The proportion of children who speak English as a second language is higher in primary schools in the borough, at 27 per cent compared to 18.2 per cent in secondary schools. Ms White said: “These ...

Members of the convocation are comprised of University graduates, academic or academic related staff, senior officers of the ...

The school’s library is used for English as an Additional Language (EAL) classes and for paired ... no longer be able to offer breakfast to its pupils. Although the loss of the breakfast club ...

Over one in five schoolchildren (1.77 million pupils) speak English as an Additional Language (EAL), more than three times as many as in 2000, and rising. Many arrive in our schools unable to access ...

Launch of new counselling service in West Sligo:The late Gerry (Gerard) Conmy:Grandparents Day celebrated at Stokane NS. Pictured are the sports quiz team from Rathlee NS who represented Sligo at the ...

In the two years up to their GCSEs: 70 per cent of EAL pupils achieved 4+ in English and Maths, the equivalent of a C grade or better in the old marking system, against 69.7 per cent in England.