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APP
/eɪ.piː.piː./
abbrev.
Assessing Pupils’ Progress: in the 2000s, it was decided that formative assessment across the National Curriculum was not nearly time-consuming, convoluted, subjective or inaccurate enough, so the National Strategies developed APP in order to remedy this oversight.
c-word, the
/siː wəːd, ðə/
noun
referring to an expletive that causes great offence and concern to teachers and is often heard in the corridors of schools, this is a euphemistic way of saying ‘consultant’.
engagement ring
/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt rɪŋ/
noun
a circle of teachers who will defend the right to teach the rise of the Third Reich with emojis.
exercise books
/ˈɛksəsʌɪz bʊks/
noun
material placed in the boot of a teacher’s car to act…
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