Language lesssons for parents call

It also calls for more council support to be given to schools who have teachers that need challenging.

The plans are contained in a draft report by a scrutiny committee at Bradford Council.

The report warns that in some areas of the city there is only one parent who speaks English and so other languages can be spoken at home for the majority of the time.

It says that during the summer holidays pupils may spend up to six weeks in an environment where no English is being spoken meaning progress made during the past school year does not “continue seamlessly the following September.”

The report says schools should look at harnessing the bilingual element of children’s learning It adds: “Children should not be taught that what they have learned outside the classroom should be left at the door.”

It also points out that many of the city’s outstanding schools have a majority of pupils who have English as a second language.

Other recommendations in the report include asking schools how they spend the pupil premium funding given to them to support the poorest pupils and for schools which are not engaging in partnership working with others in the city to be urged to do so.