Modern Languages News

Official recognition

William Hulme's Grammar School received the prestigious DfES International School Award at a high profile awards ceremony in London. The award was presented by the broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby.

William Hulme's has been given the award for its fantastic range of international activity and links with  El Salvador, Switzerland, Germany and France.

The school has worked with many partnerships to produce excellent results across a range of projects including, Biology, Chemistry German, Spanish and French.

Ishaq Mahmood, a pupil at the school said said:

I've learned a lot about people my age in other countries and the projects we did together really showed me how it's possible to be creative with a school on the other side of the world."

The International School Award scheme is managed by the British Council and supported and funded by the DfES. It provides recognition for teachers and their schools working to instill an international dimension into the learning experience of all children and young people. Nearly 1000 International School Awards have been presented to successful schools since the scheme began in 1999.

The DfES ISA encourages and supports schools to develop the following:

An international ethos embedded throughout the school
A majority of pupils within the school involved in international work
Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
Year round international activity
Involvement of the wider community
Provides ideas for developing collaborative curriculum-based international work with partner schools