Romanian Language: GCSE
Commons · Question 749 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 22 May 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of introducing Romanian as an approved subject within the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE); and whether it has plans to support
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 22 May 2026
Decisions about which languages to offer at GCSE in England are taken by four independent awarding organisations, AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC, rather than by central government. These organisations have the freedom to create a Romanian GCSE based o...