Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 81982

Pupils: English Language

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 73665 on Pupils: English Language, what proportion of children starting primary school cannot speak English to an acceptable standard.

Answer

Georgia Gould
​​The department does not hold specific data on the proportion of children starting primary school who are unable to speak English to an acceptable standard.​Information on teacher assessments of children’s development at the end of the early years founda...

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