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Month abroad for trainee teachers

The BBC reports that trainee teachers in England who will provide compulsory language lessons in primary schools are benefiting from a month’s placement abroad, say inspectors.

The government wants England’s primary pupils to have modern language lessons but there have been concerns about a lack of suitably qualified staff.

Student teachers are spending a month in schools in France, Spain and Germany as part of their training courses.

The education watchdog, Ofsted, says this is proving a considerable success.

Read this article on the BBC website.

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