Opportunity area

Opportunity area is the label a dimension gets when its score lands between 33 and 49 out of 100. Roughly, that is "A little" up to just under "Somewhat". Unlike the top band, this one sits at the same place for every dimension and every age.

The word "opportunity" is deliberate. This is usually an area where a small change goes a long way: more warning before a transition Transitions A change from one thing to another. Schools use this one word for small changes, like moving between lessons, and big ones, like moving to secondary school. Read the full definition of Transitions , a quieter space, a bit more practice. It is not usually an area that needs specialist help.

It sits directly below Development area Development area One of four labels we put on each dimension. It means your answers in that area came out from the middle of the scale upwards, so it is somewhere targeted support would help. Read the full definition of Development area , and the only thing separating them is whether the score reached 50. Nothing else is different.

Like all four labels, it is a level rather than a tally, and it describes what you told us What you told us A heading inside a key finding. What follows should be your own words, or a close version of them, taken from what you wrote while filling in the profiler. Read the full definition of What you told us rather than anything measured or diagnosed.