ABBREVIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS

County school

Maintained by the local education authority. LEA responsible for admissions.

Voluntary aided school

Maintained by LEA, with a (generally religious) foundation which appoints most of the governing body. Governing body generally responsible for admissions.

Voluntary controlled school

Maintained by LEA, with a foundation which appoints some (but not majority) of the governing body. LEA generally responsible for admissions.

Special agreement school

Maintained by LEA, with a foundation (generally religious) which appoints majority of governing body. Governing body generally responsible for admissions.

Grant-maintained (GM) school

Governing body responsible for admissions.

Special school

For pupils with learning difficulties, emotional and behavioural difficulties, physical or sensory disabilities. There are four types:

• maintained by LEA;
• grant-maintained;
• not maintained by LEA but approved under the Education Act 1996; and
• an independent school approved under the Education Act 1996 to take pupils with statements of special educational needs.

CTC

City Technology College/City College for the Technology of the Arts.

Independent school

Normally fee charging.

Authorised absence

Absence with permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes instances of absence for which a satisfactory explanation has been provided (eg illness).

Unauthorised absence

Absence without permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes all unexplained or unjustified absences.

LEA

Local education authority. Responsible in law for enforcing school attendance.

Day pupils of compulsory school age

Means day pupils of compulsory school age (5-16) in responding schools.

*

Means less than 0.05% of half days missed.

N/A

Not applicable.