"Trainee teachers encounter a whole new language when they start their training. There are a huge number of specialized terms and ideas that they need to understand and use. This handy reference book provides quick access to succinct definitions for more than 200 terms that relate to primary teaching in England. Recommended for beginner teachers, governors, parents and carers and anyone who might find the language of primary teaching somewhat perplexing, this book is a starting point for developing understanding of a wide variety of the key vocabulary - and the countless associated acronyms - which are in daily use in primary schools and classrooms and beyond."-- Publisher's description.