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Classroom Assistants and Teachers: English Language

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 23 October 2025UIN 82831

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants (i) whose first language is not English and (ii) who have not undertaken a recognised English proficiency test.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The requested information on the first language of teachers and classroom assistants is not collected centrally.

Information on the qualifications held by teachers is available in the 'School workforce in England' accredited official statistics publication. This can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england/2024.

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