Partnership of schools, colleges, training providers, voluntary sector and higher education, working together within travel to learn areas, to provide 14-19 education.

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Government programme to improve services for disabled children and young people.

Independent watchdog, monitoring the effectiveness of public services.

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Black and Minority Ethnic

Building Schools for the Future

A DCSF programme to refurbish or rebuild every secondary school in the country.  BSF is not just a building programme – it is a transformation in how education and learning takes place, impacting on entire communities.

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Common Assessment Framework

A way of assessing a child or young person’s needs and deciding how they should be met.

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

CAFCASS looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Meetings of children and young people in care, providing the opportunity for them to be involved in the planning, commissioning and monitoring of services.

Care Action Team

A support group run by young people, for young people in and leaving care. Young people are trained as assessors and apply a set of criteria to organisations who wish to receive the CAT Mark award.

Children who have a child protection plan are considered to be in need of protection. This includes protection from physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. The plan will detail the main areas of concern, what action will be taken to reduce those concerns, how the child will be kept safe and how progress will be measured.

Children in public care, who are placed with foster carers, in residential homes or with parents or other relatives.

DCSF plan to improve outcomes for children and young people.

The local partnership which brings together the organisations responsible for services for children, young people and families in a shared commitment to improving children’s lives.

An assessment of the demand and supply of childcare places in an area.

Communication, Language and Literacy

Comprehensive Performance Assessment

The Audit Commission assessment of local authority performance.

Criminal Records Bureau

Children and Young People’s Plan

Children and Young People’s Partnership Management Board - now forms the basis of Hampshire’s Children’s Trust.

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Drug and Alcohol Action Team

Multi-agency partnership, working to implement the national drug strategy.

Department for Children, Schools and Families 

A series of commitments to improve the well-being of children and young people. The Declaration was developed as a result of the 2007 UNICEF report An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries, which placed the UK last in a list of 21 countries for child well-being.

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Every Child Matters

The approach for improving the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.

The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:

• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being

Extended Flexible Entitlement

A national campaign to improve outcomes for disabled children and young people, with the following objectives:

• Families with disabled children to have ordinary lives.
• Disabled children to matter as much as all other children.
• Disabled children and their families to be fully included in society.
• All disabled children and their families to get the right services and support – no matter where they live.
• Poverty amongst disabled children and their families to be cut by 50% by 2010 and eliminated by 2020.
• An education system that meets the needs of each child and enables them to reach their full potential.
• Disabled children and their families to shape the way that services are planned, commissioned and delivered.

Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

Supports schools and families across Hampshire in raising ethnic minority achievement, through bilingual assistance, projects, training, family learning and advisory support.

A school that provides a range of services and activities, often beyond the school day, to help meet the needs of its pupils, their families and the wider community.

Early Years Foundation Stage

The framework for learning, development and care for children aged 0 to five.

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Further Education

Post-16 education

Full-time equivalent

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General Certificate of Secondary Education

General National Vocational Qualifications

Government Office South East

The body representing central government in the South East, promoting better and more effective integration of Government policies and programmes at a regional and local level.

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Hampshire County Youth Council

A group of 22 elected children and young people, representing the 11 district councils in Hampshire, acting as the voice of 11-25 year olds in the county and influencing decision making.

Hampshire’s online directory of services for children, young people and families.

Higher Education

Higher education refers to studying for qualifications such as Diplomas of Higher Education, bachelor's degrees (at undergraduate level) and Master's degrees, MBAs and PhDs (at postgraduate level).

A standards framework for organisations to assess and improve practice and policy on the participation of children and young people.

Hampshire Educational Psychology Service

Provides assessment, consultation, advice and training to early years settings, schools, families and the local authority. The service assesses the educational needs of children and advises on how those needs should be met.

Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service

Works to promote and sustain continuous improvement in the standards achieved by Hampshire pupils and students and in the quality of their education.

Hampshire Music Service

Provides a music education service to Hampshire schools and colleges and a wide range of additional music-making opportunities beyond the school day.

Hampshire Strategic Partnership

Brings together the different parts of the public, private, voluntary and community sectors, allowing different initiatives and services to support each other to work together more effectively.

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Information, Advice and Guidance

A measure used to define deprivation at small area level, based on:

• educational skills and training;
• employment;
• crime and disorder;
• income;
• health deprivation and disability;
• living environment;
• barriers to housing and services.

Independent Reviewing Service

Consists of independent reviewing officers who are registered social workers independent of the management of the cases of children in care, or child protections plans, that they review.

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Joint Strategic Needs Assessment

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Local Area Agreement

Sets out the priorities for an area, agreed between central Government and a local area. It establishes a series of targets for National Indicators over a three year period.

A rank of local authorities, based on outcomes for children and young people, in a number of areas of their lives. The index aims to provide a small area version of the Index of Multiple Deprivation, based exclusively on the lives of children and young people.

Learning and Skills Council

The Government body responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training in England (other than that provided by universities).

Local Safeguarding Children Board

Responsible for co-ordinating and ensuring the effectiveness of local agencies in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Members include the local authority, health bodies and police.

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National Indicators

A set of indicators used by local authorities and central Government to measure progress against targets.

Not in Education, Employment or Training

Term to describe young people who are not studying or working.

National Healthy Schools Standard

National programme, based on a whole school approach to physical and emotional well-being.

National Vocational Qualification

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Office for Standards in Education

Inspects and regulates providers of services for children and young people, including local authorities and schools. Ofsted aims to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages.

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The active involvement of children, young people and their families in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of services.

Provides impartial advice, information and support to parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs throughout Hampshire.

Pupil Attitude Survey

Primary Care Trust

Focusing services so that children and young people get the support they need at an earlier stage.

Processing Referrals Involving Substance Misuse

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Personal, Social and Health Education

Private, Voluntary and Independent

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A programme in Hampshire schools, based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aims to help children achieve their potential and become responsible citizens.

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Protecting all children and young people from abuse or neglect.  The Government guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006), defines this as:

• protecting children from maltreatment;
• preventing impairment of children’s health or development;
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;
• enabling those children to have optimum life chances and enter adulthood successfully.

South Central Strategic Health Authority

Provides strategic leadership to the local NHS, ensuring national policy is implemented at a local level; leading on organisational and workforce development; and performance managing local trusts.

Special Educational Needs

Children and young people who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn or access education than most children of the same age.

A term to describe the wide range of services for young people in Hampshire. These provide information including: careers advice (through Connexions); activities; and support for those with problems and worries.

School Improvement Partner

Provides professional challenge and support to schools, helping them to evaluate performance, identify priorities for improvement, and plan effective change.

Sexually Transmitted Infection

Children’s centres aim to deliver better outcomes for young children and families, by bringing together local services within the community. They are aimed at children under five and their families.

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A group of services working together with the aim that all young people in Hampshire are supported through education and high quality services, so they can make informed decisions about relationships and sex, whilst supporting those who become teenage parents to reach their potential.

Represents voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people in Hampshire.

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UK Youth Parliament

A democratically elected youth organisation, consisting of elected members aged between 11 and 18. These representatives provide a voice for young people in their area, which is listened to by local, regional, national and international decision-makers.

An international human rights treaty that grants all children and young people (aged 17 and under) a comprehensive set of rights, including the right to:

• special protection measures and assistance;
• access to services such as education and health care;
• develop their personalities, abilities and talents to the fullest potential;
• grow up in an environment of happiness, love and understanding;
• be informed about and participate in achieving their rights in an accessible and active manner.

All of the rights in the convention apply to all children and young people without discrimination.

The United Nations Children’s Fund

United Nations body, working to ensure that children all over the world have access to education and health care and are protected from exploitation, neglect and abuse.  UNICEF also works during emergencies including war and natural disasters.

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Voluntary and Community Sector

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Youth Offending Team

Multi-agency team co-ordinating the work of youth justice services.