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Assessments: Sign Language

Commons · Question 89839 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with me and my constituents to discuss the introduction of examinations in British Sign Language for deaf children.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 19 Nov 2025

Under Ofqual’s regulatory conditions, all students taking GCSE, AS and A level qualifications must be assessed in English, except where another language is permitted, such as in modern foreign language qualifications. Students may be assessed in British S...