The decline of language education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009–10 to 18% in 2024–25. German has halved in the same period from 10% ...

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

The 2021 census revealed the five most commonly spoken foreign languages in England and Wales, and Spanish didn't make the list. Over 91% of usual residents aged three years and over (52.6 million out ...

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