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English Language Proficiency2011 Census Analysis
Tristan Browne
What is meant by ‘English Language Proficiency’?
1. Main language was English (or Welsh in Wales)
2. Main language not English: ‘Proficient’
3. Main language not English: ‘Non-proficient’
Which policies could ELP potentiallyapply to?• DCLG £6m English language learning
projects• Eric Pickles announced intention to increase
English language learning for those who were not proficient
“Recent Census figures showed that across England 1.7% of the population have either no, or poor spoken English…
[This initiative will] have a wide impact on local areas by enabling more people to participate in their community, gain employment and increase their voluntary activity”
Analysis summary
• Main language• General health• Labour market participation and qualifications• Local authority analysis:
‘Not good’ health, ‘Non-proficient’ in EnglishSchool age (3 to 15), ‘Non-proficient’ in English
• Analysis released in two parts:Main language and general health characteristics
30 August 2013
ELP in the Labour Market29 January 2014
1. ‘Good’ general health
2. ‘Not Good’ general health
Outline of presentation
Frequency table of the 88 main languages other than English (excluding sign languages)by percentages who could speak English ‘well’ or ‘very well’ (Proficient)
Percentage range ‘Proficient’ in English 0-60 61-80 81-100
Number of languages 3 23 62
English Language Proficiency of different main languages
Afrikaans
Welsh (in England only)
Swedish
99.4%*
99.0%*
99.0%*
Norwegian
Danish
Shona
Finnish
German
Dutch
Tagalog/Filipino
Yoruba
Telugu
Oceanic/Australian language (any)
Igbo
Marathi
Any other European language (EU)
Luganda
Maltese
Gaelic (Irish)
FrenchAfrikaans
Welsh (in England only)
Swedish
Danish
Shona
Finnish
GermanTagalog/Filipino
Yoruba
Telugu
Oceanic/Australian language (any)
Igbo
Marathi
Any other European language (EU)
Luganda
Maltese
Gaelic (Irish)
French
Hebrew
Sinhala
Akan
Cornish
Malay
Krio
Gaelic Estonian
Malayalam
Hindi
African language (all other)
Any other Nigerian language
West African language (all other)
Amharic
Italian
Spanish
Greek Caribbean Creole
Slovenian
*Percentages refer to proportions whocould speak English well or very well(‘Proficient’ in English)
Main languages with the largest populations
Polish
Panjabi
Urdu
Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)
Gujarati
Arabic
French
All other Chinese (not including Cantonese and Mandarin)
PortugueseSpanish
Tamil
Italian
German
Turkish
Tagalog/Filipino
SomaliLithuanian
Persian/Farsi
Romanian
Russian
72%*
546,000
68%*
273,000
76%*
269,000
Nepalese
Slovak
Greek
Kurdish
Hindi Cantonese ChineseHungarian
Pashto
Bulgarian
Malayalam
Albanian
Latvian
Czech
JapaneseThai
South Asian language (all other)
Dutch
African language (all other)
Mandarin Chinese
Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari)
Shona
Swedish
Akan
*Percentages refer to proportions whocould speak English well or very well(‘Proficient’ in English)
Local authorities with highest proportions of‘Non-proficient’ school age (3 to 15) children
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Hackney Ealing Brent Haringey Newham Boston Peterborough Slough Waltham Forest
Enfield
Per cent
4.7London
• Paul Kenny, the mayor of Boston Borough Council, said: “I am mindful that it can put a strain on resources. About five years ago, our schools were really struggling. “They are better equipped to deal with these issues now, but I think we’ve still got a long way to go with the issue of trying to make sure that we get more integration, and teaching English as a second language is vital.”
3.5
Local authorities with highest proportions of‘Non-proficient’ reporting ‘Not good’ general health
Media coverage of ELPMain language/Health/Employment
