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% ...
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 ...