A new GCSE qualification in British Sign Language is to be offered to students from 2025, the Department for Education has said. Parents, teachers and the deaf and hearing communities took part in a ...

In British Sign Language, like other languages, signs can vary depending on where you live. Colours, numbers and phrases such as "good morning" are different from area-to-area. Extra time to work out ...

Brian Friel uses an experimental dramatic technique in the play. He creates Gar Private - who can’t be heard by the other characters - to allow us access into Gar’s thoughts and feelings. The only one ...

Plans to offer a British Sign Language GCSE to pupils have moved forward after the subject content was finalised. Parents, teachers and the deaf and hearing communities took part in a 12-week ...

British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE in England from September 2025, the government says. It says the qualification will be open to all pupils, who will learn about 1,000 signs, as ...

The British Council’s Language Trends report found that just 10.7% of state schools in England said all pupils are taking a language for GCSE, compared with 31.3% of independent schools (Ben ...

In a huge moment for the British deaf community and almost two years after it was officially recognised as a language in the UK, British Sign Language is set to be made available as a GCSE. It will be ...

Secondary school pupils could be able to take a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) from 2025 after the subject content was finalised. Parents, teachers, and the deaf and hearing communities took part ...