The NSW Federation of Community Language Schools was established in Sydney in 1978 as a not for profit organization. The aim of the Federation is to unite all community language schools and work together to sustain community languages and contribute to the multicultural assets of New South Wales. The organisation aims to assist all the community language schools to obtain benefits from the various programs offered by the NSW Government and strive to promote language education.

After more than 40 years of growing, the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools now represent 250 member schools in 460 locations (the number increases every year) with approximately 30,000 students who can choose to learn one or more from the 57 different languages available.