Modern Foreign Languages

A language qualification increases a person's chance of getting a job or college place.
In a country where so few people speak a foreign language having one in your profile is a highly respected skill and could offer many advantages in life.

A language is an essential part of a broad education and balanced GCSE programme.
Higher employability and higher wages - it’s got to be worth it.

French is spoken by 113 million people as a first language, and a further 190 million a second language second language.

  • German is spoken by one hundred million people
  • 100-110 million people are learning French NOW in order to communicate with foreigners
  • German is the most widely understood language in the whole of Eastern Europe
  • French is the only language apart from English spoken as a native language on 5 continents
  • German is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world
  • French is the second most commonly used language on the internet
  • German is useful to anyone hoping to study engineering, medicine or business
  • French is officially ranked as the second most influential language in the world
  • German speakers are welcomed by firms who have an interest in overseas sales
  • French is the third most commonly spoken non-English language in US homes, and the second most commonly taught language in US schools
  • German firms are our fiercest competitors
  • French is an official working language in dozens of international organizations
  • 20% of North-East businesses believe they could double their trade with better language skills in the workforce
  • Take a language with business or science and you at least TREBLE your employment opportunities 

Staff

  • Mr C Mason - Head of Department
  • Mr H Bailey
  • Mr J Roders
  • Mrs P Reilly