NCELP – National Centre for Excellence for Language Pedagogy

Our mission is to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy, leading to a higher uptake and greater success at GCSE

ALICE HARRISON, HEAD OF LANGUAGES, REDDISH VALE HIGH SCHOOL

“We have been thrilled to have free access to such a well planned and structured scheme of work. The resources are so well organised and easily adaptable for our classes. It has made a big difference to our workload.”

Lynne Kay, PGCE Course Leader for Modern Languages, Newcastle University

"Just to also say a big thank you for all the excellent resources you have created on the NCELP Portal. Awesome!...What's great is having the research, the underpinning principles and extensive resources all in one place"

Pippa Allenby, Primary MFL Outreach Teacher for KS2, St Bede’s Catholic College

"I think the KS3 SOW is inspirational! Thank you to everyone for all the resources and CPD information and videos. They are fantastic!"

More testimonials

3 Dec

NCELP celebrates its third birthday

Three years ago today, NCELP was founded with a mission to understand, improve, and promote foreign language learning. We look back on our achievements in that time.

Image with text: MFL GCSE Subject Content: Supporting Resources

17 Jan

Resources to support the new MFL GCSE Subject Content

Resources to support the creation of GCSE vocabulary lists for each language.

14 Jan

Government announcement – MFL GCSEs

Substantial changes to the GCSE in French, German and Spanish announced by the government Department for Education.

13 Dec

Year 9, term 2 schemes of work released

Our Year 9 Term 2 schemes of work have been released, along with a full suite of resources and language guide for students.

24 Nov

CPD Course – Eligibility Expanded

Eligibility has been expanded for the Spring Term 2022 MFL CPD Courses to allow unqualified teachers, advisors and teacher trainers to apply as well as multiple applications from one school.

1 Nov

Upcoming events

Discover upcoming NCELP events and presentations by NCELP team members at sector-wide events and conferences.

19 Oct

NCELP Specialist Teacher receives prestigious German Teacher Award

Jennifer Hopper, NCELP Specialist Teacher and Head of MFL at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School receives Lifetime Achievement Award (German Teacher Award 2021)

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