Our Vision: Primary Languages to be proud of
The Current Reality
Right now, languages is the subject most primary schools struggle with.
It's the first to lose time under pressure. The last to get investment. The one that depends on whoever happens to speak a bit of French.
Coordinators are stuck managing decline - arranging CPD that doesn't stick, switching schemes that don't work, watching teachers disengage and pupils lose interest.
And the worst part? Everyone's being polite about it. But the coordinators can see it: they're managing a mandatory subject that nobody's figured out how to make work.
What We Believe
We believe languages doesn't have to be this way.
We believe every primary school can build languages provision that:
Works without depending on one person to carry everything
Gives teachers confidence instead of anxiety
Creates genuine love of language in pupils, not just compliance
We believe the problem isn't resources. It's structure.
And we believe that when you give schools the right framework - not just materials, but a complete system - languages transforms from their vulnerability into something they're genuinely proud of.
The World We're Building
We're building a world where:
For Coordinators:
Languages is no longer the subject that keeps you up at night. You have clear leadership, effective systems, and a curriculum you can confidently talk through with anyone.
For Teachers:
Languages is manageable and even enjoyable. You deliver confident lessons without needing constant support. Your pupils respond well and you can see real progress over time.
For Pupils:
Languages is something you're proud of, not just something you have to do. You transition to secondary school with secure foundations and genuine curiosity about other cultures.
For Schools:
Languages is the subject that just works - clear progression, consistent delivery, visible learning. It's not your Ofsted vulnerability anymore. It's a strength.
How We're Getting There
Through The Languages Lift System - a proven framework that's helped 1,300+ primary schools build languages provision that actually works.
We're not just providing resources. We're changing how primary schools think about languages - from a resource problem to a structure problem.
And we're proving, one school at a time, that when you have the right system, languages doesn't have to be the subject everyone dreads.
It can be the subject everyone's proud of.
Join Us
Whether you're a languages coordinator drowning in admin, a head teacher trying to fix a broken subject, or a teacher who wants to deliver languages with confidence - we're here to help.
Because every primary school deserves Primary Languages to Be Proud Of.
Meet the Team
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Janet Lloyd
Founder
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William Lloyd
Director
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Emilie Woodfroffe
Teacher Services Director
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Irene Hernandez
Multi-Media Lead
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Catherine Simms
Network Coordinator
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Kate Percival
Primary Languages Consultant
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Sylvia Brown
Customer and Operations Manager
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Joanne Eccleshare
ITT Trainer
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Tess Collings
Digital Media Lead
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Peter Lloyd
Business Director
How it all began!
Primary Languages Network has come a long way since 2011. It was just Janet and a small team of four language teachers, teaching weekly in 12 schools, and supporting 49 network schools. Resources were shared on paper, CDs and a limited website. Our network is now over 1,000 schools strong, using Video2Teach to deliver primary French and Spanish with our virtual native speaker language teachers. The network continues to grow each month. Our PPA teaching team continues to work in 50 plus schools using our Click2Teach scheme, in the North West and now further afield.
In 2011, Janet Lloyd founded Primary Languages Network. 30 years of state education languages’ teaching, training, resource development and her passion became PLN, an educational service. Janet wanted to share more widely the creative and dynamic approaches she had developed first as a teacher, then as an AST, LA Consultant and national trainer.
Primary Languages Network’s mission remains to empower all teachers and schools to be able to establish effective “primary” focused foreign language teaching.
We make the teaching and learning of primary foreign languages effective and accessible for all teachers and ensure that the learning is creative, purposeful and memorable for all learners.
