I would say that it is heartening only up to a point, Margaret. Without wishing to take away anything from our colleague's achievement, which is outstanding, the article shows once again that with financial resources, support from management and a highly controlled intake, private schools can accomplish great things, even in our subject, for the tiny minority whose parents can pay the fees. I applaud Sara Davidson, but if I passed her story on to school teachers in the Wales German Network, as I was initially planning to do before I checked it, they would stop taking me seriously.
all best and bon courage
Julian


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Dear colleagues,

This article in The Guardian is a heartening read:

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/aug/27/modern-foreign-languages-increase-pupils

Margaret