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England: EAL pupils at primary school in 2016 by region

Share of primary pupils with English as an additional languages in England in January 2016, by region

The data displays the percentage of pupils that speak English as an Additional Language (EAL) at primary school in England as of January 2016, by region. With over half of its pupils as non-native speakers of English, Inner London had the highest percentage of pupils with EAL, at the other end of the spectrum, the North East and the South West remained regions with the highest percentages of native English speaking pupils. This also reflects the National Census data for languages. Similar information regarding Wales,Northern Ireland and Scotland are also available.

Inner London 55.5
Outer London 45.7
West Midlands 21.6
Yorkshire and the Humber 17.4
North West 15.1
East of England 14.9
East Midlands 14.5
South East 13.8
South West 7.8
North East 7.1