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...
