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, there was an increase in the number of students who could speak additional languages in 2010, with Spanish being the most spoken one in both years.
In 2000, nearly one-third of pupils spoke Spanish, and this amount went up 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.
The number of students capable of speaking German remained unchanged, which was at 10% in both years. In addition, in 2010, those who spoke no other language and French decreased, the former halved from its initial value, reached a minority, and the latter dropped from 15% to 10% by the end of the period.