AQW 31392/11-15
Mr Jim Allister KC
Traditional Unionist Voice
North Antrim
Tabled Date: 25/02/2014
Answered On Date: 18/03/2014
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what percentage of pupils in each constituency do not have English as their first language.
Answer:
The information requested is detailed in the table overleaf. Pupils with English as an additional language by constituency in which the school is located, 2013/14 Constituency in which the school is located | Number of pupils with English as an additional language | Total enrolments | % of pupils with English as an additional language | Belfast East | 865 | 14,816 | 5.8% | Belfast North | 912 | 21,736 | 4.2% | Belfast South | 2,139 | 20,507 | 10.4% | Belfast West | 837 | 18,560 | 4.5% | East Antrim | 367 | 14,436 | 2.5% | East Derry | 544 | 17,006 | 3.2% | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | 1,977 | 20,876 | 9.5% | Foyle | 477 | 21,434 | 2.2% | Lagan Valley | 700 | 15,847 | 4.4% | Mid Ulster | 1,226 | 20,604 | 6.0% | Newry and Armagh | 1,458 | 23,944 | 6.1% | North Antrim | 727 | 20,069 | 3.6% | North Down | 394 | 13,778 | 2.9% | South Antrim | 512 | 14,406 | 3.6% | South Down | 498 | 21,064 | 2.4% | Strangford | 391 | 14,986 | 2.6% | Upper Bann | 1,934 | 22,704 | 8.5% | West Tyrone | 610 | 17,792 | 3.4% | Total | 16,568 | 334,565 | 5.0% |
Source: NI school census Note: Figures include funded children in voluntary and private preschools, nursery schools, primary (including nursery, reception and year 1-7 classes), post primary and special schools. Figures for voluntary and private preschools and nursery schools relate to newcomer pupils only. Information about first language of non-newcomer pupils is not collected for these school types. A newcomer pupil is one who has enrolled in a school but who does not have the satisfactory language skills to participate fully in the school curriculum, and the wider environment, and does not have a language in common with the teacher, whether that is English or Irish. This has previously been referred to as English an Additional Language. It does not refer to indigenous pupils who choose to attend an Irish medium school. Constituency refers to the constituency in which the school is located rather than constituency in which the pupil is resident.
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