Starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a British Sign Language (BSL) class will be available to GCSE students (aged 15-16). The two-year BSL curriculum will include at least 750 ...

Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs used by deaf people who cannot, or only partially, hear sound. It is seen as being a natural language with its own grammar ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis. who was the first deaf contestant on Strictly, wants free BSL lessons made available Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wants sign language lessons to be made freely available to people who ...

Daniel Jillings said a GCSE in BSL would help both deaf and hearing students A deaf teenager who has been campaigning for a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) said it would be "a step towards ...

The Department for Education is aiming for the new qualification to be taught in schools from September 2025. Pupils who studied the new GCSE would learn how to use BSL in work, social and academic ...