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Romanian Language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with exam boards on introducing a GCSE in Romanian.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 Jan 2026
Target answer date
27 Jan 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with exam boards on introducing a GCSE in Romanian.

  2. 27 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Decisions about which languages to offer at GCSE in England are taken by four independent awarding organisations – AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel and WJEC – rather than by central government. These organisations have the freedom to create a Somali and/or Roman...

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