Teacher inspires Welsh learning in school with 23 languages

A teacher has learned Welsh in a year to help inspire pupils, who already speak more than 20 languages between them.

Carys Mugford, of St David's Primary School, in Swansea, said despite not being a Welsh speaker when she took up the role as Welsh co-ordinator, she felt compelled to learn it.

Ms Mugford admitted the school's location in a predominantly English-speaking area initially made it "really hard" to encourage pupils and staff to speak the language.

It is not uncommon for pupils to hear new languages though – there are about 23 spoken by children at the school, and 70% speak English as an additional language at school.