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Classroom Assistants and Teachers: English Language

Commons · Question 82831 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants (i) whose first language is not English and (ii) who have not undertaken a recognised English proficiency test.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 23 Oct 2025

The requested information on the first language of teachers and classroom assistants is not collected centrally.Information on the qualifications held by teachers is available in the 'School workforce in England' accredited official statistics publication...