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ABBREVIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS
- County School
- Maintained by the local education authority (LEA). 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.
- Special school
- For pupils with learning difficulties, emotional and behavioural difficulties, physical or sensory disabilities. There are three types -
- maintained by LEA or self-governing (grant-maintained)
- not maintained by LEA but approved under the Education Act 1993
- an independent school approved under the Education Act 1993 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 the permission from a teacher or other authorised representative of the school. This includes approved off-site activity (eg work experience) and 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.
- Pupils of compulsory school age
- means pupils of compulsory school age (5-16) in responding schools.
- :
- Means less than 0.05% of half days missed.
- N/A
- Not applicable.
- Self-governing (grant-maintained) school
- Governing body responsible for admissions.
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