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 signs and will be inclusive to students without any prior knowledge of the language. By the end of the course, successful students should be able to communicate effectively in BSL. The course will also teach students the history of BSL, the significance of sign languages and how the language itself was formed. Including BSL into the English GCSE curriculum is a huge boost to campaigners trying to gro…