ALL Consultations
One association, many voices: ALL believes that it’s very important not just to keep our members updated on news and updates in the field of languages education, but to try to influence the debate. We believe that it is important to respond as a community to issues which concern the teaching of languages, and that by doing this, we can shape the future of our profession.
Consultations & Responses
July 2025 - Education Select Committee : Curriculum and Assessment Review
The Education Committee interviews Prof. Becky Francis on the work of her review:
Parliment Live: Watch video here
There are questions about:
Languages from Darren Paffey MP (who spoke at Language World 2025) at around 10.31 mins
'Community Languages' and support for Ukrainian shortly after that and the time burden of exams at 16+ shortly after that, but before 11.00 mins
The CAR Report is not expected until Autumn.
March 2025 - Curriculum and Assessment Review - Interim Report
November 2024 - ALL Response - Curriculum and Assessment Review
September 2024 - Curriculum and Assessment Review: Call for Evidence
Consultations on A & AS Level subject content and assessment for languages with smaller cohorts
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...
New Apprenticeship Standards consultation
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...
Review of Modern Foreign Language pedagogy in KS3 & KS4
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...