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<p>The Government is committed to increasing the proportion of the population gaining
language qualifications. As a result of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), the number
of students studying a language at GCSE has increased from 40% in 2010 to 49% in 2016.
In August we confirmed that EBacc entry would become a headline measure in school
performance tables from this year, alongside EBacc achievement. This will encourage
schools to enter more pupils for the EBacc and for languages in future, which should
increase the pool of potential people studying languages at A level and beyond.</p><p>
</p><p>The Teaching Schools Council’s report on its review of modern languages teaching
practice in secondary schools is being published on 18 November at <a href="http://tscouncil.org.uk/"
target="_blank">http://tscouncil.org.uk/</a>. The review’s aim is to provide thought-provoking,
practical advice to teachers to improve their pedagogy, with the aspiration that this
will lead to pupils getting greater enjoyment and making more progress in languages,
so that greater numbers choose to study languages beyond Key Stage 3.</p>
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