UK: Few pupils study foreign language

[Francis Hult]

Press Association

 

Few pupils study foreign language

 

Just one in four of the poorest teenagers take a modern foreign language at GCSE, figures revealed.

 

In total, 55,342 pupils (74.1%) on Free School Meals (FSM) - a measure of poverty - were not entered for a language GCSE last year, compared to just over two thirds (69.5%) two years ago.

 

In comparison, take-up among non-FSM pupils - those from richer backgrounds - is higher, with over four in ten (43.2%) taking a language GCSE, the figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families show.

 

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