By 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...
Regional and Minority Language Products - Examples of participating organisations (by language)
Examples of participating organisations (by language)
Albanian - Alsatian - Aragonese - Asturian - Basque - Breton - Catalan - Corsican - Frisian - Friulian - Gaelic - Galician - Ladin - Occitan - Romani - Sami - Sorbian - Welsh - Yiddish.
Albanian
- Bashkia e Höres së Arbëreshëvet / Comune di Piana degli Albanese - www.pianalbanesi.it

Alsatian
- ABCM

- Eltern 68 - eltern68.free.fr

Aragonese
- Ligallo de Fablans de l'Aragonés - www.fablans.org

Asturian
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana - www.academiadelallingua.com

Basque
- Euskal Kultur Erakundea / Institut Culturel Basque - www.eke.org/eke

- Eusko Ikaskuntza - www.eusko-ikaskuntza.org

- Eusko Jaurlaritza / Gobierno Vasco - www.euskadi.net/r33-2219/es

- GAIA - www.gaia.es

- Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetza Eusko Jaurlaritzaren - www.kultura.ejgv.euskadi.net/r46-704/es

- IKAS / Centre pédagogique Basque - www.ikas.org

- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del Pais Vasco - www.ehu.es

Breton
- Radio Bro Gerne - www.antourtan.fr/radio/kerne/bzh/

- Skol-Uhel Ar Vro / Institut Culturel de Bretagne - hicb.culture-bretagne.org/bzh

- Dihun - www.dihun.com/

Catalan
- Associació Diomira - www.diomira.net/cast/index.htm

- Confederació de Comerç de Catalunya - www.confecomercat.es

- Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana - www.fundccc.cat

- Fundació Jaume Bofill - www.fbofill.cat

- Generalitat de Catalunya - www.gencat.cat

- Institut d'Estudis Catalans - www.iecat.cat

- La Bressola - www.bressola.cat

- Òmnium Cultural Catalunya Nord - www.omniumcultural.org

- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - www.uoc.edu

- Ajuntament de Reus - www.reus.net

Corsican
- CRDP Corse - www.crdp-corse.fr
Frisian
- Fryske Akademy - www.fa.knaw.nl

- Nordfriisk Instituut - www.nordfriiskinstituut.de

Friulian
- Societât Filologjiche Furlane / Società Filologica Friulana - www.filologicafriulana.it

Gaelic
- Sabhal Mòr Ostaig - www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/index_gd.html

- Bord na Gàidhlig - www.bord-na-gaidhlig.org.uk

Galician
- CFR Ferrol - www.edu.xunta.es/centros/cfrferrol

- Concello de Melide - www.concellodemelide.org

- Confederación de Empresarios de Galicia - www.ceg.es

- Confederación Intersindical Galega - www.galizacig.com

- Nova Escola Galega - www.nova-escola-galega.org

- Xunta de Galicia - www.edu.xunta.es/web

- Asociación sócio-pedagóxica Galega - www.as-pg.com

Ladin
- Union Generela di Ladins dla Dolomites - www.lauscdiladins.com

- Istitut Culturel Ladin "Micurá de Rü" - www.altea.it/ladins

Occitan
- Occitania - www.occitania.it/default.htm

- In-Oc / L'Institut Occitan - www.in-oc.org

Romani
- Union Romani - www.unionromani.org

Sami
- Nordic Sami Institute - www.samiskhs.no/index.php?c=216&kat=International

Sorbian
- Sorbisches Institut - www.serbski-institut.de

Welsh
- Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru - www.aber.ac.uk

- Eisteddfod genedlaethol Cymru - www.eisteddfod.org.uk

- Prifysgol Cymru Abertawe - www.swan.ac.uk/dace

- Prifysgol Cymru Bangor - www.bangor.ac.uk/ corporate/informationabout/ cymraeg/research.php

- Comisiynydd y Gymraeg/Welsh Language Commissioner - www.comisiynyddygymraeg.org/cymraeg/Pages/Hafan.aspx

- Network of European Language Planning Boards - www.languageplanning.com

Yiddish
- Bibliothèque Medem - www.yiddishweb.com/medem




