What has been depicted in the pie charts is the percentage of British students who were capable of speaking languages other than English, in separate years, 2000 and 2010. Overall, the number of students who were able to speak additional languages went up in 2010, with Spanish being the most spoken one in both years.
In 2000, nearly one-third of pupils spoke Spanish, and this amount raise to 35 per cent in the end. Additionally, in 2010, the proportion of students speaking two other languages and another language followed an upward pattern, each increasing by 5%, reaching 15% and 20%, respectively.
In both years, the share of students who were able to speak German remained unchanged, which was at 10%. In addition, in 2010, those speaking no other language and French declined, the former halved from its initial value, reaching a minority, and the latter dropped from 15% to 10% by the end of the period.