GREEN SHEETS On paper, by email & online: www.schoolvacancies.co.uk WEEK BEGINNING JULY 12 2021 Language learning hit hard by CONTENTS Secondary Education pandemic – British Council Headships Leadership Scale Covid-19 has had a ‘negative impact’ this lost learning will further impact Other Posts by subject on language learning at schools in the uptake of languages at GCSE level England, according to a new report - entries for language GCSEs have Middle School from the British Council. Language dropped by around 40 per cent since Education Trends 2021 surveyed teachers at 2003, the last year in which they were Headships more than 1500 primary, secondary compulsory. Leadership Scale and independent schools across The report found a worrying and Other Posts by subject England. The report, which has been clear social divide in the impact of published annually by the British Covid-19 on language learning, with Primary Education Council for nearly twenty years, schools in deprived areas feeling the including Nursery gathers information about language effects more acutely. 71 per cent of Headships teaching and learning in England. state schools in the most deprived Leadership Scale Language Trends 2021 found that areas reported a ‘big negative impact’ Other Posts: during the first national lockdown, on language learning and 52 per cent Bracknell Forest between March and June 2020, of state schools in the most affluent Buckinghamshire language teaching was discontinued at areas reported the same. Just 16 per Hampshire more than half (53 per cent) of primary cent of independent schools reported a Hillingdon schools in England. By the time of the ‘big negative impact’. Independent later lockdown which took place in Perhaps inevitably schools also Oxfordshire January and February 2021, one in reported a significant drop in five primary schools continued to international engagement activities, Reading suspend language teaching. such as trips abroad and partnering Slough Meanwhile at state secondary schools, with schools in other countries, Surrey two in five pupils in Key Stage 3 did although these kinds of activities were West Berkshire not engage with language learning already on a downward trend prior to Wiltshire during the first national lockdown. the pandemic. 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Language learning hit hard by pandemic – British Council continued from the cover page... 64 per cent of primary schools and 38 per cent of state per cent of teachers in independent schools and 67 per cent secondary schools reported no international activities of teachers in state secondary schools have taken part in within their school (compared to 46 per cent and 11 per online CPD during the past year. cent respectively in 2018). At independent schools just 11 Commenting on the report, Vicky Gough, British Council per cent reported no international activities (up from 3 per schools adviser, said: ‘The past year has been extremely cent in 2018). Furthermore, the report found very few challenging for schools and these findings highlight the virtual international activities have been initiated or significant impact of Covid-19 on the teaching and learning maintained. of languages. As education begins to recover from the A positive identified by the report is increased capacity to pandemic, it’s essential that schools prioritise language utitlise technology to deliver and enhance learning. Nearly learning and look to build back international opportunities all teachers surveyed reported feeling better prepared to and connections. The benefits of having language skills provide online lessons during 2021 than they had been in and some understanding of other cultures cannot be 2020. Resourcing and opportunities have also increased for overstated, particularly as the UK renegotiates its place on online, language-specific Continuing Professional the world stage.’ Development (CPD). 32 per cent of primary teachers, 60 Full report: https://tinyurl.com/22mtfu6t July 12 2021 Page 3 GREEN SHEETS n o n - t e a c h i n g v a c a n c i e s WEEK BEGINNING JULY 12 2021 ADMINISTRATION MISCELLANEOUS See advertisements on this page and pages 2, 3 and 4 See advertisement on page 5 (The Downs School - Careers Leader) CARETAKING AND CLEANING SUPPORT STAFF See advertisement on page 4 See advertisements on pages 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 CATERING See advertisements on page 4 Ambleside Close, Woodley, Berks RG5 4JJ +HDG7HDFKHU.HUULH&OLIIRUGRI¿FH#DPEOHVLGHZRNLQJKDPVFKXN Finance Manager 'R\RXKDYHDSDVVLRQWRZRUN Salary: Grade 7, SP 25 – 29, from £29,577 pa ZLWKFKLOGUHQ" 37 hours per week,