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Observational Learning - Learning to adapt one’s own behaviour as a result of watching someone else carry out a certain behaviour.
OCA - OFSTED Complaints Adjudicator.
OCR - Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board.
ODPM - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
OfSTED - Office for Standards in Education.
OHP - Occupational Health Practitioner.
OIC - Office of the Information Commissioner.
OIS - Police Operational Information System.
Open enrolment - All schools must admit pupils up to their standard number (see below) which is calculated according to the physical capacity of the school to accommodate pupils.
Operant conditioning - Learning through an association between behaviour and the consequences of that behaviour.
OPCA - Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.
Originating Authority - The borough/authority where the child /family previously lived
OSCI - Out of School Childcare Initiative.
OT - Occupational Therapist.
OOH - Out Of Hours Service.
Our PART - Participative Action Research Team. Children and Young People Participation project managed by Wansbeck CVS and based at Pegswood Community Project.
Outcome - A result. For example a young person who used to frequently abscond from school but as a consequence of action taken now attends school regularly.
Output - A product. For example creation and distribution of a leaflet about sexual health.
Outpatient - A patient who attends hospital for treatment, consultation and advice, but does not require a stay in hospital.
Outturn - Statement of what the school actually spent by the end of the financial year.
Oversubscription Criteria - Often referred to as those rules applied by admission authorities when a school has more applications than places. They must by law be fair and objective and must be published annually in prospectuses and by local authorities in a prospectus explaining admissions at all schools in an area.
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