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Languages: Education

Commons · Question 65645 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more students to study languages in schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 15 Jul 2025

The 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 ...