by cristahazell | Mar 10, 2021 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: GCSE MFL Subject Content Consultations March 2021 Background: In November 2019, the Department for Education (DfE) announced the appointment of an independent panel of experts to review the subject content for GCSEs in modern foreign languages (MFL), in...
by cristahazell | Feb 25, 2021 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Outcomes of OFQUAL / DfE Consultation on how GCSE, AS and A-level grades should be awarded in Summer 2021 Background: A consultation (See Briefing 27) was carried out in January 2021. The rationale for proposing changes to traditional exams was this: Given...
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 | 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 | Jul 9, 2020 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Proposals for a national languages strategy 2020 Background: The British Academy published Towards a National Languages Strategy: Education and Skills in July 2020, with proposals from The British Academy, AHRC, ASCL, The British Council, Universities...
by cristahazell | Jul 1, 2020 | ALL News, Corporate Member, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Teacher Briefings, What's New
Theme: Language Trends 2020 Background: The annual Language Trends report was published here in late June: https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-policy-insight/research-reports/language-trends-2020 Key messages: We have extracted here some of the key findings of...
by cristahazell | May 21, 2020 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Cultural Capital – the contribution of Language learning Background: OfSTED writes in the Education Inspection Handbook that cultural capital is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought...
by cristahazell | May 21, 2020 | Teacher Briefings
Theme: Re-evaluating the Primary Scheme of Work Background: The Ofsted Inspection Framework expresses a focus on the school’s Intent (what its ambition is for all pupils), Implementation (how it will achieve that intent) and Impact (how the intent is visible...
by cristahazell | Apr 8, 2020 | ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Discussion Area, Language News, News, Secondary, Secondary Features, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings, What's New
This year’s summer exam series in UK, including A levels, GCSEs and other qualifications, and all primary assessments have been cancelled to fight the spread of coronavirus. On 20 March 2020 the DfE announced that the exam regulator, Ofqual, and exam boards would work...
by cristahazell | Mar 25, 2020 | Action research, ALL News, ALL Sector, Corporate Member News, Discussion Area, Events, Features, How to, Language News, News, Primary, Secondary News, Teacher Briefings, Uncategorized, What's New
In the context of the current pandemic and governmental advice about avoiding / limiting personal contact or staying at home entirely schools and teachers are looking for ways of using technology and self-study approaches to help students continue their language...
by cristahazell | Mar 17, 2020 | ALL Event, ALL Language, ALL Local, ALL News, ALL Sector, Arabic event, Arabic events, Arabic News, CM Event, Corporate Member, East Anglia, East Anglia Event, East Midlands, East Midlands Event, Events, French event, French events, French Network, German event, German events, German Network, German News, Italian event, Italian events, Italian Network, Italian News, ITET events, ITET news, Japanese event, Japanese events, Japanese Network, Japanese News, Language Networks, Language News, London, London Event, Mandarin event, Mandarin events, Mandarin news, News, North East, North East Event, North West, North West Event, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Event, Other Event, Portuguese events, Portuguese news, Primary events, Primary News, Project News, Russian event, Russian events, Russian Network, Russian news, Secondary, Secondary events, Secondary News, South East, South East Event, South West, South West Event, Spanish event, Spanish events, Spanish Network, Spanish news, Student, Student Events, Student News, Teacher Briefings, Trainee events, Uncategorized, Wales, Wales Event, West Midlands, West Midlands Event, What's New, World Languages, World languages event, World languages events, World languages news, Yorkshire & Humber, Yorkshire & the Humber Event
Dear Colleagues, In light of the rapidly changing circumstances and advice around Covid-19, the decision has been taken by ALL Management Board to cancel or postpone all events, workshops or seminars up to Easter 2020 (12th April 2020) with immediate effect. We will...
by cristahazell | Feb 24, 2020 | Action research, ALL Sector, Corporate Member, Discussion Area, Initiatives, Pedagogy, Primary events, Secondary, Secondary events, Teacher Briefings, Uncategorized, What's New
Theme: Effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students Background: A new report (February 2020) from the Education Policy Institute undertakes a detailed review of the evidence on the impact of teacher professional development. The Key...
