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EXAMINATION 


German will only be offered to Key Stage 4 (Examination Stage) students in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years

At Kingsbury High School the purpose of studying a foreign language is to provide students an opening to other cultures. Languages are part of the cultural richness of our society and the world in which we live and work. Learning languages contributes to mutual understanding, a sense of global citizenship and personal fulfilment. The ability to understand and communicate in another language is a lifelong skill for education, employment and leisure in this country and throughout the world.

Learning languages gives students opportunities to develop their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and to express themselves with increasing confidence, independence and creativity. They explore the similarities and differences between other languages and English and learn how language can be manipulated and applied in different ways. The development of communication skills, together with understanding of the structure of language, lay the foundations for future study of other languages and support the development of literacy skills in a pupil’s own language.

The British-German Association highlights excellent reasons why you should learn German:

"German is the most useful foreign language in the view of UK employers (CBI, 2019) and the most in-demand additional language in UK job ads (University of Portsmouth, 2022). It is also the second highest paid of all additional languages in the UK (Preply, 2024). Employers look for candidates with knowledge of German to work in management, sales, technology, engineering, marketing, recruitment, finance, insurance and many other fields (CityLit, 2024). Very few graduates go into the “traditional” linguistic careers of interpreting, translating or teaching."

Click on this link to read many more excellent reasons to learn German, listed by The British-German Association: https://britishgermanassociation.org/why-learn-german/

The University of Cambridge also highlights the importance of learning German: https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/why-learn-german

Curriculum

GCSE Revision Guides

This guide provides information about this GCSE course with advice to help you succeed; also included: useful links to the relevant exam board, curriculum map, past papers and revision websites. 

MFL GCSE Revision Guide

Helping Your Child Through the GCSEs - Top Tips

The exam season can be a particularly stressful and challenging time for both students and parents. If your child is grappling with revision schedules, difficult subjects, and the pressure to perform, these 'top tips' will help you to support them.

Top Tips for Parents

Exam Qualifications

Enrichment

  • Trips to the Goethe Institut (the German cultural institute) in London, to local German businesses and the German School in Richmond
  • Y9 & Y10 trips to Cologne
  • British Film Institute Short Films Study days
  • KS4 and KS5 educational conferences, workshops and theatre trips to hone productive and receptive German language skills to promote success in the public examinations
  • Trinity College (Cambridge University) languages workshop for Y11s