1. UK Schools Receive Record £572 Million for Non-English Speaking Pupils as Numbers Surge
UK schools are receiving a record £572 million in funding to support pupils who do not speak English as a first language, a figure that has surged by £157 million since 2020. This escalating cost to taxpayers coincides with a sharp rise in the number of such pupils, which now stands at 1.8 million—representing one in f...