In June 2019, Education Secretary, Damian Hinds MP, visited the Arsenal Double Club project at Emirates Stadium.

Hinds joined pupils from Sheffield Park Academy for a language-themed tour of the stadium. He was full of praise for the scheme, saying he’d been “really inspired” by what he’d seen, and that he was “on a mission to get more children learning languages.”

In a statement on the Department for Education website, Hinds added: “This is a fantastic initiative that really brings to life how fun and useful learning a language can be by harnessing the diversity and popularity of football. We’re making good progress in encouraging more pupils to take languages, with the proportion taking a language at GCSE rising from 40% to 46% since 2010, but there is still more to do to persuade more young people to choose languages.”