ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (EAL

EAL

OUR EAL TEAM WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERT TEACHERS

IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR

STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.

Our main focus is to ensure that students make fantastic progress within their curriculum subject, as well as their English language acquisition. We monitor and track this at regular intervals throughout the academic year.

Students who are new to English are supported with small group and one-to-one interventions by specialist EAL teachers. We focus on reading, writing, speaking and listening to ensure that students are able to get the most out of their mainstream lessons and school experience. In addition to this, we do focused reading sessions during form time, working on expanding students’ vocabulary and developing their comprehension skills. We offer a daily homework club after school where students can get support in completing their homework and developing their computing skills if needed.

At KS4, our students who are beginners to the English language complete the Functional skills English qualification. All of our students are given additional support by being paired with a member of the EAL team so that they can be guided through the college application process, work experience and careers advice.