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Northern Ireland: EAL students at primary school 2011-2017

Percentage of primary school students with English as an additional language in Northern Ireland 2011/2012 to 2016/2017

The data displays the percentage of EAL students at primary school (year 1 to 7) in Northern Ireland from the academic year 2011/12 to 2016/17. Over this 5 year period, the number of EAL students rose to 5.7% in 2016/17.

2011/12	3.3
2012/13	3.8
2013/14	4.2
2014/15	4.9
2015/16	5.2
2016/17	5.7

Northern Ireland: EAL students at primary school 2011-2017

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