Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE level is considered optional rather than a core subject, research suggests. The ...

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE is considered optional – and not necessarily even encouraged – new research shows.

Olga Gomez-Cash is a member of the Pearson/Edexcel MFL GCSE and AS/A level External Stakeholder Advisory Groups and is a member of the OCR MFL Consultative Forum. She has received funding from the ...