Languages in Key Stage 4

Has the government finally made up its mind about the status of languages in Key Stage 4? Members noticed a telling paragraph contained in the impact assessment document (page 8), which accompanies the recent DfE consultation on primary languages: ‘At Key Stage...

Language rich England still linguistically poor?

The release of a new study has kicked off a new initiative to understand and improve language policies and practices. The British Council-led Language Rich Europe (LRE) consortium has released findings from research analysing languages throughout Europe. It shows that...

New National Curriculum for primary schools proposals

Finally today the Government has announced its proposals on the new National Curriculum for primary schools. Michael Gove has written to Tim Oates, the Chair of the Expert Panel on the New Curriculum, with his response to the panel’s recommendations for the...

ALL Elections 2012

Elections for ALL positions Following the recent nominations process, elections are now being held for membership of ALL’s Executive Council for the period 2012-2015. • Executive Council members (three year term of office from 1 September 2012) There are...