Education terms: Q
10 terms starting with Q, with where each one is used. Choose a term for related terms.
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- QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) All four UK nations (details may differ)
- The independent body that checks standards and quality in UK higher education.
- QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) England Wales Northern Ireland
- The previous framework for vocational qualifications, replaced by the RQF in 2015.
- QTLS (Qualified teacher learning and skills) England
- The professional status for teachers in further education in England, which is recognised as equal to QTS for teaching in schools.
- QTS (Qualified teacher status) England Wales
- The professional status needed to teach in maintained schools in England (and Wales, where it is recorded by the Education Workforce Council). It is gained through initial teacher training or an assessment route.
- QTS recognition (overseas teachers) England
- The DfE service through which teachers qualified outside the UK can apply for English QTS.
- Qualification level All four UK nations (details may differ)
- A number from entry level to 8 showing how difficult a qualification is; for example GCSE grades 9 to 4 are level 2, A levels are level 3 and a bachelor's degree with honours is level 6.
- Qualifications Scotland Scotland
- The new public body set up to replace SQA as Scotland's awarding body for national qualifications.
- Qualifications Wales Wales
- The independent regulator of non-degree qualifications in Wales.
- Qualified teacher of the visually impaired (QTVI) All four UK nations (details may differ)
- A qualified teacher with an additional mandatory qualification to teach pupils with vision impairment.
- Quarter United States
- One of four grading periods in many US school years; at some colleges, a term of about ten weeks.
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