Community Languages

What our Community Languages team does:

We offer GCSE and A-Level examination entries (exam only) in community languages for Years 9-13.

Studying and undertaking formal examinations in community languages is important to enhance international relations whether occupationally or as an individual.

Additional language skills can be transferred to many fields such as healthcare, police forces, diplomacy, paralegal or sports.

Community languages currently on offer by the AQA and Edexcel exam boards:

General guidance in undertaking exams

• Ability to speak, listen, read and write using all tenses confidently by the end of study period
• Commitment to study independently
• The school will support with the provision of the past papers, vocabulary and grammar list and will advise of the relevant specification. It will also communicate with students and parents/careers on regular basis.
• Parents will provide a language speaker for the exam (non-relative) and support their children through studies.
• A-level students must be familiar with the exam specification as it significantly differs from the GCSE exam.

Useful links to exam boards

• qualifications.pearson.com/en/subjects/languages.html
• www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/languages

Contact us

Lead on Community Languages

Ms Komisarek El-Mahmoud

community.languages@sns.hackney.sch.uk