http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSoQTWRsBvjCbs_LMFsFghL7rCYnNTmB1LkWqkyra9lZrNRU1SQGVddb74By Steven Swinford. Official figures reveal that English is no longer the first language for the majority pupils at one in nine schools.
English is no longer the first language for the majority of pupils in more than one in nine schools, new figures have revealed.
Last year the majority of children in 1,755 primary and secondary schools spoke another language at home following a sharp increase in the number of pupils with foreign born parents.
In more than 200 schools nine in ten pupils do not speak English as their mother tongue, with children speaking as many as 14 different languages.
Across England, the number of pupils who have English as their second language has risen by a fifth to almost 1.1million in the past five years. More...