Profiles glossary 

Symbols in initial teacher training performance profiles site

Symbols in initial teacher training performance profiles site
+ A high proportion of trainees may have entered with non-UK qualifications.
F Ofsted inspection grade is the result of a follow up inspection.
# Course being phased out; only final year data available.
$ Quality category under review following further Ofsted inspection.
n/a No Ofsted inspection grades or final TDA quality category; provision yet to be inspected.
new New provider; not yet been subject to a full Ofsted inspection.
* Course now closed; no TDA quality category.
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List of Abbreviations

BA Bachelor of Arts
BEd Bachelor of Education
BSc Bachelor of Science
Characteristics Information about trainees' gender, ethnicity, age and disability
CofE Church of England
DL Distant learning provision
EBITT Employment based initial teacher training
FC Free Church
GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification
GTP Graduate Teacher Programme
GTTR Graduate Teacher Training Registry
GRTP Graduate and registered teacher programmes
HEIs Higher Education Institutions
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency
ITE Initial teacher education
ITT Initial teacher training
KS 2/3 Key Stage 2/3 - pupils within the age range 7-14
LEA Local education authority
Meth Methodist
NARIC National Academic Recognition Information Centre
NQT Newly qualified teacher
NQT survey Annual survey of Newly Qualified Teachers perceptions of their training
Ofsted Office for Standards in Education
PFUS Primary Follow Up Survey
PGCE Postgraduate Certificate of Education (with Qualified Teacher Status)
PITTI Primary initial teaching training inspection
Provider(s) A university, college, school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) or Employment Based Initial Teacher Training(EBITT)
PT Part-time provision
QTS Qualified teacher status
RC Roman Catholic
RTP Registered Teaching Programme
Shortage subject Design and technology, geography, information and communications technology, mathematics, modern languages, music, religious education and science
SCITTs School-centered initial teacher trainings
SSI Secondary subject inspection
TDA Training and Development Agency for school
UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

Qualification Grades glossary

A/AS level point system
Grade A A/S
A 10 5
B 8 4
C 6 3
D 4 2
E 2 1

The profile reports include data for average tariff score and total tariff score. The tariff is a new points system devised by UCAS and used to report achievement for entry to higher education (HE) in a numerical format. (Further information can be found on the UCAS website.)

Degree classifications
1st First
2:1 Upper Second
2:2 Lower Second
3rd Third
Pass Pass

Quality glossary

Ofsted inspection grades
Grade 1 Very good, with several outstanding features
Grade 2 Good, with no significant weaknesses
Grade 3 Adequate, but requires significant improvement
Grade 4 Poor quality


TDA quality categories
TDA quality categories are based on the Ofsted inspection grades and are classified below
A Very good
B Good
C Satisfactory
D Borderline
E Unsatisfactory / non-compliant