1 Profile of school

1.1 Main characteristics

The school is a state funded mixed primary school situated in an urban area. It has approximately 400 pupils.  It has a mixed race population with pupils of various European and Asian origins.

1.2 Language teaching in the schools

The main language of tuition in the school is English, while the main languages spoken by the pupils are Slovenian and Chinese.

The other languages taught in the school are French and Spanish, which are taught at beginner level from year 1 and continue to year 6. Over 60% of the pupils are involved in learning at least one language in a unique programme described below.

There are no language assistants in the school, however, the teacher has been funded by the British council for her own professional development to spend 2 weeks in Spain looking at their methodology & improving cultural & linguistic ability. This has enabled her to perfect her own language skills and consequently approach her foreign language teaching with more confidence,

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