Glossary of Abbreviations

5Rs- responsible, resourceful, resilient, reasoning, reflective AA - access arrangements (KS4 / KS5) SAA - suggested access arrangements (KS3) ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder AFL- assessment for learning AHT- assistant headteacher ALPS - data tool (1 is best 9 is worst) ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder BV - British Values CAMHS - Children and adult mental health service CBS - county behaviour support CBT- Cognitive behavioural therapy CEIAG - Careers education, information, advice and guidance CiC- children in care CME - child missing from education CPD - continuing professional development CPLD – continuing professional and leadership development CPT - cognitive processing Therapy CP - child protection CSE - child sexual exploitation DBS - disclosure and barring service (safeguarding) DCC - Derbyshire County Council DFE- department for education DHT- deputy headteacher Disadv - disadvantaged children DSEN - disability or special educational needs DSL- designated safeguarding lead DV- domestic violence EAL- English as an additional language EHCP - educational health and care plan EBACC- English Baccalaureate - suite of subjects defined by government (English/maths/science/ history/geography/MFL) EHO - early help offer EPQ - extended project qualification EWO - educational welfare officer EWA - educational welfare assistant FFT- Fischer Family Trust FGM - female genital mutilation FSM - free school meals FSW - family support worker GDPR- general data protection regulations HI - Hearing Impairment HLTA - Higher level Teaching Assistant HODS - heads of department IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome ICT- information communication technology IDSR - Inspection Data Summary Report (Ofsted) KIT- keep in touch (meeting) KS - Key stage (KS3=Y7-9, KS4=10/11, KS5=12/13) L&T - learning and teaching meeting - in depts LAC - Looked after Children LADO - local authority designated officer (safeguarding) LGBT- lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual (support group) LD - Learning Difficulty LIO - Local inclusion officer MAS - middle attaining students (L4 in year 6) MAT- multi agency team MAST - multi agency support team (Sheffield) MaBL - Matrix Beyond Levels = assessment tool MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty MFL - Modern Foreign Languages MPS - main pay scale NEET- not in education, employment or training NON PP - non pupil premium NPQH - national preparation qualification for headship NQT - newly qualified teacher NS - next steps PHSE - Personal Health and Social Education PI - Physical Impairment PP - pupil premium P8 - Progress 8 - main headline figure from 2016 PRS - philosophy and religious education PSE - Personal and Social Education QA - quality assurance (often referred to as SESI) QDD - quality development dialogue REHO - re-pooling of early help offer RONI - Risk of NEET Indicator ROV - record of visit (SIP) RQT - recently qualified teacher RWCM - reading, writing, communication and maths SARU – students at risk of underachievement SAR- subject access request SCR - single central record (safeguarding), also Serious Case Review (national safeguarding) SEF - self-evaluation form SEN (K) - SEN support - students who receive - long term - different from and additional to provision SENCO - Special educational needs coordinator SESI - school evaluation/school improvement SISRA - software package used to track student progress SIP - school improvement partner SLT- senior leadership team SMSC - social, moral, spiritual and cultural (aspects of learning) SoW - scheme of work SPLD - Specific Learning Difficulty TA - Teaching Assistant TAF - Team Around the Family TLR - teaching and learning responsibility TSA - teaching school alliance UPS - upper pay scale VI - Visual Impairment

Communication with school

In order to improve communication with parents/carers, ensure we are compliant with the latest Covid-19 guidelines and to reduce the substantial cost and environmental impact associated with the amount of paper and photocopying involved in school mailings all correspondence is sent to parents/carers via email only.

Our aim is that only students’ data sheets, and of course, confidential or personal mail will be posted home. We fully understand that some parents/carers may wish to continue to have paper copies sent home rather than to receive communication by email and we will make arrangements to ensure that it is possible for this to continue upon request.

General enquiries

The first point of contact for parents/carers for general enquiries is reception. Reception staff will ask you what the issue is in order for them to help with queries or refer you to a member of staff who can. Please be understanding with your expectations as, unless your call is urgent or considered a safeguarding matter, the majority of staff will not be able to respond to you immediately due to their teaching commitments and a return call may not be until the end of the school day or following day depending on the situation.

Pastoral enquiries and sickness absence

If you have any concerns about a student, please contact your child’s form tutor in the first instance either by email (using their initial and surname, ie initialsurname@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk) or telephone. If you feel enquiries have not been adequately addressed by the form tutor or year manager, this can be followed-up with the relevant head of year.

If parents/carers wish to contact the school regarding attendance, please contact the relevant year manager. Each year group has their own year manager to deal with any enquiries or concerns:

Lower school site (Starkholmes) - to contact year managers for years 7 or 8 from September 2020, please email as follows: Mrs Green - Year Manager (year 7) tgreen@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk Mr Tidmarsh - Year Manager (year 8) dtidmarsh@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Upper school site (Lumsdale) - to contact year managers for years 9-13 please email as follows: Mrs Weightman Edge - Year Manager (year 9) Hweightman-edge@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Miss Esposito - Year Manager (year 10) aesposito@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Mr Allsobrook -Year Manager (year 11) Mrs Sargeant - Year Manager (sixth form) callsobrook@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk rsargeant@highfields.derbyshire.sch.uk

Subject specific enquiry (subject teacher)

If you have subject specific enquiries, we ask that you contact the relevant subject teacher. If you feel enquiries have not been adequately addressed by the class teacher, this can be followed-up by the relevant head of department.