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English Language: Schools

Commons · Question 51199 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England had a majority of pupils without English as a first language in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) 2005.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 May 2025

The department publishes school-level data on the number and percentage of pupils who have English as an additional language in state-funded schools. This information is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on th...