Primary languages
to be proud of.
We exist to end the cycle of effort and disappointment that too many primary schools experience with languages — and replace it with something that actually works.
The current reality
Languages is the subject
most primary schools struggle with.
Most schools aren't failing at languages because their teachers don't care. They're failing because nobody's given them a system that works.
Coordinators are stuck managing decline — arranging CPD that doesn't stick, switching schemes that don't work, watching teachers quietly disengage.
And the worst part? It's a mandatory subject. So schools are in a cycle of effort and disappointment, year after year.
We built PLN to end that cycle.
The transformation
From the school that struggles
to the school that's proud.
Languages depends on one person. When they leave, everything restarts from zero.
Teachers feel anxious. Lessons are inconsistent. Pupils get a different experience depending on which class they're in.
Progress is invisible. SLT can't see evidence. Languages is the Ofsted vulnerability nobody wants to talk about.
Pupils arrive at secondary with gaps and anxiety about languages that follow them for life.
Languages has a system. It survives staff changes, Ofsted, and the inevitable disruption of school life.
Teachers feel capable. Lessons are consistent and engaging. Every child gets the same quality experience.
Progress is visible and proud. Coordinators walk into SLT with a compelling story. Languages is a strength, not a gap.
Pupils arrive at secondary with genuine curiosity, real vocabulary, and an identity as language learners.
Who we are here for
Every person languages depends on.
Coordinator
Languages is no longer the subject that keeps you up at night.
Clear leadership, working systems, a curriculum you can talk through confidently with anyone.
Teacher
Languages is manageable. Even enjoyable.
Confident lessons without constant support. Pupils engaged. Real progress visible term to term.
Headteacher
Languages is no longer your Ofsted vulnerability.
Clear progression, consistent delivery, visible evidence. A strength you can talk about with pride.
Pupils
Languages is something you're proud of.
Secure foundations, genuine curiosity, and an identity as a language learner that follows them to secondary and beyond.
How we get there
The Languages Momentum Method.
Five pillars. Built in sequence.
Stabilise the Foundations
Clear coordinator leadership. Systems that survive when people leave.
Build Confident Teaching
Every teacher delivering with capability — not anxiety.
Assess & Share Responsibility
Progress visible to everyone. Not locked in one person's head.
Show Strategic Progress
A compelling story for SLT. Evidence that reflects the work.
Create a Languages Culture
The subject the school is proud of. Maintained every year.
Proving it, one school at a time.
Schools using PLN
Years building this
Languages: FR / ES / DE
Schools — our vision
How it all began
From 12 schools and a passion for primary languages.
Janet Lloyd founded PLN after 30 years in state education — with a conviction that the problem was never the teachers. It was the system.
Janet Lloyd founds PLN. Starting with just a handful of schools and a clear conviction: the problem was never the teachers. It was the system.
250 schools in the network. Growth driven entirely by word of mouth — coordinators telling coordinators that this actually works.
Video2Teach is born. Covid forced schools online and exposed the gap for non-specialists. We built Video2Teach specifically for teachers who had to deliver languages but lacked the confidence to do it.
1,000 schools. A milestone built on real results — schools staying, growing, and telling others. Not marketing. Proof.
Languages Boosters launches. A structured programme giving children the tools to make genuine progress — and coordinators the evidence to show it.
Pupil workbooks arrive. Physical resources that make progress visible — to children, teachers, parents and SLT alike.
The team
The people making it happen.
Janet Lloyd
Founder
Will Lloyd
Director
Emilie Woodfroffe
Teacher Services Director
Irene Hernandez
Multi-Media Lead
Catherine Simms
Network Coordinator
Kate Percival
Languages Consultant
Sylvia Brown
Operations Manager
Joanne Eccleshare
ITT Trainer
Tess Collings
Digital Media Lead
Peter Lloyd
Business Director
Ready to start?
Every primary school deserves
languages to be proud of.
Whether you're a coordinator looking for clarity, a headteacher trying to fix a broken subject, or a teacher who just wants to feel capable — we're here.