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<p>The department monitors and publishes various sets of data relating to pupils in
state-funded primary and secondary schools in England who are classed as having English
as an additional language (EAL). The most recent statistics on the number of EAL pupils,
as identified through the January 2018 school census, are included in the “Schools,
pupils and their characteristics” statistical publication, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>Published
statistics also show the academic performance of pupils whose first language is other
than English in national assessments during year 1 and at the end of key stage 1,
which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/phonics-screening-check-and-key-stage-1-assessments-england-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/phonics-screening-check-and-key-stage-1-assessments-england-2018</a>.</p><p>Published
statistics collected at the end of key stage 2 are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-revised"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-revised</a>.</p><p>Published
statistics collected at the end of key stage 4 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition, data on pupil entries to qualifications in English for speakers
of other languages are included in the key stage 4 qualification data that can be
downloaded from the school performance tables webpages here: <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data"
target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data</a>.</p><p>The
department also publishes data on the number of adults who are accessing English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses, based on Individualised Learner Record
data supplied by further education providers and can be found in table 6 here: <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-november-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-november-2017</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The data sets and analysis found at the above links contain many tables and
documents that we are, therefore, unable to attach.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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