by cristahazell | Jan 20, 2021 | ALL Event, ALL News, Competitions, Corporate Member News, French Zone, German Zone, Language News, News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, Spanish Zone, What's New
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
by cristahazell | Jan 18, 2021 | ALL News, News, Secondary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: OFQUAL / DfE Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A-level grades should be awarded in Summer 2021 Background: The remit for this consultation emerged from letters on 13th January between the Secretary of State and OFQUAL. Consultation is open until Friday 29...
by cristahazell | Jan 13, 2021 | News, Primary, Primary News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
With remote education becoming the norm for many learners across most phases, Ofsted released guidance on ‘What’s working well in remote education’ on January 11th. The guidance which defines ‘remote education’, seeks to end some...
by cristahazell | Jan 7, 2021 | Corporate Member News, News, Secondary News
Ofqual have now published the following in response to the Secretary of State’s address to the House of Commons yesterday: We are working with the Department and will begin to consult widely next week on possible arrangements for GCSEs, A levels and vocational and...
by cristahazell | Oct 14, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings
Theme: GCSE Languages 2021 Background: OFQUAL was tasked by the Secretary of State in Autumn 2020 with mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schooling in the academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21. For Languages the major recommendation was to make...
by cristahazell | Sep 23, 2020 | News, Other Event, Primary, Secondary News, World languages event
Our colleagues at SCILT have collated a wealth of ideas for Primary and Secondary schools as well as parents and families to join in the languages fun safely. For more details see here:https://scilt.org.uk/EuropeanDayofLanguages/tabid/5390/Default.aspx The rest of...
by cristahazell | Aug 20, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, News, Secondary, Secondary News, What's New
Dear Prof Koglbauer and Ms Harvey, Thank you for your email to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor, and my apologies for the delay in responding to you. I am responding on their behalf. Prior to the summer, we announced that we would make an adjustment to the...
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 cristahazell | Aug 18, 2020 | ALL News, French Discussions, German Discussions, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL have written to Sally Collier and Roger Taylor at Ofqual with regard to severe grading measures in GCSE French and German. Read the letter in full here: ALL_Ofqual_SevereGrading2020 We look forward to their statement in response and shall share this with you...
by cristahazell | Aug 13, 2020 | ALL News, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
ALL President Jane Harvey comments on this year’s results: “I would like to congratulate all A and AS-level language students and their teachers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on their results in this exceptional year. A level language courses require not...
by cristahazell | Aug 6, 2020 | News, Secondary News, What's New
Today Ofqual have published further information for students and their families in the following guide: ‘What to do if you have concerns or questions about your grades: student guide to appeals and malpractice or maladministration complaints’. The guide sets...
by cristahazell | Jul 8, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary News, What's New
PRESS RELEASE: July 8, 2020 Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills The Association for Language Learning (ALL) welcomes the proposals put forward in the new report from the British Academy and partners “Towards a National Languages...
