Type of school
- AC
- Academy, publicly funded independent schools offering free education to pupils of all abilities, established by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups working in partnership with central Government and local education partners.
- CTC
- City Technology College or City College for the Technology of the Arts, independent all-ability, non fee-paying schools offering pupils the opportunity to study a curriculum geared, with the help of private sector sponsors, towards the world of work.
- CY
- Community school maintained by the local authority (LA). The LA is the admission authority - it has main responsibility for deciding arrangements for admitting pupils.
- CYS
- Community special school, maintained by the LA, which is specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
- FD
- Foundation school maintained by the LA. It may have a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The governing body is the admission authority.
- FDS
- Foundation Special school, maintained by the LA, which is organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN.
- IND
- Registered independent school, normally charging fees.
- IND(SS)
- Independent school approved under the Education Act 1996 to take pupils who have statements of SEN.
- NMSS
- Non-maintained special school, approved by the Secretary of State under the Education Act 1996, which is specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with SEN.
- VA
- Voluntary aided school maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints most of the governing body. The governing body is the admission authority.
- VC
- Voluntary controlled school maintained by the LA, with a foundation (generally religious) that appoints some - but not most - of the governing body. The LA is the admissions authority.
Admissions Basis
- COMP
- Comprehensive- takes pupils regardless of ability (although a school with a recognised specialism in a prescribed subject may select up to 10% of its intake by aptitude, and comprehensives which have historically selected some pupils by ability can continue to do so).
- MOD
- Modern- a school in a selective area, which takes pupils regardless of ability.
- NON SEL
- Non-selective- independent school which takes pupils usually regardless of their ability or aptitude.
- SEL
- Selective- a school which takes pupils selected for high ability; also known as a grammar school.
Specialist Schools (as designated under the specialist school programme)
- A
- Arts
- B
- Business and enterprise
- E
- Engineering
- H
- Humanities
- L
- Language
- M
- Mathematics and computing
- Mu
- Music
- Sc
- Science
- S
- Sports
- T
- Technology
- V
- Vocational
- Be
- SEN specialism: Behaviour, emotional and social Development
- Cm
- SEN specialism: Communication and interaction
- Cg
- SEN speacialism: Cognition and learning
- Sp
- SEN specialism: Sensory and physical
- From 2003, it has been possible for schools to offer more than one specialism under the specialist school programme. These schools are marked in the Achievement and Attainment Tables with both specialisms, for example S, T.
Others
- LA
- Local Authority
- GCSE
- General Certificate of Secondary Education
- GNVQ
- General National Vocational Qualification
- KEY SKILL
- Key Skills at Levels 1 and 2
- NVQ
- National Vocational Qualifications at Levels 1 and 2
- VRQ
- Vocationally Related Qualifications at Levels 1 and 2
- Entry Level
- Achievement below Level 1
- AS
- Advanced Subsidiary - Level 3 qualification
- R
- The school or college has not confirmed that it has checked the examination results
- B
- The school or college has not confirmed that it has checked the background information
- Fewer than 0.05% of half days missed due to absence
- Member of sixth form centre/consortium
- The school has students aged 16-18. Relevant results are in the 2006 Post-16 Tables
- #
- Contextual Value added measure has been suppressed because coverage is less than 50%
- NIR
- No information received
- N/A
- Not available/Not applicable
- NE
- Not Entered
- SAP
- School Action Plus
- SA
- School Action
- Q
- This data item is under query and will be replaced after investigation.
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