FOI Request - English as Additional Language Learners and Support Hours

Request 101003854526

cope and timeframe

Please provide the following for academic years 2015/16 to 2024/25 (year-to-date) for local-authority schools:

A. Learners (annual):
Number of pupils recorded as having English as an additional language (EAL), by phase (Primary/Secondary/Special).
Where routinely held, counts by EAL proficiency stage/level used locally (service-level totals only).

B. Support hours and staffing (annual):
Total EAL teaching/support hours delivered.
EAL teacher FTE and EAL support assistant FTE (or nearest equivalent roles).
Where held, average caseload ratios (learners per EAL FTE).

C. Policy, coding and guidance:
EAL coding/proficiency framework used and any changes over time.
Current policy/guidance on EAL identification and support.

D. Management information:
Any management/committee reports since 1 August 2023 summarising EAL demand, staffing or outcomes (service-level).

Format
Please supply CSV or XLSX. Fields like academic_year, phase, eal_learners, eal_support_hours, eal_teacher_fte, eal_support_fte, proficiency_level would be helpful.

Disclosure control / personal data
Aggregate figures only; no personal data requested. Please suppress values <5 where required.

Advice & assistance / cost
If you estimate this may exceed the section 12 cost limit, please advise under section 15 how to refine it—for example, service-level totals only, fewer years, or omitting proficiency levels if not routinely reported.

Published information
If any information is already published (section 25), please provide the direct URL and exact document/table location.
Information not held / exemptions
If any part is not held (section 17), please state this explicitly. If information is withheld, please provide a schedule of items withheld, the exemption/exception relied upon, and the public-interest test where applicable.