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<p>The department does not produce future trends of the number of students taking
specific qualifications, or future trends in the number of schools or colleges offering
specific qualifications.</p><p>The department recognises the importance of the study
of languages in Britain and is taking steps to increase the number of pupils studying
languages at GCSE level and beyond. This is particularly important given that languages
were made non-mandatory in 2004. The department’s Language Hubs programme is comprised
of 15 lead hub schools across England, all of which will work with other schools in
their area to improve standards of language teaching, in line with recommendations
of the Teaching Schools Council’s 2016 modern foreign languages pedagogy review.</p><p>Managed
by the National Consortium for Languages Education, the programme provides high-quality
teacher Continuing Professional Development and includes improving transition from
key stage 2 to key stage 3, increasing opportunities among disadvantaged pupils to
study languages, and increasing the access to home, heritage, and community languages.</p>
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