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NCLE CPD Webinars
Participate alongside teachers across the country
An opportunity for you to join NCLE’s national community of languages teachers and explore some of the themes covered on the LEO platform alongside broader contextual and current issues.
- Free (both live and catch-up)
- For languages teachers and school leaders in languages
- Research-informed, evidence based content with expert speakers and NCLE Language Network lead schools
- Explore latest trends in pedagogy and languages leadership
- Develop your own practice and professional agency
- Dovetails with the LEO professional learning platform
On this page you will find everything you need to know to join us for an upcoming webinar or to access recordings of previous sessions. You can find the following information below:
- 2025-26 NCLE webinar schedule
- NCLE Language Networks’ webinar schedule
- NCLE CPD webinars on demand
2025-26 NCLE Webinar Schedule
Curriculum and Assessment Review: Languages education fit for purpose?
Wednesday 26th November 2025 4-5pm
In response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review publication, join a virtual roundtable and hear from stakeholders from the languages community and the DfE discussing the recommendations for the Curriculum and Assessment Review. How will the recommendations transform and impact languages education for the future? Share your views in an interactive Q&A.
Languages for all – a social justice issue
Wednesday 21st January 2026
4-5pm
Languages are transformative. Every child deserves the opportunity to learn new languages in addition to those they already know. In this webinar, we’ll be exploring different curriculum models and pedagogical approaches which offer appropriate cognitive, cultural and linguistic challenge. How do we plan and deliver lessons which relate to the learners whom we teach? How do we create an ethos of success? You will hear from practising teachers from the UK and international experts.
Talking classrooms: practical ideas for promoting use of the target language
Wednesday 11th February 2026
4-5pm
Using the target language as the medium of instruction as well as the object of study has always been contentious. With inspiration from practising teachers discover how interaction in the target language is not only accessible but makes a central contribution to progress in language learning. Let’s get our classrooms talking!
NCLE Language Networks’ Webinars
Access webinars led by NCLE Language Networks across the country. Discover new ways of working, reflect about your practice and take steps to transform your classroom.
NCLE Language Networks’ Webinar Schedule Autumn Term 2025
NCLE’s 14 Language Networks are working to connect local and regional networks of primary and secondary schools to support their language teaching. In addition to NCLE’s webinars, each of these Language Networks will be delivering webinars covering a range of topics and issues facing language teachers and learners. Join these webinars, wherever you are based in the country.
Learn more about the webinars available across the NCLE Language Network, including how to register, in the schedule provided.
NCLE CPD Webinars on demand
Catch up on previous webinars for free: any time, any place! Browse below and access via your LEO platform account (register to LEO in seconds).
Bringing the new GCSE to life
11th September 2024
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How can we make grammar, vocabulary and phonics inclusive, relatable and stimulating? Join our webinar where respected experts, Ian Rodmell and Rebecca Waker alongside Sadaf Najib from AQA, Head of MFL Elena Diaz, and Fiona Pryce from Pearson, will share new approaches and materials to support the new GCSE. Associate Professor Lisa Panford will also share her ground-breaking work on decolonising the curriculum.
Webinar speakers:
- Rebecca Waker, Fiona Pryce (Pearson)
- Lisa Panford (St Mary’s University)
- Ian Rodmell, Sadaf Najib, Elena Diaz (AQA)
- Bernardette Holmes (NCLE)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)
Bringing the new GCSE to life: Examples from Language Hubs
15th January 2025
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Join teachers, German Expert Mentors and NCLE curriculum developers to explore breathing new life into the GCSE. We’ll share examples of how to make phonology accessible, how to bring excitement into reading aloud, how to describe pictures, and draw on creating while building pupils skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. We’ll focus on new content from the specification and welcome colleagues from the awarding organisations to join a panel of specialist teachers to field your questions.
Webinar speakers:
- Clare Allison (UCL IOE)
- Emily Lewis, Josie Lyon (Thames West Language Hub)
- Rachel Green (Etherow Language Hub)
- Sophia West (The Lakes Language Hub)
- Ian Rodmell Sadaf Najib (AQA)
- Jerome Garnier, Rebecca Waker (Pearson)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)
Transition and Transfer at KS2
12th February 2025
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The bridge between KS2 and KS3 can be unstable. Join our webinar where respected colleagues, Professor Suzanne Graham and Dr Alison Porter alongside Maud Waret (NCLE), Darnelle Constant and Bernardette Holmes MBE (NCLE), consider how to overcome the challenges of transition and transfer, looking at teaching and learning, curriculum design, progression, and the transformative power of language learning from an early age.
Webinar speakers:
- Alison Porter (University of Southampton)
- Darnelle Constant (UCL IOE)
- Maud Waret (NCLE)
- Suzanne Graham (Univeristy of Reading)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)
Effective Transition and Transfer: Examples from Language Hubs
26th March 2025
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Join us for our second webinar focusing on transition from primary to secondary school. We will be sharing innovative approaches to curriculum planning, discovering more about Content and Language Integrated Learning, and showcasing exciting initiatives exploring the role of languages in developing life-long skills. Discover your superpowers through language! We will also hear from senior leaders in primary education sharing their expertise on how to build successful language learning across key stages.
Webinar speakers:
- Bernadette Clinton (Languages Consultant)
- Paul Thomas, Raquel Tola Rego (Parkwood Primary School)
- Ruth Magee (Tyne to Tees Language Hub)
- Tracy Williams (Trent and Tame Language Hub)
- Josie Lyon (Thames West Language Hub)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)
AI and Technology: Developing Languages for the Future
11th June 2025
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Join Joe Dale, Independent Language Consultant and Bernardette Holmes MBE, NCLE Director together with Specialist Teachers from the NCLE Language Network who will be sharing innovative ideas on how AI and technology can be used to empower language teachers and inspire language learners. Find out how to use AI to create songs and develop listening skills, how to enrich GCSE speaking practice through chatbots, and how to strengthen curriculum and lesson planning. We will be sharing practical ideas, answering your questions, and offering reassurance about the role of AI and technology in shaping the future for languages. Discover the art of the possible!
Webinar speakers:
- Joe Dale (AI Languages Consultant and NCLE AI Lead)
- Michelle Massey, Catherine Woodward (Kinder Language Hub)
- Emily Lewis (Thames West Language hub)
- Chris Parry (Trent and Tame Language Hub)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)
2025 Language Trends
9th July 2025
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Explore the results of the Language Trends England survey for 2025, funded by the British Council. Join chair Vicky Gough (British Council) and report author Dr Ian Collen (Queen’s University Belfast) as they present the highlights of this year’s survey results. Reflect with a panel of experts including Bernardette Holmes (NCLE Director) and consider what this means for the future of languages education. Learn how the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) is striving to tackle the challenges we face.
Webinar speakers:
- Vicky Gough (British Council)
- Dr Ian Collen (Queen’s University Belfast)
- Suzanne O’Farrell (ASCL)
- René Koglbauer (ALL)
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(webinars can be found in La Médiathèque)