Modern Languages

Head of Department: Robert Ellison. Email: R-Ellison@epsomcollege.org.uk 

French is a core GCSE subject and pupils opt between Spanish, German and Mandarin Chinese on entry to M4 (Year 9).

The Department follows OCR at GCSE, AS and A2. Examination results over the years have been consistently excellent and pupils have proceeded to highly successful university careers not only as linguists, but also through combined subjects such as Economics, Accountancy, Law, Politics or the Sciences with a foreign language.

The Department is housed in a suite of classrooms designed to facilitate the use of multimedia approaches to language learning and regular use is made of the digital language laboratory.

There are annual study visits to France, Germany and Spain and the College is prepared to offer bursaries to assist pupils with foreign travel. Language societies also offer a range of opportunities to enjoy European cinema, culture and society.