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 | Traveller 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, contact EMTAS@hants.gov.uk.
If you are not a maintained Hampshire school and want to discuss how to get access, contact EMTAS@hants.gov.uk

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).

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:
To access the Traveller Excellence Award you will need a login and password.
The Traveller 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).