MFL at Key Stage 3
Pupils enter St Mary’s after having chosen to study either Spanish or French as part of their transition journey. Pupils continue with their chosen language throughout Key Stage 3.
Later in Key Stage 3, pupils have the opportunity to start studying the MFL that they have not previously studied. (Spanish or French).
In year 8, pupils have the opportunity to study Japanese as an extra curricular language learning experience.
Pupils receive the following MFL lessons in Key Stage 3
Year 7 – 2 hours per week
Year 8 – 2 hours per week + extra curricular Japanese
Year 9 – 2 hours per week + enrichment language option
Pupils follow the National Curriculum Programme of Study for MFL and we are currently using the following courses.
Spanish – Mira
French - Clic
MFL at Key Stage 4
MFL is currently the most popular option subject in Key Stage 4. We currently exceed government expectations of 50-80% uptake of a language post Key Stage 3.
In year 10 we currently teach 5 Spanish GCSE groups and 3 French GCSE groups.
In year 11 we currently teach 5 Spanish GCSE groups and 2 French GCSE groups.
All pupils who study Spanish at KS4 have the opportunity to attend a week long visit to Barcelona each October.
All pupils who study French at KS4 have the opportunity to attend a week long visit to Paris each April.
For both Spanish and French we are currently working towards the Edexcel GCSE award.
MFL at Key Stage 5
Both Spanish and French are popular choices in the Sixth Form with a class of each language in Year 12 and Year 13.
Students who study MFL in the sixth form also benefit from one-to-one weekly tutorial sessions (in addition to their timetabled curriculum hours) with native Spanish and French speaking language assistants.
Pupils studying MFL at Key Stage 5 have the opportunity to attend annual trips to Madrid, Granada and Paris.
Many of our post-16 linguists continue with their language study as part of their chosen pathway at university.
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