Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service
We provide highly experienced staff to help you meet the needs of pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL).
Benefits
Our service:
- Helps build positive family/school relationships through home school liaison
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Helps SLT build whole school practice ensures all EAL pupils reach their maximum potential including more vulnerable groups e.g. refugees & asylum seekers
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Supports language and academic progress of EAL pupils through targeted interventions
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Develops your staff expertise and knowledge base to make the necessary adaptations in line with the English proficiency levels of EAL learners.
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Works across a range of agencies to assess and meet the diverse needs of EAL pupils
Why use us
Our multilingual and culturally fluent language development advisers and intervention specialists have extensive experience of working in schools to remove barriers to learning for all EAL pupils.
Our advisors are Bell Foundation Licensed Practitioners delivering highly evidence-informed training developed in direct, long-term partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation [EEF]. Bell Foundation frameworks and resources ensure effective assessment and promote inclusive classroom strategies.
We help schools embed best practice in EAL that supports quick integration of overseas new arrivals including those with complex needs.
Our Specialisms
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New arrivals new to English
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More vulnerable groups e.g. refugees
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EAL/SEND and complex needs cases
- Home-school liaison
Our Local Offer to schools
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Wide range of online EAL training delivered centrally - see SEND & Inclusion CPD brochure updated termly
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EAL Network Meetings for Early Years, Primary and Secondary
Services you can purchase
Request our booking form emailing - emtasadmin@warwickshire.gov.uk
BAYN services include:
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Bespoke in person EAL training packages
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Support with EAL new arrivals' assessments
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EAL SEND assessments
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Advice & Guidance sessions e.g. ECT, TAs
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Direct intervention work for targeted EAL pupils
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Bilingual Services e.g. GCSE exams, interpreting support
