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BA (Bachelor of Arts) with QTS - arts degree-level Initial Teacher Training qualification leading to Qualified Teacher Status. One of the main routes into primary teaching.
Barnardos - UK wide children's charity that provides services in partnership with other agencies to children in greatest need.
Baseline Assessment - An assessment of a child's skills and abilities usually made by a teacher within the first seven weeks of starting primary school. It shows teachers what a child can do when starting school and helps them to plan lessons and measure progress. Areas covered include Language and Literacy, Maths and Personal and Social Development.
Basic Skills - Refers to a certain level of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills that every individual needs to acquire in order to run their 'everyday' lives.
BC - Borough Council.
BECTA - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency.
BEd with QTS - Bachelor of Education. Degree-level Initial Teacher Training qualification leading to Qualified Teacher Status. One of the main routes into primary teaching.
Behaviour Support Plan - A statement which sets out local arrangements for schools and other service providers for the education of children with behavioural difficulties.
Best Value Inspection Service - Inspects local government service, giving them two marks of between zero and three - first for their performance and second for their likelihood of improving. Also responsible for producing annual league tables of overall council performance. Part of the Audit Commission.
Best Value Review - Regime that aims to continuously improve local government performance through a programme of reviews and inspections. Councils must examine their services according to four guiding principles. They must challenge how, why and by whom a service is provided; compare its performance with that of other authorities; consult service users; and use competition to get the best service available.
BLISS - Free, independent, voluntary mediation service. It supports individuals who are caught up in neighbourhood or community disputes.
Board - The publicly accountable body of an organisation.
Brothers and Sisters - A rule applied by some admission authorities if your school of choice is over-subscribed. They will sometimes treat the application more favourably if your child already has a brother or sister at the school.
Browser - Software package which is used to view World Wide Web pages.
Browsing - The act of looking through the World Wide Web, or a website, as you would do when walking through a shop.
BSA - Basic Skills Agency.
BSc (Bachelor of Science) - Science degree-level initial teacher training qualification leading to qualified teacher status. One of the main routes into primary teaching.
BSP - Behaviour Support Plan.
BSS - Bail Supervision and Support.
BST - Behaviour Support Team.
BTEC - National Qualification equivalent to two A level courses. Subjects include Nursery Nursing, Business Studies and Art and Design. There are considerable practical elements to the courses with work placements offered.
BVPI - Best Value Performance Indicator.
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