News

December 2020

16 December

FCSE languages Instructions for the conduct of the exams summer 2021

Schools/colleges entering students for our FCSE languages exams in summer 2021 must download and read the MFL Instructions for the conduct of the June 2021 exams (ICE) guidance.

16 December

AS and A-level MFL Instructions for the conduct of the exams summer 2021

Schools/colleges entering students for our AS or A-level languages exams in summer 2021 must download and read the MFL Instructions for the conduct of the June 2021 exams (ICE) guidance.

September 2020

28 September

AS and A-level French, German and Spanish: visiting examiner option summer 2021

The visiting examiner option has been removed for summer for AS and A-level French (7651/V, 7652/V), German (7661/V, 7662/V) and Spanish (7691/V, 7692V)

22 September

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE Languages

Changes to 2021 exams for GCSE Languages 8658, 8668, 8633, 8698, 8688, 8638, 8648, 8678, 8673, 8683

August 2020

26 August

AS, A-level and GCSE languages: autumn 2020 series guidance

Guidance on the autumn exam series for MFL.

July 2020

15 July

Level of demand of GCSE Languages papers

Judith Rowland-Jones, our Head of Curriculum: Languages, gives an end of term update about the level of demand of assessments.

March 2020

11 March

FCSE Languages specification changes

We’ve made a few minor changes to our FCSE Languages (8958, 8968, 8998, 8973) Full Course and Short Course specifications.

2 March

GCSE and FCSE MFL summer 2020 ICE booklet

All teachers preparing students for summer 2020 GCSE and FCSE modern foreign languages (MFL) exams must download and read the MFL Instructions for the conduct of exams (ICE) booklet.

2 March

A-level MFL summer 2020 ICE booklet

All teachers preparing students for summer 2020 exams in A-level modern foreign languages (MFL) must download and read the MFL ICE guidance. For French, German and Spanish, any changes or additions to the previous version are highlighted in yellow.

2 March

Conducting speaking tests for summer 2020

The summer 2020 GCSE languages Paper 2 speaking tests are scheduled to be conducted between 6 April and 15 May 2020. Schools and colleges can only test during five weeks of this window.