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LAC - Looked After Children.
Lay Inspector - Every school inspection team must have one. Lay inspectors must have no paid experience of teaching or managing a school, but are fully trained to take part in inspections. A governor can be a lay inspector.
Lay Member - A member appointed to a panel hearing appeals against non-admission or exclusion, being a person without personal experience in managing or providing education in any school (other than as a governor or on a voluntary basis). He or she must not have, or have had, any connection with the school, or any person who is a member of, or employed by, the governing body if that might raise doubts about his or her ability to act fairly.
LCM - Lead Case Manager.
LD - Learning Disabilities/Learning Difficulties.
LEA - Local Education Authority. Council department responsible for providing primary and secondary education. England’s 149 LEAs have a duty to improve school performance and tackle failure, delegate funding to schools, ensure excluded children are educated and provide enough school places for local children.
LEA Governor - A person appointed as a school governor by the LEA.
Lead Professional - Professional responsible for an overview of the whole situation when two or more services are involved with a child or young person.
League Tables - See Performance Tables.
Learning - A relatively permanent change in a person’s behaviour as a result of experience.
Learning Card - A card issued to all children over the age of 16 to remind them of their continued access to careers guidance and information.
Learning Direct - A free advice telephone line which offers information on adult education and courses wherever you live and wherever you want to study (0800 100 900).
Learning Disability/Difficulty - A term describing people who have barriers to learning and who therefore may find activities that involve thinking and understanding difficult. They may need help and support with their everyday lives and education. Some people with a learning disability may also have an additional impairment such as sensory impairment or a physical disability.
Learning style - The attitudes and behaviours of an individual that determine the way they prefer to learn, also referred to as cognitive style.
Licensed or Registered Teacher Scheme - Employment based training leading to qualified teacher status.
Lifelong Learning - The notion of continually learning throughout adult life. A government initiative helping to create a society that has learning as a central focus.
LIFT - Local Improvement Finance Trust scheme (funding for Primary Health Care).
LIG - Local Implementation Groups. A requirement of the National Services Framework for Children.
LINKS - Independent organisation based in Hexham that provides support and accommodation to young people.Literacy Hour An hour of learning to read and write in school, broken down into various activities.
LMC - Local Management Committee.
LMS - Local Management of Schools. The system by which schools manage their finances via a governing body.
Local Government Act 1999 - Legislation that introduced Best Value. Placed a duty on councils to continuously improve services and replaced the compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) regime.
Local Government Act 2000 - Legislation that introduced directly elected mayors and cabinet-style government.
Long-term memory - A more permanent store in our memory system that stores information over long periods of time.
LPS - Local Preventative Strategy. Local plan required by government to refocus services towards earlier recognition of children, young people and their parents experiencing difficulties, and services to support them.
LPSA - Local Public Service Agreements.
LPSH - Leadership Programme for Serving Heads.
LSA - Learning Support Assistant. Someone paid to help a particular child in school.
LSAC - Language Sports and Arts Colleges.
LSC - Learning and Skills Council.
LSP - Local Strategic Partnership. Initiative to ensure cooperation between public agencies, voluntary groups and businesses in the regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods.
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