All things multlingualhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m6fqjtvbek2fPortuguese is the tenth most widely spoken language (other than English) in English state schools with over 46,000 speakers. Four of the top five are in London are in. However, the largest number of Brazilian Portuguese speakers is in Haringey, which does not make the overall top ten.24 Nov 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fqjtvbek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m5imnqxdqk2xThe proportion of pupils with English as an additional language in English state schools continues to grow. We do not have similar data for independent schoo, but my work with them and a quick look at their web sites (for example, https://www.dulwich.org.uk/senior-school/academic/eal) suggests a similar pattern.13 Nov 2025 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5imnqxdqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m5g44ee4ok2gCongratulations to William Stockton Primary School in Ellesmere Port in on winning a Gold EAL Quality Mark award. Read all about the school’s EAL provision https://theealacademy.co.uk/gold-for-william-stockton-primary-school/ and book a place at our next EAL Quality Mark Webinar at https://theealacademy.co.uk/events/celebrating-achievement-with-the-eal-quality-mark-webinar-2/.12 Nov 2025 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5g44ee4ok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m5g43fpgts2gRomanian is the sixth most widely spoken language (other than English) in English schools. Where do these pupils live? Many of them are in London, but West Northamptonshire, Birmingham, and Hertfordshire all feature in the top four local authorities for Romanian speaking pupils12 Nov 2025 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5g43fpgts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m3tqpm6v6c24Looking forward to the trip to Monaco in January https://sites.google.com/ismonaco.com/innovateconnectinspire-ism/speakers/session-facilitators/graham-michelle?authuser=023 Oct 2025 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3tqpm6v6c24https://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m3sdu7wv5k25Since 2017 the pattern across all English regions, except for London, has been a continuing increase in the proportion of school pupils with English as an additional language.22 Oct 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sdu7wv5k25https://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m3opopywk22b85% of pupils in Kent schools are recorded as having English as their first language, although only 70% are recorded as being from a White British background. Kent’s recorded multilingual learners speak 221 languages other than English and one of those languages has more than 1000 speakers.21 Oct 2025 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3opopywk22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m3avmi3ee22rThe 2025 school census shows us that over the last 19 years the proportion of pupils who have English as an additional language has dropped sharply in Inner London, but that two outer London boroughs have the largest increases. The urban parts of the NW of England are also seeing big increases.15 Oct 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3avmi3ee22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3m34c477yz22kOur 12 hour online course theealacademy.co.uk/product/leading-eal-in-secondary-schools/ aims to develop the leadership of EAL in secondary schools where there are increasing numbers of English as an additional language students. https://theealacademy.co.uk/product/leading-eal-in-secondary-schools/13 Oct 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m34c477yz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lznc7xfxmc2lWe were delighted to be asked to present at the International School of Monaco’s conference at the start of next year Look forward to seeing you there! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/international-school-of-monaco_teachandlearn2026-eal-inclusivelearning-activity-7371868226743345153-xpRc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAANMWDkB646FtnihXilov6abcDTaKV1t4l425 Sep 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznc7xfxmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lzkr6eusdk2khttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/graham-smith-theealacademy_eal-beginners-in-the-mainstream-classroom-activity-7376494257597022208-X_KS?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAANMWDkB646FtnihXilov6abcDTaKV1t4l424 Sep 2025 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzkr6eusdk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lzibigeuz22cPolish speakers attending English state schools mostly live outside London. Of the 10 local LAs with the highest numbers of Polish speaking pupils, only one, Ealing, is in London, probably its long-established Polish community dates from the 1940s.23 Sep 2025 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzibigeuz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lz3omjjh4k2gEAL for Teaching Assistants Our online course for primary and secondary teaching assistants theealacademy.co.uk/product/eal-for-teaching-assistants-course/ covers the issues, both linguistic and social, relating to recent new arrivals and offers practical strategies. https://theealacademy.co.uk/product/eal-for-teaching-assistants-course/18 Sep 2025 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz3omjjh4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lywnyifyt22vWhere you find the concentrations of pupils with English as an additional language? All but two of the local authorities where that figure exceeds 50% are in London.16 Sep 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywnyifyt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lyk4pe7fj22qWe have renewed our partnership with the Learning Partnership. Please join us online for the first event of the year, the EAL Leaders Network, at 4pm on 17 September https://learningpartnership.uk/courses-events/event-details/?event_id=720 . @Catherine Brennan @Iain Simper11 Sep 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyk4pe7fj22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lyhmwrhpjs2aWhere are you least likely to find pupils with English as an additional language in state schools? The simple answer is a long way from London.10 Sep 2025 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyhmwrhpjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lyf6xt3z7c2dCongratulations to Plat Douet Primary School in Jersey on winning a Gold EAL Quality Mark award. As well as its excellent EAL provision, Plat Douet had a secret weapon. I am not a dog lover, but no one could resist the charming school dog called Bear. Details at https://theealacademy.co.uk/plat-douet-primary-school-jersey-awarded-gold/.09 Sep 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyf6xt3z7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lxyy5xvsok2uThe new list of the widely spoken languages in English state schools shows the top 6 remain unchanged, but Chinese dropping out of the top 10 and replaced by Malayalam. Portuguese has seen from 10th to 8th place with Gujarati and Tamil each dropping one place. Urdu remains top at 178,000 speakers.04 Sep 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyy5xvsok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lhgqkak3ws2khttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/sara-lozano-arcas-718941157_were-thrilled-to-announce-that-st-andrew-activity-7292878030119579649-6mh3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAANMWDkB646FtnihXilov6abcDTaKV1t4l405 Feb 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgqkak3ws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lforqfxkvs2vOver the last five years GSCE results have fallen for pupils with English as their first language but risen for those with English as an additional language. The size of the attainment gap between the two groups has tripled.14 Jan 2025 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lforqfxkvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3ld3r22wj4224Do you want to find out about primary schools with fantastic EAL practice? Have a look at these short videos Do you want to find out about primary schools with fantastic EAL practice? Have a look at these short videos https://theealacademy.co.uk/eal-in-primary-schools/12 Dec 2024 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3r22wj4224https://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lckd6dm5wk2eThere are currently almost 47000 pupils in English schools whose first language is Portuguese. The 2 with the largest number of speakers are both in London. However, none of the others in the top ten are. For Brazilian Portuguese, Haringey comes out top but does not make the overall top 10.05 Dec 2024 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckd6dm5wk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lbw3b2aye22lWhere do my graphs come from? It is all data in the public domain. EAL data: finding it and using it theealacademy.co.uk/product/eal-and-data-finding-it-and-using-it/ is a course that aims to develop EAL data analysis and presentation skills in relation to EAL learners. https://theealacademy.co.uk/product/eal-and-data-finding-it-and-using-it/27 Nov 2024 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbw3b2aye22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lbtkmjcz5k2lOver the last 8 years the biggest changes in the % of pupils with EAL have tended to be in Outer London (where you find the two biggest increases) and Inner London (where you find four of the largest decreases). The figures from 2016-2024 for every LA are at theealacademy.co.uk/resources/26 Nov 2024 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtkmjcz5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lbgx7fqirs2uSee our latest EAL Quality Mark webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0btYaYPrUU featuring Gold EAL Quality Mark award winners Forest School in Wokingham and Wellington School in Trafford alongside Rugby School Thailand on its compulsory, bespoke online EAL course. #multilingual #ealqualitymark #ealcpd21 Nov 2024 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbgx7fqirs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ealacademy.bsky.social/post/3lbeubth77c2jSomali, with almost 40,000 speakers, is the most common African language in English schools, accounting for more pupils than the sixth to tenth most widely spoken African languages do together.20 Nov 2024 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:2ykmig52oxkc3o735ik24gqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbeubth77c2j