Glossário

Information, Advice and Guidance

Institute of Careers Guidance.

Information and Communications Technology.

Individual Education Programme.
Programmes which are drawn up by the class teacher and/or special needs co-ordinator within a school to provide individual support for children deemed to have needs over and above that of other children in the class. This could be either due to learning difficulties or because they are considered to be exceptionally bright or gifted children.

Increased Flexibility Programme

Information and Learning Technology.

These are schools which are not funded by the state and obtain most of their finances from fees paid by parents and income from investments. Some of the larger independent schools are known as public schools, while most boarding schools are independent. Further information is available from the ISIS Independent Schools Information Service.

In-service education and training
All teachers have access to INSET in schools, helping them to refine their teaching and management skills.

Independent Schools Council.

International Standard Classification of Education which was initially designed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in the early 1970s to serve as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling and presenting statistics of education both within countries and internationally.