Photosynthesis and respiration
How plants make glucose and how all living things release energy from it. Not opposites, and not the same as breathing.
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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Physics equations
The formulae you are given and the ones you must learn. Knowing which is which is worth marks.
Plagiarism
Also called Malpractice, Collusion, AI misuse
Passing off someone else's work as your own. In assessed work it is malpractice, with real consequences.
Plant transport and transpiration
How water and food move through a plant, in two separate systems.
Play and learning
How children learn through play, and the recognised types of play.
Population and migration
How populations grow, age and move, and what follows.
Post-16 duty to participate
Also called Raising the participation age, RPA, Staying in education
Young people in England must stay in education or training until 18. It does not have to be school.
Practical skills: apparatus
Choosing and using the right equipment, and knowing its resolution.
Practitioners
Named theatre-makers whose methods you are expected to know and use.
Preparing for adulthood
Also called PfA, Transition to adulthood
The planning that must start at year 9 for young people with an EHCP. Four outcomes, and it is a legal requirement.
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