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Schools: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to increase sign language fluency in English state schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to increase sign language fluency in English state schools.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 May 2026

    Answer published

    The department supports British Sign Language (BSL) as an important part of our inclusive education strategy. While BSL is not currently part of the national curriculum, schools are free to teach it if they wish, and many already do to meet the needs and ...

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