French

In our KS3 curriculum we focus on students gaining a love and appreciation of languages. Students are taught using a communicative approach, which focuses on real world scenarios as well as building confidence, self-efficacy and fluency over time. Each term revises previously learned language to support long-term retention.

This Pearson Edexcel GCSE French course is taught over two years with students having three lessons a week and home learning tasks. It covers the following five themes: School, Identity and Culture, Local Area, Holidays and Travel, Future Aspirations, Study and Work, International and Global Dimension. Students sit four examinations at the end of year 11, each focusing on one of the four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing (making up 25% of the qualification each).

The Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in French consists of three externally-examined papers at the end of year 13 assessing listening, reading and writing skills and an internally-conducted speaking examination, during which students discuss their findings from an independent research project. Students are taught three lessons a week by teacher one, and two lessons a week by teacher two. Students also benefit from an independent study session each week, where they are supported by a native foreign language assistant.