Select Committee on Education and Skills Minutes of Evidence


ANNEX F

MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS: NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF PUPILS BY FIRST LANGUAGE

As at January 2003 (Provisional)

England

  
Pupils of compulsory school age and above
Primary Schools (1)
Secondary Schools (1)
Number of pupils
Percentage of pupils (2)
Number of pupils
Percentage of pupils (2)
First language is known or believed to be other than English
365,600
10.5
293,000
8.9
First language is known or believed to be English
3,105,300
89.4
3,012,700
91.0
Unclassified (3)
2,200
0.1
3,400
0.1
Total (4)
3,473,200
100.0
3,309,200
100.0
(1)Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2)The number of pupils by their first language expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils of compulsory school age and above.
(3)Information was not sought or refused.
(4)Pupils of compulsory school age and above.





 
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