Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 73669

Pupils: English Language

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) teachers and (b) head teachers on teaching pupils who have English as a second language.

Answer

Georgia Gould
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not recently met with teachers or headteachers to discuss teaching pupils whose first language is other than English.