Guidance to support young people to take a GCSE in their first language

FAO: All secondary staff: SLT, Governors, Exams Officers, EAL Leads, MFL Leads, Teachers , 8 November 2024 09:46

We recommend that you enter young people for first/heritage language GCSEs by the February deadline and, where a young person is fluent and literate in their first language, that they undertake this in Year 10 if possible.

A young person will require an intermediate/Band (Bell Foundation EAL Assessment Framework) level of English to understand the rubric of the questions in English.

You may need to employ an examiner for the oral section of the exam.

Further support here.

GCSEs are available in the following languages:

Afrikaans - IGCSE
Arabic
Bengali
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
Greek (Modern)
Gujarati
Hebrew (Modern)
Hindi: IGCSE
Italian
Japanese
Malay IGSE
Persian/Farsi
Polish
Portuguese
Panjabi
Russian
Spanish
Swahili - IGCSE
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese - IGCSE
Welsh

To request targeted support for CYP with EAL, please ring the Family and Professionals Helpline (FPH) 0333 3137165.

Last modified: 19 November 2024 09:38

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