Modern Languages Blog

The BBC reports that primary schools in England will receive about £340 extra each next year to support compulsory languages teaching.

From 2010 all those over seven must learn a foreign language. That change, plus a recommendation that £50m be spent on language learning, was accepted by ministers in the spring after an independent review. The focus on primary schools is aimed at reversing the sharp decline in the numbers continuing to study languages to GCSE level, which is now optional.

Read more on the BBC website.

Categories: Ages and stages