Turn your passion for languages into a teaching career.
Spend more time in the classroom getting practical experience.
A choice of training locations across England.
Our trainees say that their placement experiences have been of high quality.*
Excellent support from the start of your training through to applying for your first job and beyond.
Welcome to the National Modern Languages SCITT
Welcome to the National Modern Languages SCITT (NML SCITT), a specialist national provider of modern languages teacher training.
We offer school-based teacher training to help aspiring teachers turn their passion for languages into a rewarding career. Whether you want to teach French, Spanish or German, our programmes combine expert subject-specific training, practical classroom experience and support from experienced mentors to help you become a qualified languages teacher.
As the only national teacher training provider focused solely on modern languages, we offer a unique opportunity to develop your teaching skills while becoming part of a wider language teaching community.
National Modern Languages SCITT is part of the National Specialist SCITTs, home of subject-specific school-centred initial teacher training created and developed by Chorus Education Trust.
*NML SCITT Ofsted ITE Trainee Online Questionnaire 2022 summary report.
How We Can Help
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About us
Find out more about National Modern Languages SCITT.
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Why choose us?
We are the only national teacher training provider solely focused on modern languages. See other reasons why you should us.
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Courses
Did you know that you can choose to train in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian or Spanish?
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Locations
Find out more about our hubs based around England.
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How to apply
Thinking of applying? Find out more about our application process.
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News and events
See our latest news and events
News
Wellbeing tips for trainee teachers
27 April 2026
Season's Greetings
18 December 2025
Become a Japanese teacher with the National Modern Languages SCITT
18 December 2024
Season's greetings
02 December 2024
Congratulations to our class of 2024
20 June 2024
Season's greetings
06 December 2023
Two new hubs launched in North East and South West London
01 December 2023
Applications for 2024 are now open
01 November 2023
ALL Yorkshire Conference 2023
06 October 2023
Applications for our teacher training courses open on 10 October.
02 October 2023
Events
16November
Northeast London & Essex Taster Day
9:45am – 1:00pm
30November
Online Information Session
4:00pm – 5:00pm
01December
Oundle Taster Day
9:30am – 2:45pm
01December
Teacher training in Japanese. Online information event
1:00pm – 1:45pm
01December
Dulwich Hub Online Information Session
4:00pm – 5:00pm
02December
Teacher Training in Japanese. Online information event
6:00pm – 6:45pm
11December
Sheffield & Peak District Taster Day
10:00am – 12:00pm
03February
Dulwich Hub Taster Session
10:30am – 1:30pm
05February
Sheffield & Peak District Taster Day
10:00am – 12:00pm
Latest Social Media
We are currently impacted by the current outage at Microsoft, so we are not receiving emails as expected. We are still open as usual. If you have any urgent messages for us, please call us on 0114 235 7980 and we'll be with you as soon as we can
13 NovThinking about training to become a languages teacher? It's not too late to join us this Friday. There's still time to book your place at our Sheffield and Peak District hub taster day on Friday 13 November. Come along to find out more about training to teach French, German or Spanish: https://www.nationalmodernlanguages.com/calendar/?calid=2&pid=9&viewid=4&event=149 #TeachLanguages #TeacherTraining #TrainToTeach #MFL
10 NovWant to teach Japanese? Find out more about our teacher training programme, delivered in partnership with the Japan Foundation UK. Join one of the online events below and find out everything you need to know about starting a career in teaching Japanese. Book your place: https://ow.ly/3i8O5100YGH #TeachJapanese #TeacherTraining
09 Nov
National Modern Languages SCITT, Silverdale School, Bents Crescent, Sheffield, S11 9QH
enquiries@nationalmodernlanguages.com
0114 235 7980