An education theme on the front pages this morning as the Mail and the Sun lead with the news that the English language is now the second language for one in seven pupils.
The Mail adds that
In some areas, English is a foreign language to more than 70 per cent of four to 11-year-olds, putting enormous pressure on teaching staff. And there are ten schools without a single pupil who has English as a first language, new figures show.
Broken English is the headline in the Sun which says that thenumber of immigrant children in primary schools has soared by 25 per cent in five years.
The Guardian also has an educational theme.It reports that
Girls are far more likely to thrive, get GCSEs and stay in education if they go to a single-sex school, according to new research, which reveals pupils who are struggling academically when they start secondary school reap the biggest rewards of girls-only schooling.
The rest of the papers concentrate on yesterday's two big stories.The Telegraph reports how NHS managers have been accused of putting targets and cost-cutting ahead of patients as a report found up to 1,200 people may have died needlessly due to "appalling standards of care" at a single hospital.
The Times reveals that Royal Bank of Scotland agreed to pay a £1.8 million tax bill on behalf of its disgraced chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin on top of his £16.9 million pension pot.
The Express describes the affair as Sir Fred's cash and grab
The revelations led to fresh pressure on Lord Myners, whose position looks increasingly precarious.
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