Headcount and percentage of Russian-speaking pupils in state funded schools: FOI release

Information requested

For the number (both headcount and % of all pupils) of Russian-speaking pupils in state funded schools in Scotland at (i) primary phase (ii) secondary phase for the following years:
2019
2020
2021
2022

Response

The answer to your question is:

Pupils with Russian as main home language in publicly funded schools in Scotland
Headcount of pupils		2021	2020	2019
	Primary	852	831	820
	Secondary	565	519	469
	Special	20	18	14
Proportion of all pupils
	Primary	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%
	Secondary	0.20%	0.20%	0.20%
	Special	0.30%	0.20%	0.20%

Data for 2022 is not yet available.

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