Introduction

The EMTAS teacher team has developed an online school self-evaluation framework (EAL Excellence Award) for monitoring the impact of provision for pupils learning English as an additional Language (EAL) as well as the wider aspects of black and minority ethnic achievement.

The EAL Excellence Award covers five broad areas: Leadership & Management, Pedagogy and Practice, Data, Assessment & Progress, Teaching & Learning and Parental & Community Engagement. Schools completing the award will need to choose from a set of level descriptors as well as detailing where the evidence can be found to support their awarding level.

Once completed, the submission can be printed and/or saved as a pdf and sent to your contact within the EMTAS team. After this an EMTAS teacher will be in contact in order to validate the school’s suggested award level (Bronze, Silver or Gold).

Word cloud compiled from Hampshire schools' EAL Excellence Award submissions (as at 2020)

What are Hampshire staff saying about the EAL Excellence Award?

This video features 5 practitioners from primary and secondary schools in Hampshire LA talking about their experiences around the EAL Excellence Award - themes explored in this video include:

• benefits of entering for the award
  
• preparing for the award
• submitting data and evidence
• next steps and working towards the next level