Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

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38 terms filed under E, showing 11–20 (page 2 of 4).

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EHCP

Also called Education, Health and Care Plan, EHC Plan, Statement

A legal document setting out a child's needs and the provision the council must secure. The only enforceable form of school support.

EHCP annual review timescales

The dates a council must meet after a review. Missing them is the commonest failure.

Elective home education

Also called EHE, Home schooling, Home education

A parent choosing to educate their child outside school. Legal, and it transfers the duty and the cost to you.

Elective home education and SEND

Home educating a child with an EHCP. Legal, and the funding does not follow.

Electricity

Current, voltage, resistance, and the two kinds of circuit.

Electrolysis

Splitting compounds with electricity. What goes where, and why.

Emotive language

Word choices that trigger feeling. Common, and easy to write about badly.

Energy

Stores and transfers, conservation and efficiency. The vocabulary changed and the exams follow the new one.

Energy changes in reactions

Exothermic and endothermic, and the energy needed to start.

Energy systems and the body

How the body fuels exercise, and what happens to it during and after.

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