Language Colleges Mission Statement

Language colleges raise standards of achievement and the quality of teaching and learning in modern foreign languages for all pupils using this as a catalyst for whole school improvement.

They are active partners in a learning society with their local family of schools, colleges, higher education institutions, business and their community, sharing resources and developing and sharing good practice. They help children to progress from primary language learning through to lifelong learning.

Language colleges play a key role in supporting the National Languages Strategy, which aims to transform the country’s capability in languages, encouraging “languages for life” and “languages for all”.

They value and support the community languages of their pupils, and provide young people with the skills needed to progress into employment, further training or higher education according to their individual needs.

They raise participation rates in modern foreign languages, and enhance language learning opportunities for their pupils and for their local learning community.

As leading practitioners they share their growing expertise with other language colleges and with national and international networks of schools to promote excellence and innovation.