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Pupils (Language)

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Maintained primary and secondary schools¹: number and percentage of pupils in year groups 5, 6 and 7 whose first language is known or believed to be other than English²– all London local authorities, Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency and England, January 2006
	Maintained primary¹
	NC Year Group 5	NC Year Group 6	NC Year Group 7
	Number	Percentage³	Number	Percentage³	Number	Percentage³
England4	67,330	12.4	65,360	11.9	1,200	12.9
Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency	121	12.4	108	11.9	0	0.0
London4	30,960	38.8	30,340	38.2	980	52.9
Inner London4	15,040	52.9	14,580	52.1	5–	50.0
Camden	809	56.5	764	55.4	6–	6–
City of London	19	63.3	20	71.4	0	0.0
Hackney	1,207	54.0	1,197	54.9	0	0.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	547	45.4	494	43.2	0	0.0
Haringey	1,484	54.1	1,412	52.9	0	0.0
Islington	760	41.9	741	40.8	0	0.0
Kensington and Chelsea	476	52.2	433	49.3	0	0.0
Lambeth	1,153	47.0	1,127	46.6	6–	6–
Lewisham	816	30.0	832	29.9	0	0.0
Newham	2,799	72.2	2,617	70.9	0	0.0
Southwark	1,128	39.7	1,192	41.1	6–	6–
Tower Hamlets	2,015	74.9	2,020	75.1	0	0.0
Wandsworth	859	40.1	773	36.9	0	0.0
Westminster	966	71.2	953	71.9	0	0.0
Outer London4	15,920	31.0	15,770	30.7	980	52.9
Barking and Dagenham	495	21.3	462	20.4	0	0.0
Barnet	1,320	39.4	1,288	38.0	4	57.1
Bexley	231	8.2	233	8.4	0	0.0
Brent	1,665	56.8	1,747	58.3	0	0.0
Bromley	212	6.2	215	6.3	0	0.0
Croydon	879	22.3	850	21.5	0	0.0
Ealing	1,752	53.8	1,696	53.4	0	0.0
Enfield	1,391	38.2	1,276	36.1	6–	6–
Greenwich	730	27.9	751	28.6	0	0.0
Harrow	1,135	46.7	1,132	46.6	974	53.0
Havering	129	4.7	131	4.6	0	0.0
Hillingdon	813	26.6	831	28.2	0	0.0
Hounslow	1,146	49.1	1,144	48.2	0	0.0
Kingston upon Thames	350	23.6	363	24.4	0	0.0
Merton	537	31.5	548	31.7	0	0.0
Redbridge	1,568	50.2	1,542	48.6	0	0.0
Richmond upon Thames	247	15.5	252	15.4	0	0.0
Sutton	201	10.4	223	11.3	0	0.0
Waltham Forest	1,121	41.7	1,083	40.3	0	0.0

	Maintained secondary¹
	NC Year Group 5	NC Year Group 6	NC Year Group 7
	Number	Percentage³	Number	Percentage³	Number	Percentage³
England4	700	2.9	890	3.3	54,310	9.7
Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency	0	0.0	0	0.0	95	11.2
London4	5–	22.2	10	26.3	23,650	33.3
Inner London4	5–	22.2	10	27.8	10,750	48.1
Camden	0	0.0	0	0.0	594	38.9
City of London	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hackney	0	0.0	0	0.0	576	47.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	4	22.2	4	23.5	369	35.2
Haringey	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,036	50.7
Islington	0	0.0	0	0.0	686	44.4
Kensington and Chelsea	0	0.0	0	0.0	258	42.7
Lambeth	0	0.0	0	0.0	581	38.9
Lewisham	0	0.0	6–	6–	480	25.7
Newham	0	0.0	0	0.0	2,246	64.7
Southwark	0	0.0	0	0.0	857	46.6
Tower Hamlets	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,795	69.8
Wandsworth	0	0.0	0	0.0	571	33.0
Westminster	0	0.0	0	0.0	705	50.3
Outer London4	0	0.0	0	0.0	12,890	26.5
Barking and Dagenham	0	0.0	0	0.0	449	19.8
Barnet	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,022	32.6
Bexley	0	0.0	0	0.0	211	6.7
Brent	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,410	53.2
Bromley	0	0.0	0	0.0	153	4.3
Croydon	0	0.0	0	0.0	622	17.4
Ealing	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,301	48.8
Enfield	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,422	38.5
Greenwich	0	0.0	0	0.0	502	23.0
Harrow	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	8.0
Havering	0	0.0	0	0.0	107	3.4
Hillingdon	0	0.0	0	0.0	721	26.4
Hounslow	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,300	48.9
Kingston upon Thames	0	0.0	0	0.0	247	17.3
Merton	0	0.0	0	0.0	420	26.6
Redbridge	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,400	44.5
Richmond upon Thames	0	0.0	0	0.0	209	15.0
Sutton	0	0.0	0	0.0	270	10.1
Waltham Forest	0	0.0	0	0.0	1,104	41.0
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed
² Includes pupils aged five and over. Excludes dually registered pupils.
³ Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English expressed as a percentage of all pupils in that year group.
4 National and regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between totals and the sum of constituent parts.
5 Less than five (where the totals have been rounded to the nearest 10.
6 Less than three or a rate based on less than 3.
Source:
Schools’ Census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

92818; 450 c1567-72W;450 c1573-8W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Greater London Languages Pupils

Link

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