GCSE blow for languages, amid new results high - Times Online

There was concern about a significant slump in the number of teenagers studying foreign languages at GCSE today, as pupils broke another record for the number of top grades overall.
The figures have consistently nosedived since the Government's decision to abolish the requirement for all teenagers to study a foreign language beyond the age of 14 in 2004

Thursday 21st August 2008
The Times