Written question asked by Rachel Blake (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 April 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 April 2026. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Thursday, 23 April 2026 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Languages: Education
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of modern foreign languages offered at GCSE level.
- Answer
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Decisions about which languages to offer at GCSE in England are taken by four independent awarding organisations: AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC. These organisations have the freedom to create GCSEs based on subject content set by the department.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 127721
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Education Languages GCSE
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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