Sign Language: GCSE
Commons · Question 100928 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Alberto Costa
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
Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Jan 2026
The 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...