MFL

 Key Stage 3

Year 7 work in mixed ability groups (tutor groups) until January, when they are placed in broad bands.  All students study French and use Métro 1.  This provides a variety of stimulating activities which we hope will help to develop a positive attitude to the subject that last through the years to come.

In Year 8 the more able 60% of the year group continue to study French plus a second foreign language - German, and have one x 100 minute lesson of each per fortnight.  In practice the precise number of students taking up a second language varies according to the size of the year group and the academic profile of the group.  The remaining 40% study French only for three  x 100 minute lessons per fortnight.  The course books currently in use are, Métro 2 (red and green) for French and Echo Express 1 for German.

In Year 9, groups are setted and we currently use Echo Express 2 for German and either Métro 3 (red or green) or Allez-y forFrench.

Key Stage 4

Setting continues throughout KS4 where students can choose either or both languages.  We enter candidates for the Edexcel German and French GCSE exams and have opted, up to September 2009, for the coursework writing option.  The writing tasks form an integral part of our schemes of work in KS4.  GCSE students have 3 x 100 minute lessons per fortnight.  We currently use Encore Tricolore 4 and Métro 4 for French and Logo 4 for German.

A Level

'A' level students have 3 x 100 minute lessons plus time with the Foreign Language Assistant every week. We enter students for the Edexcel 'A' level examination and have been very successful in terms of exam results over the past few years.  New textbooks and associated resources including CD-ROMs, are in place to cater for the revised AS and A2 exams Ēlan for French and Zeitgeist for German.