Those with children at state primary - languages question

[Daisykath]

Could I be nosy and ask what the set up is at your child’s school with foreign language teaching? What age do they start, which language/s and how much time a week? Also, who teaches it - class teacher or a specialist? Thank you!
(I’m a languages teacher and wondering how much work there is in primary schools - sadly I think not much!)

DS had nothing. But the school was struggling to get the kids through basic maths and English, so I understand it being down the list somewhat. DD moved to a “leafier” primary and it was 20 mins on a Friday afternoon. Fun to have a change in subject and she felt very grown up. But after 2 years there was not much more than hello my name is and a bit of counting. It’s a headline rather than a thought through project. I am v pro-languages, but feel the focus on primary should be enough skills to access the secondary curriculum and enriching experiences. Half-arsed primary languages are a waste of time.

Mine have fone sporadic French lessons since Y 3, I think it builds up to half hour a week for one term in y5-6 taught by specialist teacher from local language specialist secondary but y3-4 maybe by the class teacher but not very frequent or consistent as far as I'm aware. Shame.