The opportunity has been announced today to become a Lead Hub School as part of the national wide Language Hubs Programme, working with the National Consortium for Language Education (led by Institute of Education at UCL, with British Council and the Goethe Institute).
£14.9 million will be invested over the next three years to re-energise language learning in state-maintained primary and secondary schools in England. Schools need to register interest by 24th April. There will be 25 lead hubs comprising up to 7 partner schools to reinvigorate and strengthen system-led leadership in languages across England and improve the learning opportunities and outcomes for all pupils. Click here to find out more
We encourage Newcastle primary and secondary schools to consider applying for this opportunity, but will also work to ensure that the opportunities arising from the programme are shared with all our schools.
Becoming a hub school
Schools will be selected through a transparent and rigorous process according to the criteria agreed with the Department of Education outlined below:
- Be geographically spread across England;
- Be rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted;
- Have EBacc entry rates equal to, or greater than, the national rate of entry on average across the past 5 years, including over 75% languages entry;
- Commit to adherence to, and promotion of, the principles and recommendations of the 2016 Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review.
If you are interested in joining this new nationwide programme and becoming a Lead Hub School, please click here to register your interest by Monday 24th April.
NCLE vision and mission
- We believe that languages and intercultural agility can help to foster universal understanding and contribute to building a peaceful and harmonious world future.
- We recognise that Global Britain needs more and better language skills. In our globalised economy, language skills and intercultural understanding add value and widen opportunities for individuals, communities and society.
- To fulfil this potential, we must leverage the value of all our languages by providing high quality language teaching in schools; increasing languages uptake at GCSE; levelling up opportunities for disadvantaged pupils; addressing the performance of boys; and better recognising and supporting the rich diversity of languages in addition to English spoken by one in every five of our pupils.
NCLE aim and ethos
- NCLE will develop, support and future-proof a collaborative network of up to 25 lead hubs, each comprising up to seven partner schools, to reinvigorate and strengthen system-led leadership in languages across England and improve the learning opportunities and outcomes for all pupil
- We believe in collaboration, creativity and collegiality. To build capacity in languages across the regions, we will listen to teachers and pupils and develop core and bespoke training to meet their language learning needs.
- We are committed to building progress through policy, principles, professional development and promotion. We will uphold the recommendations and principles enshrined in Sir Ian Bauckham’s 2016 Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review.