Written question WQ93117
- Asked by
- Laura Anne JonesConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Welsh Language
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
What percentage of children taking GCSE Welsh left secondary education fluently speaking Welsh, at the end of the 2022-23 school year?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
The data in the table below shows the percentage of pupils in year 11 entering a GCSE in Welsh language or literature or Welsh second language in summer 2023 who self-reported as fluent in Welsh in the January 2023 school census.
GCSE subject 2023
Percentage of pupils self- reporting as fluent in Welsh.
Welsh first language and / or literature
90.4
Welsh second language
2.3
Welsh first language or literature or Welsh second language
22.0