Specialist teaching & PPA Cover for Primary Schools.
In school, high-quality language teaching delivered by PLN teacher’s, that drives progress and in-class engagement.
Fully vetted specialist teachers
Visible pupil progress across the school
National Curriculum aligned
This is not supply cover.
This is not generic language teaching.
We provide highly skilled language specialists who work alongside your school to deliver consistent, high-quality learning, lesson after lesson.
They deliver the Primary Languages Network system using PLN’s award-winning schemes of work, games app & workbooks.
Curriculum ownership, not outsourcing.
At the heart of our approach is the belief that schools should own their language curriculum.
We work alongside you to make languages visible, valued, and celebrated across your school — so you can proudly say, “We are a French, Spanish, or German-speaking school.”
That’s why schools, choose us when quality matters.
Testimonials
This service is ideal for schools that:
Value subject expertise and professional delivery
Want guaranteed quality without internal recruitment
Expect clear progress, not just engagement
Are serious about language learning outcomes
Want to inspire their students with a love of languages
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PLN Teacher checklist
At the start of the year:
• Request a meeting with MFL Coordinator to discuss SOW, planning, assessment, and additional learning opportunities e.g whole school celebrations and KS1 teaching.
• Meet with MFL Coordinator
• Obtain class information for all timetabled class using the PLN Class information sheet.
• Revisit, refresh, and informally assess prior learning using PLN tools to identify stage of the language learner.
Planning
Weekly:
Review the C2T lessons (weekly) and identify learning points and opportunity to extend, celebrate and further investigate.
Half termly:
Provide the CT with planning document (MTP)
Occasionally:
Actively identify and be willing to prepare creative lessons to celebrate specific events throughout the school year using the Seasonal Specials and Cross Curricular lesson on the PLN digital platform.
Teaching
• Deliver the C2T lesson (with the identified learning points and opportunities to extend, celebrate and further investigate including making purposeful links to the primary curriculum – as planned for at the beginning of a unit/term)
• Use audio files to support you and the children to hear native like pronunciation.
• Teach all 4 skills where appropriate + language detective skills over the course of the unit.
• Have a good understanding of progression in content, phonics and grammar in line with the PLN principles of quality primary teaching and learning in MFL.
• Communicate with the CT reasons to review or celebrate class learning using the PLN lesson feedback chart.
• Marking of key pieces of work by the PLN teacher (using PLN Marking scheme) as well as evidence of self/peer marking.
• Identify opportunities where the Planet Language App can provide consolidation of learning, individual child learning opportunities, and home learning.
• Manage the class in line with the individual behaviour policy.
Assessing
• Clear understanding of the skills (CORE SKILLS DOC) for each stage.
• Plan for opportunities to track and assess in line with the school expectations.
Engaging with PLN Team
• To contribute to the PLN WhatsApp group (“PLN staffroom”), discuss, share ideas and examples of work, offer solutions, challenges and successes.
• Attend half termly staff meetings (proportionate to number of hours taught – see contract)
• Make use of the native speaker teacher knowledge within the team to keep up to date with TL culture
At the end of the year:
• Prepare for the end of the year using the PLN tools.
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“Here at Barrow Hall, we really enjoy working with PLN and the process is very much a collaborative one.
Lisa Ormes, our PLN teacher, took on board the school pedagogy with great enthusiasm in September and we have found this to improve the retention of knowledge in Spanish.
By having our class teachers work as a team with Lisa, they have been upskilled and the children’s engagement has continued to flourish. During the observe part of our lesson, Lisa and our class teachers model speaking and listening skills which will be taught in that lesson, and we have found this to be an excellent collaboration.
As well as upskilling teachers, the presence of teachers in lessons ensures that there are overlearning opportunities for key vocabulary in other aspects of the day and week.
We are very passionate about Spanish speaking out of lessons too therefore Spanish is embedded in day-to-day practice, such as answering the register, ordering toast and asking for the toilet or to fill their water bottle up.
We very much look forward to continuing our work with Lisa and PLN as our children love learning Spanish!”
Faye Worrall, MFL Subject Lead, Barrow Hall Primary School.
Transparent pricing. No hidden costs. No compromise on quality.
If you’d like more information about the PLN Teacher Service or its costing, please contact Emilie Woodroffe for a free consultation.
Schools receive a SLA and commit to working with a PLN Teacher for a minimum of 12 months. Schools must be Premium members of PLN to access the Teacher Service.
Would you like to join our team of teachers?
All PLN teachers receive regular, high-quality training to ensure their teaching is fully aligned with the DfE Key Stage 2 Languages Programme of Study and supports clear progression for pupils.
Our teachers hold a current, enhanced DBS, have up-to-date Hays Education safeguarding certification, and are supported by our Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance.
Most importantly, our teachers are part of a supportive, collaborative team with access to high-quality resources and ongoing professional development.