The Key for School Leaders
Supporting pupils with EAL
Introduction
At The Key, we know that providing effective support for pupils with English as an
additional language (EAL) is a challenge for many schools. Our State of Education
survey found that 56% of school leaders do not think that the current school system
supports them to provide the best outcomes for these pupils.
In this booklet, you’ll find resources that are designed to help you do just that.
We’ve pulled together advice from Babcock Education on assessing and supporting
pupils with EAL (p.4), and guidance from one of our associate education experts on
strategic priorities for EAL leadership (p.5). You will also find strategies for teaching
and improving the writing of pupils with EAL, including examples of guided writing
activities and assessment methods (p.8-9).
We also know that vocabulary development is vital in raising the attainment of pupils
with EAL, and those with special educational needs (SEN). To help you to support
vocabulary development, our booklet includes examples of teaching and learning
techniques suggested by two of our experts in EAL and SEN provision (p.10-11).
Confidently support pupils with EAL with our CPD Toolkit
Use CPD Toolkit from The Key to ensure that you and your colleagues can support,
engage and empower pupils with EAL.
Our multi-session module is ready for you to deliver in-school, and is designed to help
you understand the complexity of identifying and providing for pupils with EAL, support
new arrivals and maximise pupil progress.
Contributing experts
Anita Devi is an education consultant and
trainer who specialises in SEN and the
use of technology to support learning.
She is a member of nasen’s national
advisory board, and one of the founder
members of British Assistive Technology
Association (BATA).
Diane Leedham is an education
consultant. She has been a local authority
lead for EAL and the head of department
at a secondary school.
Charlotte Raby is an education
consultant, teacher and writer. Her
extensive experience includes teaching
literacy, training teachers on Assessment
for Learning, and working with pupils
with SEN.
Kate O’Neill is Babcock Education’s
EMTAS and EAL Advisory Teacher.
Confidently deliver CPD in-house with presentation slides, videos and handouts, and
detailed facilitator briefing notes that provide guidance on how to deliver each session.
Find out more at www.thekeysupport.com/cpd
We hope that these articles and tools will support you in
enabling all pupils in your school to achieve their full potential.
Adam Medlycott
Specialist Researcher, The Key
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