The long-anticipated British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE will not be ready by the September 2025 deadline, Sky News understands.
It is understood the course could take several more years to finalise.
The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), which has been campaigning for the GCSE for over a decade, says "there’s no reason" why the qualification should not be available now.
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