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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7 terms filed under U.

U

UCAS

Also called University applications, UCAS tariff

The central service for applying to UK universities. One application, up to five choices, and firm deadlines.

Understanding a professional report

Reports about your child are written for other professionals. You are allowed to ask what they mean.

Uniform and appearance policy

What a school requires pupils to wear, and the limits on enforcing it.

Unseen poetry

A poem you have never read before, analysed in the exam. Method beats knowledge.

Urban regeneration

Rebuilding a run-down urban area, and who it is for.

Urbanisation

The growing share of people living in cities, and what follows from it.

Utility

How useful a source is for a specific enquiry. Not the same as how reliable it is.

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