Our Impact

Tackling language barriers with research, thought leadership, innovation, and practical interventions.

We're at the early stages of our work with The Bell Foundation, but so far they've been amazing... they've supported us by training some lead practitioners – and I'm one of those people! – as well as upskilling us around some of the latest research and pedagogy around high quality teaching and learning for children who use EAL, which is really exciting. Mike Eatwell, Cabot Learning Federation Institute

Since The Bell Foundation was established in 2012, our vision has remained the same: "Creating opportunity, changing lives and overcoming disadvantage through language education".

Over this time, we have trained more than 115,000 teachers, have achieved key policy outcomes and become a leading voice on tackling language barriers faced by speakers of English as an Additional Language. 

Highlights from 2023

Two students in their workplace with their manager and teacher
[E] informed us that he feels 60% closer to his goal of becoming a maths teacher and that he has developed his confidence a lot whilst on the programme…E also feels his English skills have developed since completing the course…he used to keep himself to himself but now he feels he has the confidence to communicate and mix more with others. Case study from Refugee Action's Pathways to Work project, funded by the Foundation