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About Adur Language Hub

We are excited to celebrate that Hove Park School has been selected as one of just fifteen Phase 1 lead schools for the NCLE Language Hubs initiative. We will be helping to support high-quality language education in England by working with identified partner schools and affiliated organisations.


If you work in a local school and are interested in how we can support you to develop Languages please contact Mr James Sandford (Assistant Headteacher) or our Administrator Mrs Lizzy Witcomb

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“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”

Czech Proverb

What exactly is the National Consortium for Languages Education?

Recognising the value of good language education both to students and to the country, the NCLE is creating a national network of up to 25 lead hub schools across England. Each lead hub school will deliver training to up to seven partner schools to improve standards of language teaching and learning across the country.


The key aims for the NCLE are to:


1. encourage high quality language teaching in schools

2. increase languages uptake at GCSE

3. support levelling up opportunities for disadvantaged students

4. reverse the decline in study of German

5. address the performance of boys

6. better recognise and support the rich diversity of home, heritage and community languages in school


The NCLE is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and delivered by IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (UCL IOE) in partnership with the British Council and the Goethe-Institut.

You can find out more on the NCLE website


How does it work?

The first group of hub schools has been selected and Hove Park School is one of them. Having been recognised by the NCLE for the quality of our language teaching, we will be training a small number of partner schools to share best practice, discuss ideas and support quality language learning activities. 

Why is the government encouraging language education in schools?

Languages are crucial for work and life in our globally competitive economy. We believe that languages and intercultural awareness can help to foster universal understanding and contribute to building a peaceful and harmonious world future.


The Department for Education recognises that, as a country, we need more and better language skills and that these add value and widen opportunities for individuals, communities and society.

What are the benefits for students of the NCLE programme?

The ability to speak other languages is an incredibly useful asset for students, both professionally and personally. Research shows that there are clear educational, personal, cultural, social and career benefits in being able to communicate confidently in another language.


There is a particular emphasis in the NCLE on delivery high quality language learning to students from disadvantaged areas to support improvements in social mobility.


What is the Goethe-Institut Gimagine project?

The government is especially keen to promote the learning of German, because the numbers studying this important language have fallen in recent years. That's why the Gothe-Institut is a key partner.


Their GIMAGINE project promotes and supports the learning of German as a foreign language in the UK. The project centres around students, teachers and schools. Apart from offering initiatives for professional advancement to German teachers, the project can fund learning German through scholarships and provides schools with classroom materials and teaching resources.


You can find out more on the Gimagine website.

Latest News

Cultural Carousel

By Lizzy Witcombe • December 18, 2024
Celebrating global languages and cultures

Language Assistants have landed!

By Lizzy Witcombe • December 18, 2024
Hub Partner Schools to have the benefit of Language Assistants

Belgium Exchange Trip

By Lizzy Witcombe • December 18, 2024
Hove Park School students take part in traditional Exchange trip to Belgium

KS4 German Trip to London

December 18, 2024
Combined Hub Schools' visit to the Goethe Institut

Adur and Solent Language Hubs - New Exam Teach Meet

By Joey Barber • July 18, 2024
On Friday 12th July, Adur Language Hub (in collaboration with our neighbour in the South East, Solent Language Hub) hosted a Teach Meet wherein trainers from AQA and Pearson Edexcel lead interactive sessions on the new exam specification. The sessions involved live-marking workshops, discussions about the new elements of the specification, and how best to grade students. We look forward to further collaboration with Solent Language Hub, as well as with AQA and Pearson Edexcel. We will be hosting more Teach Meets in the Autumn term.

Arabic Tent Day

By Joey Barber • July 16, 2024
This year is the first year that Year 7 have had the opportunity to learn Arabic; the six-week course was concluded with an Arabic tent activity. The Year 7 students got to experience a beautiful Arabic-designed tent, and they also learnt colours in Arabic and tried mint tea and Arabic biscuits . The tent was so popular that some Year 8 students popped in for some mint tea at lunch time. Lubna Nassr, our Arabic teacher, has successfully completed our first Arabic taster that we will be repeating next year.

Our Year 9 Trip to China - Part 4

By Joey Barber • July 11, 2024
Here is another update from our students in China! Monday 8 July Today we had a really early start at 7:30 as we were going to Guangzhou zoo. We met many animals including: pandas, giraffes and tigers. After that we travelled back to the university to have a delicious lunch. We then went to the library to have a talk from 2 UK professionals; it’s was so interesting to how their life progressed through learning Chinese and how they got to where they are today. We then had 2 Chinese lessons on history and cultural heritage. Then it was dinner at the canteen. After, we made Chinese water painting which turned out really nice. Finally it was off to bed . Written by Joe Tuesday 9th July Today on July 9th we woke up and got ready for the excitement that awaits us for the day. Firstly we had lessons about hobbies untill 12:10, when we headed downstairs to have a delicious lunch. Then, we went to our next cultural experience which was bamboo weaving where we made intricate models and arts. After, we had rehearsals for the closing presentation where we could either sing "Sweet Caroline" or "Try Everything". After, we had dinner in the university cafeteria before setting off on public transport to reach our final destination, which was a shopping mall with a variety of shops to explore and purchase from. This article was written by Jack.

Our Year 9 Trip to China - Part 3

By Joey Barber • July 9, 2024
Update number 3 from our Year 9 students in China! Saturday 6th of July “Most” of us woke up bright and early for breakfast in the canteen with some still tired ready for our 4 morning Chinese lessons. Then after a fulfilling lunch we headed off to the University helpers' shared presentations where they gave us an insight into Chinese culture surrounding, dining, etiquette, food and festivals. After that, we had dinner at the university canteen before we headed off to a lesson about Chinese felt art, where we attempted to make convincing felt pandas. Sunday 7th of July Despite tiredness amongst many of the students as they watched England’s game against Switzerland, we still headed off to our wonderful Guangzhou one-day city tour. During the tour we got a lovely understanding of Chinese architecture and visited the Nanyue Palace Museum where we learned about ancient artefacts and the history behind them. After this, we enjoyed a lovely table side lunch with scrumptious food; then we had some free time where we could go shopping and try some of the local food and McDonald’s for dinner. (Written by Obiani - Year 9)

Our Year 9 Trip to China - Part 2

By Joey Barber • July 9, 2024
Here is another update from our Year 9 students in China. Thursday 3rd day: We woke up and had breakfast in the hotel canteen. We then headed to the university to start our lessons, where we were taught how to say different foods in Chinese. After that we had delicious Dim sum and then got on the coach and headed to the Taikoo Wai Plaza, which was filled with luxurious shops and cafes. Our task was to ask questions to the workers about the products sold in the shops. After an hour of shopping and browsing we went back to have dinner. Everyone discussed what they had bought and had lots of fun; it seems no one is ready to back home yet! We then went to the classroom for our evening lesson, where we were taught the art of Chinese calligraphy. Friday 4th day: We had breakfast in the hotel canteen as usual, and then went to our morning lessons in Chinese. We had lunch in the university canteen. After that we got on the coach to Guangzhou Experimental Foreign Language School ( which had breathtaking grounds and views of the beautiful city ) where we had a tour of the huge campus. We were then taken to the classrooms where we played games, socialised with the students and tried traditional Chinese paper cutting. We took pictures and said goodbye before getting on the coach back to the university for dinner. After that we were taught how to perform Chinese martial arts. We then headed to the local shop and then back to the hotel to go to bed. (Written by Abbey and Kara - Year 9 students)
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