Rejected petition Students can do BSL if they dont want to do foreign language for GCSE

Put BSL as a language option instead of a foreign language

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Many students feel they may not need foreign languages in their future or they don't enjoy it, however there are many deaf people in our community and this is why I and many others would like for BSL to be put on the curriculum as an alternative to foreign languages

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The Government announced that BSL GCSE will be introduced from September 2025.

You can read the press release here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-british-sign-language-gcse-heading-for-classrooms

You can find out more about the subject content here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/658065736113b6000d194cb2/British_Sign_Language_GCSE_subject_content.pdf

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Date submitted 5 November 2024
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