Laissez-passer	let somebody pass
Equality of opportunity	when everyone has the same chances
Selective	pupils take exams for entry
Comprehensive	everyone enters without exams
Schooling	education received at school
Elitism	when you favour a small privileged group
Inherent in	existing as a basic part of sth
League tables	lists of schools or colleges from the best down to the worst
Perpetuate	make sth continue forever
Two-tier system	a system with two separate levels
Perceive	see, consider
Better-off	richer
Well-endowed	receiving a lot of money in grants, gifts from rich people etc
Depressing	reducing
Less well-off	poorer
Excel	achieve an excellent standard
The three Rs	reading, writing, arithmetic
Literacy	the ability to read
Numeracy	the ability to count/do basic math
Curriculum reform	changes the educational programme
Lifelong/continuing education	education for ages
Mature students	adult students, older that average student
Special needs education	education for children who cannot learn in the normal way
One-to-one	one teacher and one pupil, not a group
Bullying	frightening or threating
PTA	komitet rodzicielski
School governors	group which oversees all the business of the school
Supply teacher	teacher who works in a school when needed (eg. if someone is sick)
Peripatetic teacher	teacher who works in different schools and travel between them
Revise/cram	study intensively for a short time
Past papers	exam papers from previous years
Memorized/learnt by heart	nauka na pamięć
Rote-learning	learning purely by the repetition
Mnemonics	tricks that help you remember something
Bury yourself in your books	spend the maximum time studying
Know the subject inside out	know it completely
Mind-map	diagram that lays out ideas for the topic and how they are connected to one another
First draft	first, rough version
Plagiarism	using other people’s work as if it was yours
Deadline	date by which you must hand in the work
Submitted	handed in (formal)
Assessed	evaluated and given a grade
Feedback	comments from the teacher/tutor
Carry out	less formal “do”
Inter-library loan	system where libraries exchange books/journals with one another)
Cram	wepchąć
Labeled	zostać oznakowanym