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News: New guidance for Senior Leaders and EAL specialists participating in allocation of exam grades to pupils with EAL
The unprecedented cancellation of exams for pupils completing their GCSEs and A-levels this year has implications for the attainment the 1.5 million pupils who use English as an Additional Language (EAL). Research would suggest that these implications are particularly important for those pupils who are new to English and those who entered the English system … Continued
Read MoreBlog: Working with parents to support the learning of EAL pupils
This blog highlights some of the particular challenges that parents of EAL learners may face at this time of school closures and signposts practical steps that schools can take to ensure EAL families know how to support the learning of their child. The child and parents’ home language(s) are a resource that can be used … Continued
Read MoreBlog: Expert advice on supporting the learning of EAL pupils during and after school closures
A special joint webinar co-hosted by The Bell Foundation and NALDIC, the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum, which took place on April 23, 2020 proved so popular that we had to increase our web hosting capacity to run it. But one common feature of these new and changing times where life has … Continued
Read MoreBlog: From a Prisoner of War to Language Pioneer – Frank Bell’s vision lives on
I am writing this blog at the end of my first week working in what has rapidly become the new normal. Meetings have gone online, staff are at home, schools have closed for all but key workers, and people are trying to manage remote working around families, pets, many weeks of children at home or … Continued
Read MoreBlog: New research on EAL learners shows the importance of looking behind headline attainment data
The Bell Foundation, together with Unbound Philanthropy and the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, has published research on the educational attainment of children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) undertaken by Professor Steve Strand and Dr Ariel Lindorff. Hot on the heels of the report ‘English as an Additional Language: Proficiency … Continued
Read MoreNew Report: Proficiency in English is central to understanding the educational attainment of learners using EAL, but how long does it take to achieve, and what support do these learners need?
Research ‘English as an Additional Language: Proficiency in English, educational achievement and rate of progression in English language learning’¹ published today by the University of Oxford, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy is the latest report in a research programme on English as an Additional Language (EAL). The report provides vital insights into how long … Continued
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