Information on the number of foreign pupils in schools is not collected centrally.
A table showing the number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English follows.
Pupils of compulsory school age and above2, 3 Primary schools Secondary schools Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English Percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English4 Number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English Percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English4 England5 419,600 12.5 314,950 9.5 London5 189,890 39.1 141,780 33.5 Inner London5 90,780 52.3 60,540 47.4 202 Camden 5,039 57.8 4,120 41.4 201 City of London 117 65.4 n/a n/a 204 Hackney 7,282 53.7 3,359 48.1 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,188 44.0 2,529 36.9 309 Haringey 8,910 53.5 5,349 45.9 206 Islington 4,527 41.0 3,645 45.2 207 Kensington and Chelsea 2,830 51.7 1,512 43.0 208 Lambeth 7,052 46.5 3,174 39.4 209 Lewisham 4,985 29.6 2,737 24.9 316 Newham 16,346 71.0 11,488 62.9 210 Southwark 6,927 39.6 4,637 45.3 211 Tower Hamlets 12,627 75.5 9,461 65.9 212 Wandsworth 5,119 39.1 3,779 36.2 213 Westminster 5,835 69.3 4,751 56.6 Outer London5 99,100 31.8 81,240 27.5 301 Barking and Dagenham 3,366 24.0 2,358 18.7 302 Barnet 8,001 39.2 6,621 33.9 303 Bexley 1,385 8.4 1,491 8.1 304 Brent 10,441 58.2 9,019 54.9 305 Bromley 1,187 5.9 1,129 5.0 306 Croydon 5,320 22.6 3,414 18.3 307 Ealing 10,551 53.6 7,367 48.5 308 Enfield 8,538 39.5 7,783 35.1 203 Greenwich 4,819 30.1 3,777 26.0 310 Harrow 7,675 47.3 4,019 44.5 311 Havering 814 5.0 623 3.8 312 Hillingdon 5,264 28.8 4,319 25.3 313 Hounslow 7,058 49.1 8,587 51.8 314 Kingston upon Thames 2,111 23.4 1,935 20.2 315 Merton 3,290 30.4 2,053 23.9 317 Redbridge 9,409 50.5 9,196 44.5 318 Richmond upon Thames 1,579 15.3 976 13.6 319 Sutton 1,323 11.4 1,736 10.7 320 Waltham Forest 6,972 42.4 4,832 34.3 Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency 789 13.9 693 12.5 n/a = not applicable–no schools of this type. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Pupils aged 5 and over are classified according to whether their first language is known or believed to be English or other than English. 3 Excludes dually registered pupils4. 4 The number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English expressed as a percentage of all pupils aged five and over. 5 National and regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Schools’ Census