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TAs - Teaching Assistants, also known as ‘Classroom Assistants’, ‘Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs)’, ‘Special Needs Assistants (SNAs)’,‘Support staff’. Assistants support teachers in and out of the lesson working with particular students, for example, those with special educational needs*.
Teaching Assistants - Also known as ‘Classroom Assistants’, ‘Higher Level Teacher Assistants (HLTAs)’, ‘Special Needs Assistants (SNAs)’,‘Support staff’. Assistants support teachers in and out of the lesson working with particular students, for example, those with special educational needs*.
TES - The TES, Times Educational Supplement, is a weekly paper covering educational issues, where almost all teaching jobs are advertised.
Textiles - Textiles is the study and practical use of fabrics in design and manufacture. It is part of the Design and Technology* subject group.
Threshold - Threshold is an additional salary payment made to an experienced teacher.
Transition - Transition is the movement between Years 6 and 7*, the most common point at which students move from primary/junior school to secondary school.
Trust schools - Trust schools are broadly the same as foundation schools. They receive extra support (usually non-monetary) from a charitable trust made up of partners working together for the benefit of the school. The governing body is the employer and admissions authority, rather than the local authority, as is the case for maintained schools. Faith schools are often trust schools.
Tutor - Also known as ‘form tutor’.
A tutor is a teacher who registers a class of students and oversees their moral and social welfare. They should have a close overview of each
tutee’s progress, although it is quite likely that the tutor will not teach the students in their tutor group. Tutors are often the first point of contact for
parents. A tutor is line managed by a head of year* or head of house*.
Tutor group - Also known as ‘form group’.
In most secondary schools, students are organised into tutor groups. Usually these tutor groups are horizontal – that means they are made up of students from the same year group; less often they are vertical – composed of students from all year groups.
The tutor group is the students’ core social group. Students usually register with their tutor*.
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