Theme: Language Trends 2022
Background: In the 20th year of Language Trends from the British Council, 2022 saw the biggest ever response, with 1693 schools, from primary, secondary and independent sectors, completing the survey.
https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/language_trends_report_2022.pdf
The aims are:
(i) to assess the impact of policy measures in relation to languages; and,
(ii) to analyse strengths and weaknesses based both on quantitative evidence and on views expressed by teachers
Key messages:
(NB A proportionately higher response rate from independent and state schools in the least deprived areas may influence some of the findings).
- Four out of five responding primary schools have been teaching languages for more than five years.
- There is a great deal of variation in the amount of time devoted to languages in primary schools across the country. Some pupils receive less than 30 minutes per week.
- The trend in all school types is that an increasing number of schools are reporting no international engagement.
- The data show that the government is not on target to meet its EBacc targets for numbers of pupils taking a GCSE in a language.
- Spanish is now firmly established as the most popular A level language in England.
There are two elements to this briefing, both of which you can read in full here: Briefing-34-Language-Trends-2022-.pdf
and a more detailed briefing from ALL Trustee Helen Myers here: Detailed-briefing-for-ALL-Members-on-Language-Trends-22.pdf