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<p>In England, languages are included in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) at Key
Stage 4. Since September 2019, Ofsted’s new inspection framework has placed a renewed
focus on all pupils benefiting from a broad, balanced, and ambitious curriculum. Since
the introduction of the EBacc performance measure in 2010, the proportion of GCSE
entries from pupils in state-funded schools in a modern foreign language (MFL) has
increased from 40% in 2010 to 47% in 2019.</p><p>The Department’s £2.41 million MFL
Pedagogy Pilot, run by the National Centre of Excellence in Languages Pedagogy, commenced
in December 2018 with a mission to improve language curriculum design and pedagogy.
The Centre has developed an open database which includes schemes of work and resources.
It also runs a pilot network of 18 specialist teachers in nine lead schools, each
working with four local hub schools, as well as with a wider network of a further
90 schools. The aim of this collaborative network of MFL teachers and schools is to
raise standards of language teaching through the sharing of resources and good practice.
In May 2020, the programme was extended to December 2021, receiving an additional
£1.45 million funding.</p><p> </p>
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