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History of EAL funding
Click on the image for a timeline showing the history of EAL funding from 1966 to 2013.
Birmingham has the highest number of EAL support teachers employed
Birmingham has the highest number of teachers employed for English as an Additional Language (EAL) support in the West Midlands, research shows.
Data obtained by the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) shows the number of teachers employed to meet the needs of English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils.
Figure 1: Number of teachers employed in the West Midlands to meet the needs of English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils
The chart shows Birmingham has the highest number of teachers employed to meet the needs of EAL pupils, with a figure of 74.
The only county in the West Midlands to have 0 teachers employed for EAL needs is Shropshire.
Number of EAL pupils increases by half a million in 15 years
Recent data by the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) shows the numbers of pupils who have, or are learning, English as an Additional Language (EAL) has increased by half a million in the last 15 years.
Figure 1: Total number of pupils whose first language is other than English (1997-2013)
Source: NALDIC
The chart shows an increase in the number of pupils whose first language is other than English, between the years of 1997 and 2013. The peak is shown to be in the year of 2013, after steadily increasing for 5 years.
Figure 2: Percentage of school population learning EAL (1997-2013)
Source: NALDIC
Figure 2 shows that although the percentage of pupils learning EAL remains under 20%, there has been a clear increase from the years between 1997 and 2013.
The chart also shows that the percentage of primary school pupils learning EAL has been relatively higher than that of secondary school pupils.
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