EDUCATION

‘A’/’O’ levels grant-maintained schools scholar(ship)

BA/BSc/MA/MSc/PhD greenhorn school year
boarding school gym schoolboy/girl
break/playtime/recess head teacher scrounger
bully/bullying headmaster/mistress secondary school
business studies high school semester
campus homeschooling senior
caning homework/assignment sixth form(er)
canteen / cafeteria in detention sophomore
certificate infant state/public
chatterbox IQ student
child prodigy jock subject
coach joker swot
coed school junior teacher
college kindergarten teacher's pet
comprehensive school laboratory telltale
compulsory lecturer term
copycat lesson to attend classes
corporal punishment master/mistress to fail
course/year math(s) to give s.b. detention
crib mixed school to major
curriculum moaning minnie to mark
day school nerd to pass
dean nursery school to retake/resit an exam
degree physical education (PE) to revise for/revision
diploma playground/schoolyard to swot
drama polytechnic to take lessons
dunce prep(aratory) school to take/sit an exam
economics primary school to tattle(tale)/telltale
educate/education principal to teach
examine/examination professor to test
flying colours public school truant/to play truancy
freshman pupil tutor
further education qualification under/postgraduate
further/higher education rebel uniform
GCE/GCSE residence/dormitory vocational education
grades / marks rookie weirdo
graduate/graduation scapegoat whisper