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Debate between Justine Greening and David Mackintosh
Monday 10th October 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mackintosh Portrait David Mackintosh (Northampton South) (Con)
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7. What steps the Government are taking to increase the uptake of languages.

Justine Greening Portrait The Secretary of State for Education (Justine Greening)
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The inclusion of a language in the EBacc increased the numbers of students studying at least one language at GCSE between 2010 and 2015, and the Government’s ambition is that more pupils in mainstream secondary schools enter the EBacc subjects at GCSE.