Our highly experienced consultants are able to offer one-to-one support for schools across the UK in raising the attainment and achievement vulnerable groups . Whether you require leadership and management support, ofsted support, teaching and learning support or help in the development of policy .

 

                  Todays schools have a rich diversity of learners , over 25% of pupils are from an ethnic minority background and almost one in six pupils speaks English as an additional language.

 

           National data is gathered via the school census. The Department for Education (DfE) defines ‘first language’ as The language to which a child was initially exposed during early development and continues to be exposed in the home or in the community. For almost all EAL learners, this means that if they are an EAL learner when they start school at 3-5 years old, they will be an EAL learner throughout their education and their life.

 

 

'Specialist EAL support should be available for new arrivals from qualified teachers or teaching assistants who have received appropriate training and support. More advanced learners of English should have continuing support in line with their varying needs as they develop competencies over time.' - Ofsted

 

 

We can support schools with:

 

• Advice and consultancy for EAL/MEA/GRT/New arivals.

 

• Training.

 

• Policy development.

 

• Auditing practice and reviews.

 

• Coaching for inclusion /EAL leaders.

 

• Support for teaching assistants .

 

• Whole school verbatim language sampling.

 

• Workshops for resource development.