British Government Spending on Non-English Speaking Students Hits Record High

British schools are receiving a record £540 million a year in additional funding from the government to educate children who don’t speak English as their native language.

According to Department for Education (DfE) figures obtained by the Daily Mail , the government has increased spending on education for non-native English speaking students by £125 million ($165m) over the past five years alone. This means that annual spending has now reached a record high of £540 million ($710m).

According to a July report, there are now 1.8 million non-native English speakers in schools, or around one in five students. This was approximately 700,000 more…

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