The charts show the proportion of British students who were able to speak languages other than English in 2000 and 2010.
Overall, what stands out from the charts is that the largest number of students who could speak different languages were included in Spanish only. It is also noticeable that there were increased students who were able to speak languages that are not French, German, and Spanish.
Focusing on the biggest portion of languages, students who knew Spanish remained as a majority. And, it increased from 30% to 35% over 10 years. It constitutes over one-third of all students. Additionally, no other language, the second-highest proportion form the chart in 2000, became the lowest part in 2010 at 10%, the same figure as French only and two other languages.
Looking at another language and two other languages, they rose 5 percentage points from 15% and 10% to 20% and 15%, respectively. As these parts get larger, students who were able to speak any other language decreased from 20% to 10%.