ALL Briefing No. 38
Theme: Language Trends (England) 2024
Language Trends is the annual review of trends in Languages Education commissioned by the British Council.
Key messages:
The report identifies these headline findings for 2024 (…. indicates abbreviation):
• The ‘top four’ primary languages are French, Spanish, German and Latin …;
• Decreases in international engagement in both state primary and state secondary schools;
• One in four teachers are telling us that they perceive more pupils to now be taking a language at GCSE;
• Recruitment of qualified teachers of languages is an issue in over sixty per cent of all state and independent schools;
• One in four teachers expect the new GCSE in French, German and Spanish from September 2024 to have a positive impact on pupil numbers;
• Most state secondary schools support pupils to take examinations in home, heritage and community languages.
You can read the Briefing in full here: Briefing 38: Language Trends (England) 2024.