Professional development

Many primary schools are keen to include modern foreign languages in their curriculum and individual teachers need access to methodological and linguistic support and training to deliver this. This section provides information about CPD courses, training and qualifying to teach and practical methodology resources.

CPD training opportunities lists educational and cultural organisations offering training courses and CPD for advisers, teachers and support staff working in the primary and early years sector.

CILT CPD training courses has details of CILT training courses and events for the primary sector.

Training to teach languages in primary education provides information about training to become a primary teacher. The Initial Teacher Training page lists primary PGCE, BA/BEd and Foundation degree courses with a specialism in languages, as well as Key Stage 2/3 and Early Years/Primary languages degree courses.

Training Materials gives details of training resources for teachers and trainers, including Primary CPD course materials for French, German and Spanish and HLTA/TA short course materials and the Primary Languages Training Zone.

CILT Training and Support Materials highlights further CPD materials for teachers with little or no experience of languages and established teachers of primary languages.

Teachers TV programmes offer schools, teachers and anyone engaged in CPD a unique resource that's free and easily available. Many teachers are finding that programmes can act as an invaluable stimulus in every aspect of CPD.