MINISLOVNÍČEK PRO PEDAGOGICKÉ PRACOVNÍKY
(POUŽÍVÁNO V UK)
Asset Management Plan
A 5-year plan which identifies the condition, suitability and sufficiency of accommodation within a
school and the costs of making necessary improvements.
Banding
A method used by some schools for allocating pupils to teaching groups by ability.
Catchment area
The area from which a school traditionally draws the majority of its pupils. It does not, however, take
precedence over the published admission criteria for allocating places when schools are oversubscribed.
Core curriculum
The National Curriculum subjects that every child must study throughout their period of compulsory
schooling - these subject are English, Mathematics, Science and Information Technology.
Directed time
Time when a teacher must be available to carry out duties under the direction of the head. A full-time
teacher's directed time is 1,265 hours in any school year.
Disapplication
A term used where National Curriculum requirements may not apply to a pupil.
Exclusion
The removal of pupils from schools for serious breaches of discipline or misconduct.
Financial year
The budget of all schools runs in financial years. This runs from 1 April to 31 March of the following
year.
In loco parentis
A legal term which literally means in the place of a parent. It means that a teacher/school must show
the same duty of care towards a pupil as would a reasonable parent.
League Tables
Government analysis of assessment and examination results in rank order.
Mixed ability
A teaching group in which children of all abilities are taught together rather than being steamed or set.
Outturn
A statement of what the school actually spent by the end of the financial year.
Parental Preference
The legal right that parents have to express a preference for the school they would like their child to
attend.
Quorum
The minimum number of people required to be present at a meeting of a governing body or Committee
before decisions can be taken.
Revenue Expenditure
General running cost e.g. salaries, rates, fuel etc.
Rising 5s
Children admitted to school in the term before they reach statutory school age.
Setting
Putting pupils into different groups for a particular subject according to their ability in that subject.
Statement of SEN
A statutory document that describes a child's special educational needs and how they are to be met.
The process of making the assessment is known as statementing.
Statutory school Age
The period from the beginning of the term following a child's fifth birthday until the leaving date
following his/her 16th birthday.
Streaming
A type of school organisation where children are placed according to their ability into groups in which
they stay for most of their work.
Vertical grouping
Classes formed in primary schools from children of different age-groups.
Year Groups
Under the National Curriculum, year groups are numbered from Year 1 (5/6 year olds) to year 13
(17/18 year olds). Year R represents reception classes.
