Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 37205

Sign Language: GCSE

Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Alberto Costa

ConservativeSouth Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects the first BSL GCSE course to begin.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The development of a British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is an important step toward fostering greater recognition of BSL as a language, and the government is committed to developing a qualification that benefits both students and the wider deaf community.Th...

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