A new survey to assess the language learning proficiency of students at the end of Key stage 4 is being launched by the European Commission.

England is one of the 14 countries taking part in the European Survey on Language Competencies (ESLC) which enables researchers to collect background information on foreign language teaching. It will be used to compare approaches across participating countries and its findings will be taken into account in formulating national policies.

The Department for Education (DfE) has commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to run ESLC in England.

More information about ESLC and England’s participation in the survey can be found at www.nfer.ac.uk/eslc