Spanish has overtaken French as the most popular foreign language at GCSE, figures suggest. Provisional data for England shows exam entries for French GCSE this summer are down by 1.9%, from 130,650 ...

Spanish overtook German as the second most popular language taught in schools in 2008 and it is now almost as popular as French, with 129,940 GCSE Spanish grades due to be awarded next week ...

Irish remains the third most popular GCSE language for pupils in the north and is continuing to rise in popularity, data ...

Although the study of modern foreign languages is reported to be declining nationally, at Bourne Grammar all students take GCSE Spanish and 33 achieved a grade 9 pass as well as 112 achieved a ...

STUDENTS will be able to get a GCSE in French, German or Spanish without being able to speak the language.Usually the oral part of the exam is 25 per ...

Spanish GCSE sees rise in popularity as entries up more than 11% on 2022 If current trends continue, the subject could overtake French in the near future to become the most popular GCSE language.

Entries for GCSE French and German declined by 11% and 12% in the past year alone, and while GCSE Spanish saw a noticeable increase over the period, numbers have "see-sawed" recently, the report said.

Pupils to learn a language in GCSE shake-up Foreign languages will be made virtually compulsory up to the age of 16 under an overhaul of the education system being announced today.

Spanish has overtaken French as the most popular foreign language at GCSE, figures suggest. Provisional data for England shows exam entries for French GCSE this summer are down by 1.9%, from ...

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Spanish has become the most popular foreign language for GCSE students after overtaking French for the first time. The ...