ALL Consultations
One association, many voices: ALL believes that it’s very important not just to keep our members updated on news and updates in the field of languages education, but to try to influence the debate. We believe that it is important to respond as a community to issues which concern the teaching of languages, and that by doing this, we can shape the future of our profession.
Consultations & Responses
July 2025 - Education Select Committee : Curriculum and Assessment Review
The Education Committee interviews Prof. Becky Francis on the work of her review:
Parliment Live: Watch video here
There are questions about:
Languages from Darren Paffey MP (who spoke at Language World 2025) at around 10.31 mins
'Community Languages' and support for Ukrainian shortly after that and the time burden of exams at 16+ shortly after that, but before 11.00 mins
The CAR Report is not expected until Autumn.
March 2025 - Curriculum and Assessment Review - Interim Report
November 2024 - ALL Response - Curriculum and Assessment Review
September 2024 - Curriculum and Assessment Review: Call for Evidence
DfE consultation on GCSE MFL Content Review and associated activity.
ALL encourages members to respond to the DfE Content Review which is now open until 19 May 2021. There is a parallel OFQUAL consultation on ensuing arrangements for the examinations themselves. The Teacher Briefing 29 gives some of the key points about these reviews...
ALL: Severe grading – GCSE French and German 2020
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...
Teacher Briefing 6: Consultation and ALL Representation
Background: The relevant section of ALL’s constitution says ……. The Association is established to promote and support the learning and teaching of natural languages. In furtherance of the above object but not further or otherwise the Association may: promote improved...