Question follow-through · 24504
Cornish Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of placing a statutory duty on Cornwall Council to provide Cornish language instruction in maintained primary schools and academies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of placing a statutory duty on Cornwall Council to provide Cornish language instruction in maintained primary schools and academies.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The study of languages is compulsory under the national curriculum at key stages 2 and 3 for all maintained schools, and for academies from 2028, following the passing of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act. Decisions about language provision are mad...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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