It is a pleasure to welcome you to Forest Park School, a Hampshire local authority maintained special school. We provide education for children and young people aged 2-19 years with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. In addition, the majority of our pupils have co-occurring needs including Autism, Down Syndrome and physical disabilities.
Forest Park is split across two sites, one mile apart. We have a Primary School in Ringwood Road, Totton catering for around 100 children and a Secondary School in Commercial Road Totton, catering for around 40 young people with the most profound and complex learning difficulties.
At Forest Park we are committed to providing a highly personalised curriculum and stimulating learning environment, which starts with the individual needs of each child and young person. We seek to prepare every member of our school community for the next significant phase in their lives, whatever that might be. In addition, we are dedicated to ensuring that our pupils enjoy school, are happy, confident and proud of themselves and their achievements.
In school we are supported by and work in collaboration with, a range of professionals including School Nurses, Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
I hope you enjoy your journey around our website and look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school at some point in the future.
Ashley Oliver-Catt
Headteacher
Forest Park School Glossary of Terms
Education is a minefield as far as acronyms and abbreviations are concerned. We hope the following guide will help you pick your way through the Ed-speak jungle!
ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
ADHD |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
ARE |
Age Related Expectations |
ASD |
Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
ASDAN |
Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (vocational qualification) |
ASP |
Analyse School Performance (replaces RAISE Online) |
BME |
Black and Minority Ethnic |
BST |
Behaviour Support Team |
CATs |
Cognitive Ability Tests |
CiC |
Children in Care, sometimes referred to as LAC (Looked After Children, or CLA (Children Looked After) |
CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
CSD |
Children’s Services Department |
CYPP |
Children and Young People’s Plan |
DBS |
Disclosure and Barring Service |
DfE |
Department for Education |
DSL |
Designated Safeguarding Lead |
EAL |
English as an Additional Language |
E Bacc |
English Baccalaureate |
EHCP |
Education Health and Care Plan |
Ed. Psych |
Educational Psychologist (often referred to as EP) |
ELSA |
Emotional Literacy Support Assistant |
EMTAS |
Ethnic Minority and Traveller Advisory Service |
EOTAS |
Education other than at school |
EPS |
Education Personnel Services |
EYFS |
Early Years Foundation Stage: for children up to the age of 5 |
FFT |
Fischer Family Trust |
FGM |
Female Genital Mutilation |
FSM |
Free School Meals |
GCSE |
General Certificate of Secondary Education: |
GLBT |
Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transgender |
HIAS |
Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service (assist with school developments) |
HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education |
KS |
Key Stages within the National Curriculum |
IDSR |
Inspection Data Summary Report: Ofsted report available for each school |
INSET |
In-Service Education and Training of Teachers |
LA |
Local Authority |
LLP |
Leadership and Learning Partner |
LMT |
Leadership and Management Team |
LSA |
Learning Support Assistant |
MIS MFL |
Management Information System (school data and information) Modern Foreign Languages |
MLD |
Moderate Learning Difficulty |
MPR |
Main Pay Range |
NC |
National Curriculum |
NCTL |
National College for Teaching and Leadership |
NEET |
Not in Education, Employment or Training |
NOR |
Number on Roll: The total number of pupils on the school’s register |
NPQH |
National Professional Qualification for Headship |
NQT |
Newly Qualified Teacher |
OFST |
Office for Standards in Education |
P Levels |
Used to assess pupils achievements. (Special schools only) |
PAN |
Published Admissions Number |
PMLD PPA |
Profound & Multiple Learning Disabilities Planning, Preparation and Assessment time |
PSED PSHE |
Personal, Social and Emotional Development Personal, Social and Health Education |
QTS |
Qualified Teacher Status. |
RE |
Religious Education |
SACRE |
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education |
SAP |
A financial and human resources system used by Hampshire County Council |
SATS |
Standard Assessment Tasks: Tests to find out if a child’s academic ability |
SCR |
Single Central Record |
SEF |
Self Evaluation Form |
SEMH |
Social, Emotional and Mental Health |
SEND |
Special Educational Needs and Disability |
SENCO |
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator |
SFVS |
School Financial Values Statement |
SHIP |
School, Home Integrated Project (school intervention at home) |
SIM |
School Improvement Manager |
SIMS |
School information Management System (pupil and staff data, registers) |
SIP |
School Improvement Plan |
SLD |
Severe Learning Difficulties |
SMSC |
Spiritual Moral Social and Cultural development |
TLR |
Teaching and Learning Responsibilities |
TOP |
Thomas Outreach Programme (Early years help) |
UPR |
Upper Pay Range |