Use this spreadsheet to work out grade boundaries for the AQA GCSE in any of the modern foreign languages. Select the data page and enter the grade boundaries of your choice (possibly from last year’s examination series), then use the spreadsheet to work out how your students are progressing. No one can know the boundaries for sure as they will vary from year to year depending on the ability profile of the national cohort and the perceived level of difficulty of the exam papers, but at least this will give an idea as to how individuals are doing in each of the skills. I’m not an expert at creating spreadsheets, so a big thank you goes to our school data manager for putting my ideas into a usable format.

Two adaptable banks of comments to save language teachers time in writing reports. 1) Spread sheet with ideas sorted into different categories for KS3-4 language learners. 2) Lists of possible curricular targets for KS3-4 pupils learning a language.