Re: Schools where no one speaks English as first language
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- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:57:13 -0800 (PST)
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The schools where NO ONE speaks English as a first language
By James Slack
Daily Mail
Last updated at 6:48 AM on 28th January 2009
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There are now ten schools in England without a single pupil who speaks
English as his or her first language.
Research reveals that there are almost 600 primary schools where 70
per cent or more of youngsters normally speak a foreign language.
Across the country, one in seven pupils aged 4-11 does not have
English as the first language, which is the equivalent of 466,620
children.
But, following years of unprecedented levels of migration, ten schools
have now reached a point where every youngster falls into this
category.
Revealed: There are now ten primary schools in the UK where EVERY
student does not speak English as a first language (file picture)
Their locations range from London to Lancashire. One, St Hilda's in
Oldham, is a Church of England school.
Some schools are in areas with long-established Muslim populations. In
others, the high number of non-English speakers is the consequence of
large-scale immigration from Eastern Europe.
Labour MP Frank Field and Tory MP Nicholas Soames, co-chairmen of the
Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said: 'These figures make a
nonsense of the Government's aim of integration and show the very real
strain that uncontrolled large scale immigration is already placing
upon our society.
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'In hundreds of primary schools, English is the second language for
over 70 per cent or more of the pupils.
'How can these children be expected to integrate into our society if
they are being taught in schools where is English is the mother tongue
of no pupils or a minority of pupils?'
Mr Field asked the Children's Department to produce a list of all
those schools where seven in ten or more pupils did not have English
as their first language.
Frank Field: 'How can they integrate?'
The 591 primary schools out of 17,205 which fall into this category
represent around three per cent, or around one in 30.
There are a number of local authorities where 20 per cent or more of
their schools have at least 70 per cent of youngsters who do not have
English as their first language.
These include the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets (62 per cent),
Newham (46.9), Brent (28.8) and Ealing (28), plus Blackburn (26.7),
Leicester (25.9), Bradford (25), Luton (20.3) and Birmingham (20).
Shadow immigration minister Damian Green said: 'Two successful
elements of any immigration policy should be to limit the numbers
coming in so that the pressure on all public services is reduced, and
to insist on English being spoken to a competent level by people
coming here to get married.
'It is relatively easy to cope with a small number of non-English
speakers, but incredibly difficult if there are large numbers. Scale
matters.'
David Green, director of the Civitas think-tank, has warned that when
a large number of immigrant children go into schools, it is very hard
for the staff to accommodate them and specialist teachers have to be
brought in.
Last night, Dr Green said that when the Government was advocating the
economic benefits of mass migration, it failed to take into account
the impact on schools and other public services.
He warned that one of the consequences of having schools where no
pupils had English as a first language was that they and their
families might lead a sectarian lifestyle.
A spokesman for the Children's Department said: 'It is important to
remember that some of the schools with 100 per cent of their pupils
with English as an additional language are actually doing very well,
especially considering the extra challenges they face.
'Even if a pupil speaks another language they may still be highly
competent in English, and many are. In cases recent arrivals from
countries such as Poland have helped keep small rural schools open
that may have otherwise closed because of falling pupil numbers.
'The language of instruction in English schools is English and this is
vital in boosting community cohesion.
'The task is to get every child up to speed in English so that they
can access the whole curriculum.
'We have listened to the concerns of head teachers and are increasing
funding in the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant to 206million by
2010, to bring students weak in English up to speed.'
I'm celebrating today. Diversity like this is what we are all working
towards. Now let's get rid of those white people and bring racism to
an end.
Camden Council is doing it's bit, It's difficult to find a photo of a
white man in its newspaper and leaflets.- Hide quoted text -
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It was the same with the last passport application that I filled in.
We are a dying breed and will not see out this century if the traitors
of the Labour Party have anything to do with it.
Why the British white working class continue to vote Labour is a total
mystery. Labour were once the working persons hope for the future………
They are now the party dedicated to the destruction of white working-
class Britons.
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