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Pupil Statistics

Answer

Information relating to children whose country of origin is outside Northern Ireland is not collected. The figures available relate to the first language of children who were born in a non-English speaking country and for whom English is not their first language.

Pupils with English as an additional language and born in a non-English speaking country at primary and post primary schools in Northern Ireland 2005-06
	Belfast	Western	North Eastern	South Eastern	Southern	NI Total
Primary Schools
Cantonese	32	8	36	51	11	138
Mandarin	¹—	¹—	6	¹—	¹—	12
Vietnamese	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Hindi	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	13
Urdu	¹—	¹—	¹—	9	16	30
Gujarati	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bengali	9	¹—	¹—	14	¹—	26
Punjabi	¹—	¹—	11	¹—	5	25
Others	30	8	25	46	17	126
Total	77	29	85	130	54	375
Post Primary Schools
Cantonese	22	¹—	16	²—	13	66
Mandarin	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	6
Hindi	5	¹—	5	¹—	¹—	10
Urdu	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	8
Bengali	8	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	12
Punjabi	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	5
Others	29	18	15	15	43	120
Total	67	20	46	31	63	227
¹ Relates to less than 5 pupils
² Means figure has not been given under rules of disclosure
Notes:
1. Figures for primary schools include children in nursery, reception and Year 1—Year 7 classes.
2. Pupils whose first language is Irish are not included.
Source:
NI school census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

86563; 449 c1418W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Languages Northern Ireland Pupils Schools

Link

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