EAL Guidance for Schools and Leaders

EAL guidance for schools and leaders on provision, funding, working with parents and learners.

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Historical background to EAL provision in England.

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National data on the numbers of pupils who use EAL in schools in England is gathered via the school census.

School Provision for Refugee Children and New Arrivals

This framework for recommendations and actions is aimed at schools who are new to welcoming and including learners who are refugees.

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This page provides a toolkit of resources that can help teachers evaluate their schools’ current practice in making provision for learners who use EAL.

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Information on how to guide learners using EAL through the school transition process.

EAL and SEND

Guidance for integrated provision in schools to support EAL learners with SEN needs or disabilities.

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An overview of the social, academic and linguistic benefits of integrating EAL students into mainstream lessons, with key considerations around the implementation of out-of-class interventions.

How to Work With EAL Parents

This guidance provides four recommendations for practitioners on working with the parents of EAL pupils so they can support their child’s learning at home.

ITT and EAL

Evidence-informed EAL content recommendations for ITE curricula in line with the ITT Core Content Framework.

Useful resources for schools welcoming newly arrived learners who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Key principles for schools working with new arrivals.

Refugee and asylum seeking children and young people in England, like other new arrivals, are a very diverse group.