Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 65645
Languages: Education
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more students to study languages in schools.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe study of languages is compulsory under the national curriculum at key stages 2 and 3 for all maintained schools, and will become compulsory in academies, subject to the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.The most important factor in ...
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