Year 11 students that are bilingual in particular languages, such as French, Chinese, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Modern Greek, Bengali, Japanese, Modern & Biblical Hebrew, Punjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, Arabic or Urdu have an opportunity to gain an extra GCSE.

The exams consist of tasks covering: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

In order to be successful in any of the Community Languages GCSE the students must be competent in English as well.