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Hinchingbrooke School is happy to be linked to schools in: France - Niort, Athis-Mons, St Germain-en-Laye, Montauban Spain - Barcelona Germany - Herrenberg Guadeloupe, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Japan, Dominican Republic, USA, Québec, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Turkey, Netherlands and Israel. If you would like to work with us, please send us an email

In Year 7 and Year 8, all students study either French, German or Spanish - classes are set in Year 7 at the end of the first term.

In Year 9, students may choose to study Spanish as a second foreign langauges within a selection of ''option' subjects; A Beginner course in Japanese is also available. End of Key Stage 3 National Curriculum Levels for Modern Foreign Languages for the students' first foreign language are reported in Year 9, at the end of Key Stage 3.

In Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11), all students are encouraged to continue with one or two foreign languages, but the study of a modern foreign language is no longer compulsory. Those who continue are prepared for GCSE examinations in their chosen language(s): French, German or Spanish.

In Years 12 and 13, students may choose to study French, German or Spanish at AS / A2 level.

In the course of the year, there is a Lower School French exchange to St Germain-en-Laye (Paris), both a Lower and Middle School German exchange to Herrenberg and a residential trip to Malaga, Spain. In addition, in the Sixth Form, trips to France, Germany and Spain are encouraged.

Modern Languages Staff:

JZD	NU	KMG	RA	SLA
AZH	GM	SAT	SBC	CK

Language students at Hinchingbrooke also work with the Foreign Language Assistants (FLA)

Laurence Bassanelli (French)	Caroline Hinz (German)