Jargon buster

There's a whole new world of terminology, abbreviations and jargon that's specific to each individual sector. So we've put together this glossary to define as many of the terms that you're likely to come across as possible.

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GCSEs - General Certificate of Secondary Education, the main way of assessing students at the end of their secondary education. They are also available to anyone who would like to gain a qualification in a certain subject.
General Academic - These are probably the courses that are most familiar educational routes to you. They include GCSEs and A levels. These are studied in a classroom based environment although may have some practical elements to them.