Access Partnership Database

TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language

TES Traveller Education Service

TES Times Educational Supplement

TP Teachers' Pensions

TTA Teacher Training Agency

TUC Trade Union Congress

U

UAB Unitary Awarding Body

UCAS University and Colleges Admissions Service

UfA University of the First Age

V

VA Voluntary Aided

VC Voluntary Controlled

VRQ Verbal Reasoning Quotient

W

WP Widening Participation

X

Please let me know if you are aware of an educational abbreviation or acronym beginning with this letter.

Y

Y1 Year group 1 (YR, Y1, Y2, etc)

YELLIS Year 11 Indicator System

YOS Youth Offending Service

YIST Youth Inclusion and Support Team

YTS Youth Training Scheme

Z

Please let me know if you are aware of an educational abbreviation or acronym beginning with this letter.

With thanks to Gloucestershire County Council Children and Young People's Services:

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/utilities/action/act_download.cfm?mediaid...

Originally posted on Thursday 9^th June 2011