Modern Foreign Language query

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Does a school have to offer a child the option of studying a mfl that is not their norm, if the child has studied the language at another school?

Assuming this is state education, no. The childs parents should choose a school that best fits their child and apply, hoping the school has room to accommodate the move. The curriculum offer at that school is what it is.

You even get children in the school that cannot follow course they would like because subjects don't all fit into option blocks. You certainly cannot expect schools to suddenly create a new subject for a new child.

I have known schools accommodate for exams for children who have learned a language out of school, this is often used for native speakers at exam time, but the school only deal with the exam entry, the parent has to sort everything else including making sure the syllabus fits with home study. I don't think schools have to do this, but many do.

I doubt it. There are only so many hours in a school day and so many things they can timetable into those hours.

I learned German at school in Scotland, and when I moved to England in my GCSE year, the school (brilliantly) got a teacher from the local sixth form college to support me. I only had input once per week, and the other sessions were private study, but this was enough for me.

I appreciate that the school did not need to do this, but it really helped me - I went on to study German to degree level! Might be worth an ask?

Thanks, it was something I read in the science thread, didn't want to hijack.

Oh, yes, asking is sensible. The question OP raised, do they have to, is I'm sure, No.