Topic outline

  • EAL and GRT Excellence Awards

    These Excellence Awards aim to give schools a self-evaluation framework they can use to evaluate their current practice against a range of statements, categorised under five broad headings. Completed online, the results are electronically sent to the local authority in order to trigger a quality assurance visit from an EMTAS Specialist Teacher Advisor.

    EAL Excellence Award | GRT Excellence Award

    Schools need to be registered to use these tools which are free to Hampshire local authority maintained schools.  For Academies, Education Centres, Special Schools and schools outside of Hampshire LA, the tools are available via a paid-for subscription.

    Should you require a login, please contact:  lizzie.jenner@hants.gov.uk

    If you are not a maintained Hampshire school and want to discuss how to get access contact: emtas@hants.gov.uk

  • EAL Excellence Award

    EXA segments

    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.

    Example statements

    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)


    Word cloud


    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

  • GRT Excellence Award

    To access the GRT Excellence Award you will need a login and password.

    The GRT 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.

    GRT example descriptors

    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).

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