The number of teenagers taking a GCSE language is so low that it is threatening the Government’s flagship English baccalaureate qualification, an education expert has warned.
The “Ebacc” recognises pupils who take a particular range of academic GCSE subjects including a language.
But provisional figures show the number of pupils taking language GCSE this year have either dropped or are not improving fast enough, knocking tens of thousands of students out of the running for the EBacc.
