Modern Languages Blog

The BBC reports that Cambridge University has dropped its requirement for applicants to have a language GCSE because too few pupils now take them.

Independent schools still tend to offer languages, despite them being no longer compulsory beyond the age of 14. However, only 17% of state primary schools offer them and less than half of GCSE pupils overall take them. Cambridge is constantly under pressure to increase the share of students it takes from state schools.

Read more on the BBC website.

Categories: Ages and stages, Careers with languages, Take-up of languages