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Fancy yourself as a bit of a francophile? If you love French and all things France, you probably know enough of the language to pass a GCSE exam. We’ve put together some questions that you’d be able ...
A 14-year-old girl who achieved a grade 9 in GCSE French after taking the exam two years early is celebrating her result with other older pupils at Portsmouth Grammar School. Marie, from Southsea – ...
Exam boards have been told to grade GCSEs in French, German and computer science more generously this summer. England’s exams regulator, Ofqual, has ruled there should be adjustments to grading ...
Spanish has overtaken French as the most popular foreign language at GCSE, figures suggest. Provisional data for England shows exam entries for French GCSE this summer are down by 1.9%, from 130,650 ...
Speaking tests scrapped for GCSE French under plans for pared-back exams Oral component, which is 25 per cent of the grade, could be axed to help students who have missed school because of coronavirus ...
Pupils will not be tested on how they can speak French, Irish, German or Spanish to gain GCSEs, AS or A-levels in the languages in 2022. Northern Ireland exams board CCEA has dropped the "speaking" ...
The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased, according to data published on Thursday (David Davies/PA) Spanish has overtaken French as the most ...