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The Language Teacher of the Year Award 2014 Recognising the very best and most inspiring language teachers in two categories: *Primary Language Teacher of the Year* *Secondary Language Teacher of the Year* Plus a special award for *HE Language Student Ambassador of...

Improvements to be made to A level foreign languages Ofqual, the exams regulator, has promised that A-levels in modern foreign languages will be marked more fairly from next summer (2015). The move follows repeated complaints from schools, the Association for...

New President Elect We are pleased to announce that following the call for nominations at the end of last year, René Koglbauer has been confirmed as the new President Elect of ALL from 01 February 2014. René joined ALL at the start of his career as a...

The headlines   At A Level, results remain relatively stable in general, with a slight decline in the pass rate overall, but with the proportion of A* grades awarded rising slightly by 0.6%. Students are increasingly choosing 'Facilitating Subjects', with entries...

GCSE Results The headlines Overall, there is a smaller cohort of 16 yr olds this year (down 2.1% to 689,000 in 2014). There has also been a decline in the number of GCSE entries in general (down 4.2%), partly in favour of iGCSE. This year has seen some major changes...

Connecting up language learning around the country ALL has received funding from the Department for Education to provide CPD on the new curriculum for teachers in KS2 and KS3. The ALL Connect project will operate initially in the North East, East Anglia and the North...

HEFCE reports drop in uptake of Modern Languages A recent report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) shows a sharp decline in the number of applicants to study modern languages in higher educaton. Though numbers have been in decline since 2002,...

Announcement on reformed GCSEs and A levels New A Level and GCSE content: The Secretary of State for Education has announced the publication, for consultation, of new subject content for a further set of GCSEs and A levels which will be first taught in 2016. The...

Edinburgh Festivals August 2014 Italian For more information on all the Italian events, please visit the Italian Cultural Embassy website. • Edinburgh Festival Fringe : Music Bach and the Italian Influence • The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 : Theatre...

Recognised by the public and The Guardian for his efforts in promoting language learning through the means of football, Arsenal club manager, Arsene Wenger has recently bagged the title of Public Language Champion 2013. "Being voted Britain's first ever public...

New A Level and GCSE content Education Secretary Michael Gove has now announced the publication of new A level and GCSE content to be taught from September 2015 and 2016 respectively. He also announced an additional set of GCSEs and A levels which will be reformed for...

Funding to promote languages in schools! The deadline to apply for the British Academy Schools Language Awards is 30 June. The British Academy is offering a total of 14 Awards of £4000 each for projects throughout the UK that encourage larger numbers of students...

Framework for National Recovery in Language Learning The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (APPG) has today released a new Manifesto for Languages, to make the case for improving the linguistic skills base of the UK. The APPG Manifesto is supported by...

Win £5000 grant to visit your partner school in France! There are two grants available, one from the Charles de Gaulle Trust and one from the Lefèvre Trust. They both offer student mobility grants to schools in the UK and France and can be used for...

The Big Languages Lunch How do you say 'Bon appétit' in your neighbour's language? Today, we live in an increasingly multicultural society and what better way to share and know more about each other’s cultures than having food involved! Enter The Big...

This year, Into film festival will take place from the 4th to the 21st November, giving the opportunity for 5-19 year-olds to take part in activities nationwide and putting film at the heart of young peoples’ learning and cultural experience. Teachers and pupils...