Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100928
Sign Language: GCSE
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026
Question
Alberto Costa
Conservative — South Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage exam boards to offer the British Sign Language GCSE.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe government, working with the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), has developed the content and assessment arrangements for a new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE. Now that Ofqual’s final qualification rules have been publish...
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