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Introduction
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CILT-SLC case study |
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Torquay Boys’ Grammar School |
Engaging Others |
Leading networks in the South West
Background
Torquay Boys’ Grammar School (TBGS) is a selective school with just over 1,000 students from Year 7 to Year 13. We have been a Language College since 1996 and we have just been granted a second specialism in Business. All our students study two languages to GCSE and some good linguists even take three languages to GCSE level. The languages we offer are German, Spanish, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Latin and Arabic.
TBGS has won the Spanish School of 2007 Award run by the Spanish Embassy for its achievements in Spanish since Spanish was introduced into the curriculum seven years ago. In 2007 there are 30 students taking Spanish at A Level which is the highest number we have seen in the school for languages, these students are from the first cohort coming with Spanish from year 7 and it is wonderful to see them now and to think that five years ago they had just started learning Spanish.
TBGS is the Lead School of a Strategic Learning Network for KS3. Further information about the project can be found on the KS3 MFL Dissemination and Development Programme web pages.
Projects
Further information about the two vocationally focussed networks TBGS is running can be found by clicking on the links below.
Business Language Champion (run by Regional Language Network South West)
CILT South West 14-19 Language Network – Making Languages Our Business
Marisol G Foster, Torquay Boys' Grammar School, November 2007
