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Written question asked by Royston Smith (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.

English Language: Pupils

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) financial and (b) teaching support is offered to schools with significant numbers of pupils with English as an additional language.

Answer

The Government is committed to ensuring equity of opportunity so that all pupils, irrespective of background, can fulfil their potential.

In the current system, whether a school receives any English as an additional language (EAL) funding, how long for, and how much they receive, all depends on the particular local funding formula.

By contrast, under our proposals for a national funding formula, any qualifying pupil will be funded at the same rate. The EAL factor will include any pupil who entered the state education system in the last three years and is recorded on the census as having a first language other than English.

As in the current system, under a national funding formula, schools will continue to be responsible for deciding how to use their total funding allocation in order to support all their pupils.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
70510
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Finance English language Pupils
Link
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