Role of the EAL & Diversity Team

The EAL & Diversity Team works in partnership with schools to raise the attainment of pupils with English as an additional language. It carries out the following wide range of functions:

• Liaison with families and encouragement of parental involvement
  
  
• Language assessment and provision of reports
  
  
• Support for EAL learners in the early stages of learning English
  
  
• Advice regarding linguistic and cultural matters
  
  
• Liaison with class teachers in developing language programmes within the curriculum
  
  
• Advice on appropriate teaching and learning materials
  
  
• Providing INSET to teachers and support staff to meet the language needs of bilingual pupils
  
  
• Providing advice and support to teaching assistants
  
  
• Liaison with other professionals as appropriate, for instance educational psychologists, health and social workers
  
  
• Identifying EAL learners and monitoring progress