Basingstoke and Deane tops the list of districts in Hampshire with the most children registered for whom English is an additional language (EAL).

A total of 3,094 pupils in Basingstoke and Deane were registered EAL in 2022, followed by Rushmoor (2,263) and Test Valley (1,393).

The district with the lowest number was Gosport, with 486 students.

The Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) report indicates that over 160 languages are recorded in Hampshire in school census data from spring last year.

The school census data show that 13,472 (7.4 per cent) children were recorded as EAL in 2022.

This figure represents an increase of 0.77 per cent from the 2021 figure (12,509), while numbers have risen yearly for the last three years.

In Hampshire, the most widely spoken foreign language among children registered as EAL is Polish (2,278), followed by Nepali (1,278) and Romanian (727).

On the contrary, French, Arabic, and Bengali are the most minor represented languages.

In the 2021-22 academic year, the EMTAS received 330 referrals for children identified as refugees.

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, the service received 177 references from children who spoke Ukrainian and 46 from Russian speakers.