It is cold comfort, but Latin and Greek are not the only subjects being squeezed by Micky Mouse subjects at GCSE level.

"Numbers taking languages at GCSE have gone into freefall. To take just one exam board: in 2002, the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) had 73,000 candidates for GCSE French. By 2003, that number had declined to 55,000, and this year was down still further, to just 46,000." I quote from   more »