Groupement FLE saw a 20% increase in membership in 2021, it revealed at its annual school owner and director training event in January.

The French government has created rules that mean language schools will be classified as a protected sector and will receive fiscal relief and furloughs.

After a stagnant 2013, members of one of France's leading French as a foreign language teaching associations, Groupement FLE, are prepared to approach 2014 head-on with cross sectoral alliances and plans to expand their marketing strategies to emerging markets.

Julian Hall, writing for The PIE Review, assesses the political push to ensure France remains a top-five international educator and finds out how the language teaching sector fits in with these aims. “Our country has lost ground in the last 10 years," says France's Higher Education Minister.

We are a very active organisation, not just a shop-front. We always aim to transform our ideas into actions – we are obviously rivals, but above all we are colleagues.