Safeguarding in health and social care
Protecting adults and children from abuse and neglect, and what to do about a concern.
Education A to Z
Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers
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80 terms filed under S, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 8).
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Safeguarding in schools
Also called KCSIE, Keeping Children Safe in Education, Child protection
Schools' legal duty to protect children from harm, and the framework everyone in a school works to.
Sampling
Studying part of a population to say something about all of it.
SATs
Also called National curriculum tests, Key Stage 2 tests
National tests at the end of Key Stage 2. They measure the school more than they measure your child.
Scale drawings and bearings
Direction measured from north, always three figures, always clockwise.
School admissions timeline
The dates for the normal admissions round. Missing them costs choices, not places.
School complaint
The formal route for raising something with a school. Following the stages in order is what makes it work.
School governance meetings
How to raise something with governors, and what they will and will not do.
School nursing
The NHS service for school-age children's health. Free, and under-used.
School report
The written summary of progress. Read the comments, not just the grades.
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