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UNDERSTANDING, IMPROVING AND PROMOTING LANGUAGE LEARNING

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

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Call for applications: MFL CPD Courses

The call for applications is now open for the NCELP Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses. Our free CPD courses will take an in-depth look at Modern Foreign Language (MFL) curriculum design and pedagogy, and will run across three terms in the 2022 calendar year.

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Classroom materials

Find schemes of work and classroom-ready resources which are research-informed and in line with the new Ofsted framework.

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Professional development

Learn more about the pedagogy with our self-access professional development materials to improve language teaching and learning.

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Language Hubs

We support a national collaborative network of language teachers and their schools to raise the standards of language teaching.

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What people are saying about us

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!"

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Support for teaching and learning during the pandemic

We have a range of materials to support Modern Foreign Languages education for pupils both at home and in the classroom.

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Gaming Grammar

A digital game designed to support foreign language grammar teaching and learning.

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Text profiling tool

A tool that 'profiles' texts to show the proportion of the most frequent word families contained in them.

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Research-informed resources

All our resources link wherever possible to other publicly available research summaries and tools.

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  • Resource Portal

    Explore our open, searchable, and research-informed database of materials supporting language learning and teaching.

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Latest news

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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.
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1 Nov

Upcoming events

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

New minister for schools visits NCELP Lead School

New minister for schools, Robin Walker, visited NCELP Lead School: Cardinal Hume, to learn about their role as an MFL Hub.
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6 Oct

Year 9 Term 1 achievement tests

We are pleased to release our Year 9 Term 1 achievement tests for use by schools following the NCELP Schemes of Work.
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14 Sep

Call for applications: MFL CPD Course

The call for applications is now open for our free remote CPD courses on MFL curriculum design and pedagogy, starting in January 2022.
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