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EAL service directory

Local EAL services which can provide EAL information and support

From 1999 until 2011, local authorities had additional funding for EAL learners through the Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) Grant. This grant was often used to finance a central local authority (LA) team with a particular responsibility for EAL and ethnic minority issues. However the bulk of the grant (85%) was required to be devolved to schools’ budgets to meet the needs within their schools. In April 2011, the EMA Grant was merged into the Direct Schools Grant and schools were given greater discretion over its use.

LA teams may be able to offer advice and guidance or provide specialist support for initial teacher education programmes. For example, they are often involved in working with newly qualified teachers recruited to schools in their local authorities. The local authority team may also run professional development programmes, manage specific projects and produce guidance documents and materials. Links to service information and contacts for more than 50 LA language services are listed below. However the situation is in flux as many LA teams have reduced in size or role.

In many areas with relatively few EAL and bilingual learners and few pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds, LA teams of EAL specialists often provide peripatetic support for schools and particularly for learners who are new to English.

Since 2011 many Local Authority teams have ceased to exist, as funding has been cut, and the many websites that used to provide valuable resources for teachers no longer exist either. If there are no links the webpage no longer exists. The links on this site are updated as regularly as possible, but please let us know of any changes to services listed below.

Last updated 27th March 2015

A-Z EAL and EMA services

Aberdeen City Council - English as an Additional Language Service works within the Learning & Leisure Service of Aberdeen City Council

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Bath and NE Somerset - provide free training for EAL leaders and teachers through Kick Start, a social enterprise

Bexley Council - The English Language Support Service is jointly funded by a grant (Ethnic Minority achievement Grant/EMAG) and by Bexley Council.

Birmingham City Council

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council - SEMA (support for ethnic minority achivement) works with schools to support the achievement of ethnic minority children.

Blackpool Council - The Diversity Learning Team supports standards and achievement for all children from minority ethnic groups

Bolton - The Bolton Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (BEMAS) has 20+ members of staff

Bournemouth Council

Bracknell Forest Borough Council - The EAL and Diversity Team works in partnership with schools to raise the attainment of pupils with English as an additional language.

Brent Council- The Language and Cultural Support Service supports children in Brent nursery and primary schools who do not have English as their first language.

Brighton and Hove - EMAS is a team of specialist teachers, bilingual classroom assistants, Home/School liaison officers and Nursery Liaison workers who support pupils who have EAL in schools across Brighton and Hove. See also http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=883330

Bristol City Council - Working to raise the achievement of ethnic minority pupils.

Bromley London Borough Council

Buckinghamshire County Council - METAS consists of consultants who guide and advise schools on raising the achievement of minority ethnic, refugee and asylum seeking pupils and a peripatetic team of Traveller teachers and liaison workers who offer schools advice and guidance on access, attendance, continuity and achievement of Traveller pupils. They work in partnership with Oxfordshire

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council - The Curriculum and Language Access Service (CLAS) is a local authority Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) service which works with schools to develop effective provision for minority ethnic and English as an additional language (EAL) learners..

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service (CREDS) is dedicated to making sure that Black, Minority Ethnic and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children get the best out of their education

Calderdale Council - Calderdale currently receives funding from the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant. The focus of this funding is to support groups of pupils identified nationally as underachieving.

Cheshire East Traveller Education and Minorities Support

Cheshire West and Chester Ethnic Minority Achievement Service

Cumbria County Council - The Specialist Advisory Teaching Service (SATS) aims to provide skilled specialist staff to support schools and settings to promote inclusion and raise the achievements of children and young people with Additional Educational Needs (AEN) relating to ethnic minority achievement

Darlington Borough Council - Darlington schools celebrate and support a diverse pupil community. We offer a responsive reflective support sevice to ensure that all children have an opportunity to enjoy success.

Devon Learning and Development Partnership- Devon Ethnic Minority Achievement team is part of Devon Learning and Development Partnership. A team of advisory teachers and bilingual support workers provides the first point of contact for schools with ethnic minority pupils, including new arrivals. We offer a wide knowledge and understanding of bilingualism and the issues facing Black and Minority Ethnic families.

Derbyshire The Access Service of Derby City Council is the lead authority for EAL support in Derbyshire Local Authority.

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council- Doncaster has a large and diverse multicultural community, with over 94 different languages spoken. Doncaster EMTAS service staff work in collaboration with mainstream colleagues in order to provide EAL support to targeted pupils

Dorset County Council- The Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) works to ensure equal opportunities in education for all ethnic minority and travelling groups within the authority.

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - The Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) works in partnership with schools and communities to provide support for children with English as an additional language, helping to raise the achievement of ethnic minority pupils including new arrivals.

Durham County Council - The EMTAS service supports the induction of minority ethnic and Traveller pupils, including pupils with English as an Additional Language - EAL.

Edinburgh EAL Service - The City of Edinburgh English as an Additional Language (EAL) Service is part of the Children and Families Department

Enfield Borough Council

Essex Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) works across the county

Gateshead Council - Gateshead EMTAS works in partnership with schools, internal and external agencies, minority communities and parents

Glasgow EAL Service - Provides support to children and young people with EAL who attend educational establishments in Glasgow

Gloucestershire County Council - Race Equality and Diversity Service can be accessed via the irespect website

Greenwich Council

Hammersmith and Fulham - provides advice, guidance and consultant support to help schools and early years centres to raise the attainment of ethnic minority and bilingual pupils

Hampshire County Council - Service aims to support schools and families across Hampshire in raising ethnic minority achievement, through bilingual assistance, projects, training and advisory support.

Haringey Borough Council.

Hertfordshire County Council- Mecs team is engaged in working with schools, parents and the community to raise educational achievement among black and minority ethnic (BME) pupils and to support race equality.

Hounslow LA no longer provides a service. HLS Training and Consultancy provides training and consultancy

Islington Borough Council - Islington's EMAS works in partnership with schools and local authorities to raise the attainment of minority ethnic pupils, through consultancy, training, support and guidance.

Kent County Council - KCC has a service focused on improving access and achievement of minority ethnic children and young people

Kensington and Chelsea - EAL service now provided by Hammersmith and Fulham

Knowsley - EAL Support is part of the Inclusion Standards & Effectiveness Services (ISES)

Lancashire -The EMA Support Service works with new arrivals

Lambeth Borough Council

Leicester City Council - provides minority Ethnic Achievement & EAL Consultants, school-focussed consultancy and Advice, training materials and information

Leicestershire Council

Lincolnshire County Council - a team of advisory teachers, bilingual consultants and teaching assistants who work in partnership with schools and minority communities

Liverpool City Council .

Luton Borough Council - Luton Ethnic Minority Achievement Team works to support schools in raising standards of Ethnic Minority attainment across all age phases.

Manchester - a team of specialist teachers and teaching assistants for Ethnic Minority Achievement Services are provided by One Stop Education

Medway Council

Milton Keynes Council - EMASS - the Ethnic Minority Achievement and Support Service - helps to support schools.

Newcastle City Council - The role of EMTRAS is to work with schools, teachers and other agencies to secure the highest possible standards of achievement for pupils whose home language may not be English and who need special support to settle and learn in schools.

Newham London Borough Council

Norfolk School Childrens Services - Norfolk Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service and English Language Support Service

Northamptonshire County Council

North Lincolnshire Council - The North Lincolnshire Diversity Service provides quality support to raise the achievement of all minority ethnic groups of pupils.

North Somerset Council - Work to help raise the achievement levels of black and other minority ethnic pupils across North Somerset.

North Tyneside Council - North Tyneside EMTA Service aims to enhance the quality of educational opportunity and support the educational achievement of ethnic minority and Traveller pupils by offering a range of services to North Tyneside schools.

Nottingham City Council - EMA service site featuring a series of guidance and support

Oxfordshire County Council - Equality and Diversity Services works with METAS in Buckinghamshire to support EAL and bilingual learners

Oldham

Perth and Kinross- The English as an Additional Language Service (EAL) is a peripatetic service working across nursery, primary and secondary schools.

Portsmouth - Bilingual learning assistants, bilingual support officers and advisers working within the Learning and Achievement Team. to help schools meet the needs of bilingual learners and ethnic minority pupils at risk of under-achievement. Many useful resources have been relocated from the Portsmouth BLSS site to Portsmouth's VLE

Reading Borough Council- Equality Services provides a specialist service for equality, achievement and languages providing schools and other educators with support to ensure that all young people achieve well.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council - The Multicultural service is a small team which supports children in schools with English as an second language.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough

Rochdale Rochdale EMAS support schools throughout Rochdale in meeting the needs of Minority Ethnic and bilingual pupils

Salford City Council - Salford City Council provides a support service called Salford Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS).

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Sefton Council - The Equality and Diversity team for schools is part of the Complementary Education Service

Sheffield City Council - The Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) aims to raise the achievement of and equality of outcome for minority ethnic and traveller children and young people in Sheffield schools and communities.

Shropshire County Council - The Council supports children who do not have English as their first language, operating in nursery and primary schools through the Multicultural Development Service.

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council- Solihull EAL Service works with schools and families to help children using EAL. It helps international new arrivals to integrate into school and to access the curriculum

Somerset County Council - The Ethnic Minority Achievement Team consists of support and advisory teachers who help raise the attainment of children from Minority Ethnic groups.

South Gloucestershire Council- The Ethnic Minority Achievement Service is a specialist team of teachers who work in partnership with schools, parents and communities to address the educational needs of black and bilingual pupils and to raise their attainment.

Southwark London Borough Council - Each school has their own system for supporting children who do not have English as their first language.

Staffordshire The Staffordshire Minority Ethnic Achievement Service (MEAS) aims to help schools: support the inclusion of minority ethnic pupils; promote diversity
and prevent racism

St Helens Council

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council - The work of the Ethnic Diversity Service centres around promoting race equality and fostering a culture of mutual respect for people from different racial groups

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council- Stockton Authority run termly English as an Additional Language (EAL)/ Ethnic Minority Achievement (EMA) Networks

Suffolk County Council - The Minority Ethnic and Traveller Achievement Team (METAT) provides training and advice to Suffolk schools01473 583529

Surrey County Council- REMA Ethnic and Language Minority Achievement team in Children's Service works in partnership with schools, SCC colleagues and other agencies to improve services to minority ethnic communities, promote inclusive practices and raise the achievement of minority ethnic children and young people, including those who have a first language other than English.

Swindon - EMASS provides EAL and Minority Ethnic support in Swindon. Working in partnership with senior leadership teams, Early Years practitioners, teachers, and support staff in Swindon, EMASS aims to improve opportunities and outcomes for Minority Ethnic and EAL pupils

Tameside Council - The Equality, Multicultural and Access Team (EMAT) supports children who do not have English as their first language

Torbay - EMA Schools Support and Challenge, Oldway Mansion,Torquay Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR, 01803 208910

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

Trafford - Trafford Emas provides additional support for pupils from ethnic minority communities.

Wakefield Council

Warrington Council - The school inclusion team provide support to children and young people whose first language is not english

Warwickshire County Council

Wigan Council- The English as an Additional Language (EAL) Team provides education support for pupils whose first language is not English. This includes Asylum Seeker children, other children newly arrived in the country and those whose home language is not English.

Wiltshire County Council - The Wiltshire Ethnic Minority Achievement Service is a team within the Schools branch

Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council - The Ethnic Minority Achievement Service provides a range of specialist staff to support and help raise the achievement levels of ethnic minority pupils.

Wirral Council - MEAS staff work in Primary and Secondary schools throughout the borough. The aim of the Service is to remove language barriers, provide access to the curriculum, raise self-esteem and encourage social integration.

Wolverhampton City Council

Wokingham - information, guidance and resources to help support pupils from Minority Ethnic groups, including Traveller pupils and pupils who are learning English as an additional language

York City Council- The Traveller Education, language and cultural support services provide specialist advice and teaching for minority ethnic pupils with language or cultural needs that may create barriers to access, attendance and achievement.

A number of independent companies also provide training and teaching support

  • Useful for mainstream staff working with new EAL learners in mainly monolingual areas. Straightforward guidance for primary and secondary and a useful collation of resources.

    Useful for mainstream staff working with new EAL learners in mainly monolingual areas. Straightforward guidance for primary and secondary and a useful collation of resources.

  • Many teachers find the translations of key words particularly useful. Click on Teaching and learning and you will see a drop-down menu for lists of key word translations.

  • The City of Edinburgh EAL Service contains many useful documents and ideas including extensive translated resources such as key words and leaflets for parents.

    The City of Edinburgh EAL Service contains many useful documents and ideas including extensive translated resources such as key words and leaflets for parents.

  • EMAS 4 Success is a website developed through a partnership between South Gloucestershire , Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Bristol. It contains useful policy and project information, guidance and downloadable teaching and learning resources produced by the services, including a number for new to English pupils

    EMAS 4 Success is a website developed through a partnership between South Gloucestershire , Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Bristol. It contains useful policy and project information, guidance and downloadable teaching and learning resources produced by the services, including a number for new to English pupils

  • Gloucestershire' s READS (Race Equality and Diversity Service) 'iRespect' website contains a wealth of resources promoting 'positive tolerance and active citizenship'.

    Gloucestershire' s READS (Race Equality and Diversity Service) 'iRespect' website contains a wealth of resources promoting 'positive tolerance and active citizenship'.

  • Site include information on Young Interpreters scheme and useful documents and resources

    Site include information on Young Interpreters scheme and useful documents and resources

  • Resources and updates including useful booklets Supporting Pupils with English as an Additional Language and Guidance on the Assessment of EAL Pupils who may have Special Educational Needs

  • Many useful resources have been relocated from the Portsmouth BLSS site and can now be found on Portsmouth's VLE

  • Tameside service site featuring dual language resources, advice, news and information about the services available

    Tameside service site featuring dual language resources, advice, news and information about the services available