special measures
noun
(In the United Kingdom) a status applied to an establishment, especially a school, which exhibits poor performance or fails to meet standards and is typically given support for improvement; especially in in special measures.
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in The Times Educational Supplement.
- net game
- nethead
- nether
- Netherlander
- Netherlandic
- Netherlandish
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- Netherlands Reformed Church
- nether millstone
- nethermost
- nether region
- nether regions
- nether stone
- netherward
- netherworld
- Nethinim
- net importer
- netiquette
- netizen
- net-layer
- net maker
- net metering
- netminder
- netminding