'Schools are struggling to cope with an influx of students from
abroad, with many teachers facing cl***** in which a third of pupils
do not speak English as their first language, teachers=E2=80=99
representatives said yesterday.
The number of pupils who did not have English as their mother tongue
had risen by 66,000 in a year, the conference of the Association of
Teachers and Lecturers was told.
This could cause difficulties for teachers who did not always have the
resources and training to provide the sup****t that youngsters needed
to integrate into the school system and to thrive academically. In
some instances it could result in very bright children who spoke up to
six languages =EF=BF=BD but not English =EF=BF=BD being placed in bottom
set=
s for
academic subjects in which they would otherwise excel.'
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