Resource Library

• 21 August 2026

In her latest article for Schools Week, Director of Programmes and Partnerships Katherine Solomon discusses the inclusion of EAL in Ofsted’s “similar schools”. She explains why understanding a child’s English proficiency can provide valuable context and help schools identify how best to support EAL learners to access the curriculum and achieve their potential.

• 21 August 2026

CEO Diana Sutton’s latest piece for FE Week responds to minister Jacqui Smith’s recent call to prevent devolved authorities from introducing residency requirements for adult education. While this is an important step forward, what this doesn't change is the fact that Greater Lincolnshire still plans to defund ESOL from 2027.

• English / Literacy
• | KS1 / KS2

How does it feel to suddenly leave all that you know and travel far away to a new place with a new language and different ways to do things? What did the family travel in and what happened in the forest? Find out in this interactive and visual resource that follows the story of a mother and her two children who experience this.

• 30 June 2026

For most prisoners, adjusting to the daily routine of prison life is no small thing. For someone who is new to English or in the early stages of English language learning, who may also be very far from home and potentially in a different country from their family and friends, the impact is even more profound.

• 14 July 2026

Slough & Langley College, a finalist in the 2025/26 Beacon Award for Excellence in ESOL, supports adult learners of English to live and work in the UK thanks to its innovative, wraparound ESOL programme.

• 13 July 2026

For our next Practitioner Voices blog series, we hear from Alexandra Slater, EAL and Inclusion Manager at Meadow Park School and Marilena Richards, Advisory Teacher from Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS), Coventry City Council, about their new paired reading intervention to strengthen the literacy skills and confidence of EAL learners.