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Written question asked by Baroness Coussins (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hill of Oareford (Conservative) on Monday, 7 February 2011.


Education: Languages

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of maintained secondary schools set a benchmark of between 50 per cent and 90 per cent for take-up of a modern foreign language at GCSE.
Answer

This benchmark was set by the previous Government. Data on this are no longer collected. However, the Language Trends Survey 2009 published by CILT, the National Centre for Languages, in January 2010 showed that 17 per cent of maintained schools in a representative sample where languages were optional at KS4 had set a benchmark for the take-up of languages.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6312; 725 c8WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Languages Secondary education GCSE
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk