Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 105620

Languages: GCSE

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 10 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Gareth Thomas

Labour (Co-op)Harrow West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with exam boards on offering GCSEs in Tamil.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Decisions about which languages to offer at GCSE in England are taken by four independent awarding organisations – AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC – rather than by central government. These organisations have the freedom to create a Tamil GCSE based on...

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