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<p>Since September 2014, the reformed national curriculum makes it compulsory for
pupils in maintained schools to be taught a modern or classical language in Key Stage
2. The Department introduced the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measure
in 2010 where entry into an ancient language GCSE (Latin, Ancient Greek and Biblical
Hebrew) counts towards the languages element of the EBacc. Entry into ancient history
GCSE counts towards the humanities element.</p><p>The Department continues to take
action to improve teacher supply in classics subjects. Recruitment to classics initial
teacher training (ITT) courses is unlimited and trainee teachers of classics will
receive a bursary of £26,000 in 2018-19 if they have a 1st, 2:1, 2:2, PhD or Masters.</p><p>The
£4.8 million Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Pilot commenced in December 2018. It
is managed by the newly appointed Centre for Excellence and is run through nine school-led
hubs to improve uptake and attainment in languages at Key Stages 3 and 4. The Department
has also launched a pilot project in languages undergraduate mentoring for secondary
school pupils to drive participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas
of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p>
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