Department of Education Visits Derwent Language Hub

At the end of September, Derwent Language Hub welcomed the Department of Education to Littleover Community School. The Permanent Secretary for the Department of Education along with almost 250 civil servants attended this virtual visit to Derwent Language Hub’s Lead School. The school prides itself on it’s inclusive approach and valorises the vast array of languages their pupils bring to the school community. Here “every learner is seen as a language learner throughout their educational journey and beyond”.

“NCLE Specialist Teachers Dawn Piper and Krista Revell showcased best practice with Key Stage 3 French and German classes. Students were engaged with phonics, speaking and grammar challenges and drawing similarities and differences between a range of other languages whilst using interactive technology.”

“Members of the Department of Education were very complimentary about the GCSE and A level student panel who enthusiastically described their positive experiences of learning languages at the school. This included trips abroad, opportunities to enter GCSEs in other languages as well as the importance they place upon learning languages to support their future ambitions.”

Littleover Community School’s mural, created by a local artist features the words ‘learning’, ‘caring’ and ‘succeeding’ in the top five home languages spoken by Littleover pupils.