“Our Zir in heaven, hallowed be thy name,” could be how parishioners begin The Lord’s Prayer. That is if a major church follows along with the modern world’s desire to change language and make it more ...

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is considered optional—and not ...

The Church of England is considering referring to God in "non-gendered" terms during services, the Telegraph reported. Breaking with centuries of tradition, bishops have announced they are launching a ...

The church said that God was neither male nor female and has asked a commission to explore how that is reflected in its services. By Amanda Holpuch The Church of England is considering whether to use ...

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at ...

Some 17% of speech and language therapy posts in England are vacant, the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists said. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Daily ...

Language GCSE take-up is significantly lower in the less affluent state schools across England, a report has suggested. Around half of GCSE students in state schools in England study a modern foreign ...

A common lament among those opposed to immigration is that “in many parts of England, you don’t hear English spoken any more”. But it has never been the case that English was the only language spoken ...

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language to GCSE is considered optional – and not necessarily even encouraged – new research shows.