by cristahazell | Apr 7, 2021 | Consultations, Language News, News, Secondary News
ALL encourages members to respond to the DfE Content Review which is now open until 19 May 2021. There is a parallel OFQUAL consultation on ensuing arrangements for the examinations themselves. The Teacher Briefing 29 gives some of the key points about these reviews...
by cristahazell | Aug 19, 2020 | ALL News, Consultations, Discussion Area, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
As you are aware, ALL wrote to OFQUAL on Monday to ask how the 2% adjustment to French and German GCSE results would be applied to Centre Assessment grades. We have had a reply which you can read here. In the meantime, we wanted to share with you two documents...
by Clodagh Cooney | Feb 27, 2019 | Consultations, News, Teacher Briefings
Background: The relevant section of ALL’s constitution says ……. The Association is established to promote and support the learning and teaching of natural languages. In furtherance of the above object but not further or otherwise the Association may: promote improved...
by rachelm | Jan 19, 2017 | Consultations, Secondary, Student
In December 2016 the Department for Education (DfE) launched a consultation asking for views on A Level (and AS) subject content for Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Greek, Modern Hebrew, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish and Urdu. New qualifications...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 21, 2016 | Consultations
The Department for Education recently announced a consultation on new Apprenticeship Standards. The survey requested comments on proposals to develop new Apprenticeship Standards submitted by employer groups, before a decision is made on whether to approve them for...
by Wendy Newman | Jun 22, 2016 | Consultations
The Teaching Schools Council (TSC) recently announced a review of modern foreign language pedagogy within secondary schools. The aim of the review was to produce an authoritative report on effective language pedagogy by Autumn 2016, drawing on the available evidence...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 29, 2016 | Consultations
In June 2015, the government announced that it wanted the vast majority of pupils starting secondary school this September to take GCSEs in EBacc subjects when they take their GCSEs in 2020. In November 2015, the Department for Education launched a consultation on...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 19, 2014 | Consultations
On 18 December 2014, the Minister for School Reform announced the publication of new A level content in Ancient Languages, Modern Foreign Languages, Geography, Mathematics, and Further Mathematics. The content for these A levels was recommended by the A level content...
