Updated 22 January 2012

Applications are now open for Foreign Language Assistants (FLAs) for 2012-13 academic year

Local Authority schools in England & Wales: please contact your local authority Adviser/Co-ordinator - click here for contact details

Primary schools in England & Wales: please contact your local authority Primary Languages Adviser/Co-ordinator - click here for contact details

Local authorities and other schools and colleges in England, Scotland and Wales apply here

All Schools and Colleges from Northern Ireland apply here

If in any doubt about who to request assistants from please contact the British Council directly.

Find out about the benefits of hosting a Foreign Language Assistant.

Retaining an assistant for a second year

Second year extensions are only allowed for nationals of France in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Third year extensions are not allowed.

Should you/a school in your local authority wish to retain a French Assistant for a second year please email assistants.london@britishcouncil.org (England and Wales) or assistants.belfast@britishcouncil.org (Northern Ireland) with the name of the host school and of the assistant.