Student/Cambridge/Oxbridge

1, 2.1, 2.2, 3

University results: a first is excellent (e.g. summa cum laude - top 5"pass" is next.

A-level

exams at the end of high schools, generally taken by sixth formers

O-level

exams at age 16

GCSE

general secondary-school exams: replace 0-levels + CSE

PGCE

teacher training course

bop

a student disco/dance

bedder

cleaner (Cambridge: "scout" at Oxford)

buttery, canteen

cafeteria

college/University/polytechnic

this one is tricky. If you don't go on to higher education at all, "college" means University - but "college" can also mean a polytechnic (less prestigious than a University, although they've now been renamed). Or it can mean a college at Oxbridge, the most prestigious

comprehensive school

a general school for 11-16 year olds (high school)

course

can mean a class, but can also mean a course of study (degree course)

fresher

first-year student

grammar school

a good, but public (US sense) school for 11-16 year olds (you have to sit an exam to get in)

invigilate

proctor an exam, or supervise a library etc.

lecturer

a University faculty member - professor means something else (q.v.): there are also "readers" at Oxbridge, which is a little higher (?) than a lecturer

marks

grades

maths

mathematics

NatSci, CompSci, mathmo ...

(Camb.) (pron. "natsky", "compsky") natural science student; computer science ditto; mathematics student

Oxbridge

Oxford and/or Cambridge

porter

(Oxbr.) A college employee, something more than a custodian: A college employee, something more than a custodian: responsible for groundskeeping, keeping undergraduates in line, frightening away tourists, etc. The Porter's Lodge is something like the front office of the college.

postgrad

grad. student

professor

an exalted title: equiv. to an endowed chair or head of Department

public school

a posh private school (Eton, Harlow, etc.)

results

exam grades

revise

to study for exams

sit (an exam)

to take an exam

sixth form

the last two years of secondary school ("lower sixth/upper sixth"): only for people going to University: sometimes done at a 6th-form college

squash (2)

(Camb.) a student society initial meeting/social

supervision

(Camb.) tutorial, "section"

swot

to study, a grind

sprog

(derogatory) undergraduate, youngster