Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 16 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 October 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Thursday, 23 October 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Classroom Assistants and Teachers: English Language
- Question
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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
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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. This can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2024.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 82831
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Assessments Classroom assistants English language Teachers
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-10-23 17:36:09 +0100
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