Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

I am getting Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < error.can any one help me to find what is wrong with below code

function SearchbyAttribute(filter) {
    $.ajax({
        type: 'GET',
        contentType: "application/jsonp; charset=utf-8",
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        jsonpCallback: "parseResponse",
        data: {
            typeName: "typename=school:school",
            outputFormat: "text/javascript",
            service: "WMS",
            version: "1.1.0",
            request: "GetMap",
            CQL_FILTER: filter
        },
        success: function (response) {
            var j = JSON.decode(response);
            alert(response);
            //SearchResultsLayer.setSource(null);

            //var searchresultssource = new ol.source.GeoJSON({
            //    object: response,
            //    projection: 'EPSG:3857'
            //});

            //SearchResultsLayer.setSource(searchresultssource);
            //view.fitExtent(SearchResultsLayer.getSource().getExtent(), map.getSize());

        },
        error: function (e) {
        alert("error");
       }
    });
}