Please see below a Jargon Buster to help aid understanding of terms used in education. 

• DfE - Department for Education
• Early Years - Terrific Twos, Nursery and Reception
• ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages
• FSM - Free School Meals
• KS1 - Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
• KS2 - Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)
• MFL - Modern Foreign Languages
• NC - the National Curriculum introduced in 2014 (see link for more information)
• Non-PP - not Pupil Premium children (see definition for PP below)
• Ofsted - Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
• PE - Physical Education
• PP - Pupil Premium children 
• SPaG- Spelling, punctuation and grammar test