Written questions

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...