Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.

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49 terms filed under C, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 5).

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CAD and CAM

Designing on a computer and manufacturing from that design.

CAMHS

NHS mental health services for children and young people. Long waits, and other routes exist.

Care values

The principles care work is assessed and inspected against.

Careers guidance in schools

Schools have a legal duty to provide independent careers guidance. Most families do not know it.

Case study technique

Learning a place in enough detail to use it. Names, numbers, dates.

Cash flow forecast

A month-by-month prediction of money in and out. A table you will be asked to complete.

Causation and consequence

Why something happened and what followed. Causes are not a list.

Cell

The basic unit of living things, and the difference between the two types.

Cells to organisms

Cells, tissues, organs, systems — the hierarchy and why it matters.

Change and continuity

What altered and what stayed the same. Thematic study questions live here.

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