Glossary - T

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TA - Teaching Assistant.

TC - Technology College.

TCT - Technology College Trust.

Teacher Assessment - A formal assessment made by a teacher when your child is aged 7, 11 and 14. Used alongside the national tests to judge a child's educational progress.

Teacher style - The method a teacher uses to portray/demonstrate information to 'learners'.

TEC - Training and Enterprise Council.

Temporary Exclusion - Banning a pupil temporarily from school by the headteacher, on disciplinary grounds.

TES - Times Educational Supplement.

Theorist - Analytical, rational and objective learners.

THES - Times Higher Education Supplement.

TL - Team Leader.

TPS - Teacher's Pension Scheme.

TQA - Teaching Quality Assessment.

Transition Plan - Multi-professional plan made with a young person who has a statement of Special Educational Needs, and their parent(s) from the age of 14 years, for the young person's future education, training and support after the age of 16 (usual school leaving age). The plan is reviewed regularly.

TTA - Teacher Training Agency. Responsible for raising standards in schools in England by attracting able and committed people to teaching and by improving the quality of teacher training.

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