UK Campaign · 2026

Give Romanian
children a GCSE
in their own language.

155,000 Romanian pupils in the UK cannot take a GCSE in their own language. Every other major diaspora community can. Help us change that.

155,000
Romanian pupils in UK schools
1M+
Romanian community in the UK
#2
Most spoken foreign language in UK
0
Exam boards offering Romanian GCSE

The problem

Romanian is
the forgotten outlier.

155K

Romanian pupils in UK schools

Cannot take a GCSE in their own language, despite it being their native skill.

5

GCSEs needed to progress

Without five passes at age 16, pupils cannot continue to A-Levels or further education.

#2

Most spoken foreign language

Romanian is second only to Polish in the UK, most spoken after English in London.

Available GCSEs

Every other major language has one.

Polish
Portuguese
Bengali
Greek
Hebrew
Dutch
Romanian

Take action

Three ways
to make a difference.

Why it matters

The benefits
are clear.

🎓

Pupils

  • Official British qualification in Romanian
  • Better academic progression and results
  • Broader career prospects
  • A springboard to other European languages
👨‍👩‍👧

Families

  • Maintain home language and cultural ties
  • An additional formal qualification
  • Stronger critical thinking from bilingualism
🏫

Schools

  • Meet real language needs of pupils
  • Engage the UK's largest diaspora
  • Expand language provision at no extra cost
🌍

Community

  • Official recognition of Romanian in the UK
  • Celebrated across the diaspora
  • A sign Britain values all its communities

How we win

Three things
that matter most.

To persuade an exam board to add Romanian, we must prove community demand. These actions have the most impact.

01

Sign the petition

Hosted on MP Gareth Thomas's official website and presented directly to exam boards.

Sign now →
02

Enrol your children

We must prove enough pupils would sit the exam. Enrol your school-age children today.

Enrol now →
03

Write to your MP

MPs influence education policy directly. Send a personalised letter in under two minutes.

Write now →

Media coverage

In the press.