UK: School fails to get a language GCSE

[Francis Hult]

Manchester Evening News

 

School fails to get a language GCSE

 

A SCHOOL in Greater Manchester failed to score a single GCSE in modern languages last year.

The 546-pupil George Tomlinson school in Bolton was one of a handful of schools nationwide where no pupils sat exams in French, German or Spanish.

It follows a decision by the government in 2004 to take foreign languages off the list of compulsory GCSE subjects.

Head teacher Rachel Glazebrook blamed a historic staffing crisis which meant the school had not felt able to offer pupils the `best preparation' for French and German exams.

 

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