Welcome to our community
The Languages Network is led by Chafika Bensadok, who has extensive experience as a language teacher, former Borough Lead Teacher, and current Languages Community Lead. She is passionate about supporting language educators. Joining a languages community offers valuable opportunities to share best practice, access professional development, collaborate with colleagues, and gain inspiration that strengthens teaching, drives curriculum improvement, and accelerates pupil progress and achievement.
Who is this suitable for?
Languages leaders and coordinators (Primary & Secondary)
How does it work?
This group aims to support three aspects of subject-specific teaching:
Ensuring that subject leaders understand how to support their teachers with the subject-specific leadership
Ensuring that subject leaders know how to plan and sequence a rich and engaging curriculum
Developing teachers’ subject knowledge and subject-specific pedagogy
What does it involve?
Members of this group will be able to attend three subject leader network meetings, one per term, where content is shaped by requests, professional dialogue and identified priorities.
Members of this community can access a range of materials to support this group, including access to training videos, articles and other resources.
To sign up for this community and receive updates, please visit:
https://forms.gle/bxeriAtZupDryCZp7
Please note: that this link does not sign you up to meetings - to do that, you will need to visit the link in the network section below.
Sessions are free for Newham Learning member schools.
To book, please visit: https://forms.gle/oVTiPiNbfcytWsci8
The meeting dates for 2026-27 are:
Autumn Term – Tue 20 Oct 2026
13:15 – 15:15 for subject leads – Essex Primary
Spring Term – Tue 23 Mar 2027
13:15 – 15:15 for subject leads – Essex Primary
Summer Term – Tue 29 Jun 2027
13:15 – 15:15 for subject leads – Essex Primary
Network meetings
Reading & Research
Videos & Podcasts
Engaging with the wider community
Support with implementation
Case Studies
Language Trends 2023 (British Council, 2023)
Curriculum Research Review - Languages (Ofsted, 2021)
White Paper Primary Languages Policy in England (RIPL, 2019)
The National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Languages (DfE, 2013)
(coming soon)
Guidance Documents
Videos
A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)
Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)
Templates
(coming soon)