The following table details the proportion of schools in each local authority who reported in autumn 2006 that they were teaching languages in class time. These data were obtained from recent research commissioned by the Department, which estimated the proportion of schools teaching languages in class time based on a nationally representative sample.
Music and art and design are compulsory national curriculum subjects for all primary age pupils in maintained schools. All schools must teach the statutory programmes of study, but it is up to them to decide exactly how they deliver them. Schools may also provide extra-curricular activity in music and art, for example school choirs or art clubs that may be run after school, but no information is held centrally on the numbers of schools doing such activities.
Percentage Yes No No response Camden 100.00 — — Greenwich 78.57 21.43 — Hackney 77.78 22.22 — Hammersmith and Fulham 83.33 16.67 — Islington 100.00 — — Kensington and Chelsea 83.33 16.67 — Lambeth 81.25 18.75 — Lewisham 50.00 42.86 7.14 Southwark 78.57 21.43 — Tower Hamlets 25.00 66.67 8.33 Wandsworth 93.75 6.25 — Westminster 100.00 — — Barking and Dagenham 100.00 — — Barnet 66.67 33.33 — Bexley 100.00 — — Brent 71.43 28.57 — Bromley 86.67 13.33 — Croydon 63.16 36.84 — Ealing 72.22 16.67 11.11 Enfield 86.67 6.67 6.67 Haringey 71.43 28.57 — Harrow 100.00 — — Havering 86.67 6.67 6.67 Hillingdon 76.92 23.08 — Hounslow 84.62 15.38 — Kingston on Thames 66.67 33.33 — Merton 91.67 8.33 — Newham 90.91 9.09 — Redbridge 57.14 42.86 — Richmond upon Thames 100.00 — — Sutton 90.91 9.09 — Waltham Forest 36.36 63.64 — Birmingham 59.18 36.73 4.08 Coventry 88.89 11.11 — Dudley 75.00 25.00 — Sandwell 52.94 47.06 — Solihull 88.89 11.11 — Walsall 66.67 33.33 — Wolverhampton 54.55 45.45 — Knowsley 81.82 18.18 — Liverpool 91.67 5.56 2.78 St. Helens 100.00 — Sefton 83.33 16.67 — Wirral 95.65 4.35 — Bolton 96.00 4.00 — Bury 94.44 5.56 —- Manchester 74.29 22.86 2.86 Oldham 81.25 18.75 — Rochdale 80.00 20.00 — Salford 100.00 — — Stockport 87.50 12.50 — Tameside 90.48 9.52 — Trafford 100.00 — — Wigan 96.15 3.85 — Barnsley 47.06 41.18 11.76 Doncaster 76.92 23.08 — Rotherham 100.00 — — Sheffield 96.55 3.45 — Bradford 86.84 13.16 — Calderdale 85.00 15.00 — Kirklees 80.00 15.00 5.00 Leeds 79.37 19.05 1.59 Wakefield 87.10 12.90 — Gateshead 100.00 — — Newcastle upon Tyne 92.00 8.00 — North Tyneside 100.00 — — South Tyneside 100.00 — — Sunderland 60.00 33.33 6.67 Bath and North East Somerset 93.33 — 6.67 Bristol 71.43 28.57 — North Somerset 94.12 5.88 — South Gloucestershire 92.31 7.69 — Hartlepool 90.91 — 9.09 Middlesbrough 83.33 16.67 — Redcar and Cleveland 100.00 — — Stockton on Tees 76.47 23.53 — Hull 83.33 16.67 — East Riding of Yorks 97.22 2.78 — North East Lincolnshire 78.57 14.29 7.14 North Lincolnshire 100.00 — — North Yorkshire 86.11 12.50 1.39 City of York 91.67 8.33 — Bedfordshire 72.50 22.50 5.00 Luton 76.92 23.08 — Buckinghamshire 95.24 4.76 — Milton Keynes 100.00 — — Derbyshire 94.81 2.60 2.60 City of Derby 88.89 11.11 — Dorset 54.05 35.14 10.81 Poole 100.00 — — Bournemouth 100.00 — — Durham 79.69 17.19 3.13 Darlington 100.00 — — East Sussex 75.76 24.24 — Brighton and Hove 83.33 16.67 — Hampshire 74.19 22.58 3.23 Portsmouth 16.67 83.33 — Southampton 20.00 80.00 — Leicestershire 91.04 8.96 — Leicester 72.73 27.27 — Rutland 100.00 — — Staffordshire 78.13 17.19 4.69 Stoke on Trent 50.00 42.86 7.14 Wiltshire 90.57 9.43 — Swindon 90.91 9.09 — Bracknell Forest 66.67 33.33 — Windsor and Maidenhead 75.00 25.00 — West Berkshire 92.86 7.14 — Reading 100.00 — — Slough 80.00 20.00 — Wokingham 75.00 25.00 — Cambridgeshire 69.77 27.91 2.33 Peterborough City 80.00 20.00 — Cheshire 77.97 20.34 1.69 Halton 100.00 — — Warrington 95.83 4.17 — Devon 85.71 12.70 1.59 Plymouth 91.30 8.70 — Torbay 88.89 11.11 — Essex 69.66 23.60 6.74 Southend 100.00 — — Thurrock 71.43 28.57 — Herefordshire 95.24 4.76 — Worcestershire 77.50 20.00 2.50 Kent 91.51 7.55 0.94 Medway 81.25 18.75 — Lancashire 77.19 21.05 1.75 Blackburn 55.56 44.44 — Blackpool 100.00 — — Nottinghamshire 83.93 16.07 — Nottingham City 50.00 25.00 25.00 Shropshire 81.08 18.92 — Telford and Wrekin 81.82 18.18 — Cornwall 76.27 23.73 — Cumbria 94.83 5.17 — Gloucestershire 94.44 5.56 — Hertfordshire 68.67 25.30 6.02 Isle of Wight 92.31 7.69 — Lincolnshire 67.74 27.42 4.84 Norfolk 71.21 27.27 1.52 Northamptonshire 86.89 13.11 — Northumberland 87.50 12.50 — Oxfordshire 87.14 11.43 1.43 Somerset 80.77 15.38 3.85 Suffolk 69.14 28.40 2.47 Surrey 84.00 14.00 2.00 Warwickshire 77.14 20.00 2.86 West Sussex 84.44 15.56 — Total 81.38 16.83 1.80
One of the three overarching objectives in the National Languages Strategy, published in 2002, was an entitlement that by 2010 all 7 to 11-year-old pupils will be able to learn a language at least in part in class time. Already some 70 per cent. of schools are providing primary languages within class time, so are making excellent progress towards this goal. We have backed this by action on a range of fronts including: training over 2,000 primary teachers with a languages specialism and aiming to train 6,000 by 2010; committing £49 million over 2006-07 and 2007-08 to support the introduction of primary languages; developing new schemes of work for French, German and Spanish; and setting up the Primary Languages Training Zone, an interactive website for teachers, school leaders and trainers involved in the delivery of primary languages.
In October 2006, we commissioned a languages review, which was chaired by Lord Dearing and which reported in March 2007. We have accepted Lord Dearing's recommendation that languages should become a compulsory part of the primary curriculum when it is next reviewed. This will mean that all pupils will learn languages for seven years. We hope that learning languages earlier will inspire children with a love of languages and motivate them to continue learning languages post-14.
Music and Art and Design are compulsory National Curriculum subjects for all five to 14-year-olds. To begin to realise our aim that every primary pupil who wants to should have an opportunity to learn a musical instrument the Government have invested £30 million in primary instrumental and vocal tuition over the last two years. We are putting a further £10 million this year into a national singing programme aiming to make singing an integral part of every child's school day. The Government are investing £36.5 million this year in the creative partnerships programme which promotes schools working with creative artists.