Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 107840

Languages: GCSE

Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase uptake of foreign language GCSEs.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government is committed to supporting modern foreign languages across schools, and across the languages pipeline. In our response to the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, we made a commitment to work with the sector to understand successfu...

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