The Department for Education has announced a further (additional) consultation on languages at Key Stage 2.
On 6 July 2012 the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, launched a public consultation on the Government’s proposal to make languages a compulsory subject at Key Stage 2 in maintained schools from September 2014. The vast majority of respondents agreed with the Government’s intention to introduce foreign languages at Key Stage 2.
Having carefully considered the responses to the consultation, as well as a range of relevant factors, the Government has confirmed its intention to make the study of a foreign language compulsory at Key Stage 2.
The results of that initial consultation, which closed in September 2012, has prompted the Department for Education to open a further (additional) consultation on specifying the choice of language at Key Stage 2, and it is now seeking views on:
- The draft of the Order necessary to make foreign languages a statutory subject at Key Stage 2 from September 2014, and
- A new proposal that requires primary schools teach one or more of French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish or a classical language (Latin or Ancient Greek) to pupils at Key Stage 2.
Schools would, of course, be free to teach other languages in addition if they wish to do so.
ALL will be responding as an organisation to this consultation, and will let you know how to contribute to this response in due course.
In the mean time, you may wish to respond to the DfE consultation individually using the link below.
You can find a link to the Department for Education consultation here