Fiducia TogetherAlgorithm
A set of steps for solving a problem. Not a program — a program is one way of writing an algorithm down.
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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500 terms, showing 11–20 (page 2 of 50).
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Allegory and fable
A story where the surface stands for something else, all the way through.
Alliteration, assonance and sibilance
Repeated sounds, and the three you are most likely to be asked about.
Alternative provision
Also called AP, PRU, Pupil referral unit
Education arranged away from a mainstream school — for excluded pupils, or those who cannot attend one.
Alternative provision quality
How to judge whether a placement away from school is good enough.
An Inspector Calls
Priestley's 1945 play, set in 1912, in which a family is questioned about a young woman's death. Socialism in a drawing room.
Animal Farm
Orwell's 1945 allegory of the Russian Revolution, told as a story about farm animals.
Annotation
Writing on your own work about what you did, why, and what next.
Annual review
The yearly check that an EHCP is still right. The one predictable chance to change a plan without a fight.
Answering in the right amount
Writing enough and not too much. The mark allocation is the instruction.
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