Claim: British pupils are suffering because teachers are struggling to cope with an influx of foreign students speaking different languages.
Fact-check: Is immigration affecting the performance of native English speakers in schools? - Full Fact
Verdict: the proportion of pupils with english as an additional language has been rising. but research suggests the performance of pupils with english as their first language isn't affected by this.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2015-12-11T00:00:00