Written question asked by Chris Skidmore (Conservative) on Monday, 17 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 January 2011. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 February 2011 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Pupils: English Language

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of primary schools had more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language in each year since 1997.

Answer

The requested information is shown in the following table:

Number and percentage of primary schools¹ with more than 50% of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English² January 1997 to 2010—England
	Number of primary schools¹
	With more than 50% of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English²	Total	Percentage
1997³	685	18,392	3.7
1998	789	18,312	4.3
1999	762	18,234	4.2
2000	793	18,158	4.4
20014	903	18,069	5.0
2002	935	17,985	5.2
2003	933	17,861	5.2
2004	976	17,762	5.5
2005	1,019	17,642	5.8
2006	1,069	17,504	6.1
2007	1,149	17,361	6.6
2008	1,216	17,205	7.1
2009	1,284	17,064	7.5
2010	1,328	16,971	7.8
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Pupils of compulsory school age and above, as at 31 August prior to each year shown, were classified by first language. Excludes dual registrations.
³ Includes four schools where pupils below compulsory school age may have been included in the count of pupils whose first language was known or believed to be other than English.
4 Includes 78 schools where pupils below compulsory school age may have been included in the count of pupils whose first language was known or believed to be other than English.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information