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#ESOL curriculum and qualifications are in need of reform. Explore our calls for a much-needed overhaul, ensuring learners get the tools they need to survive, as well as thrive in education and employment 🏫🎓 bit.ly/4cCF8Z8

How can schools prepare #EAL learners for #exams and what access arrangements are available? This article outlines the steps you can take 👇

Supporting EAL or ESOL learners? 📋 Get one more thing ticked off your to do list before the May bank holiday and help us help you: By completing our 10-minute survey, we will be able to tailor our offer according to your learning and information needs when working with…

What does up-to-date, quality #ESOL look like? Join our upcoming webinar to hear from expert Dr Philida Schellekens on the findings of our recent ESOL qualifications and curriculum review, and our evidence-based recommendations for improvements: bit.ly/4beVlT3

#EAL is one of the “additional needs factors” in the National Funding Formula for schools, recognising the support needed by this group. Yet this “factor” has not increased at the same rate as support for other pupils, nor is it ring-fenced. It’s vital that the formula…

Important to see the risks and opportunities of AI in education being considered this week 🤖 💻 But what could generative AI mean for #EAL pupils, and what measures need to be put in place? Find out in our recent blog 🔍 bit.ly/3QpEVyf

Have you heard of #dictogloss ? 🗣️ This dictation activity has a range of uses for helping #EAL learners develop their language skills across the curriculum. Join our webinar, which will teach you how to use it in your class. bell-foundation.org.uk/training-event…

Supporting #EAL or #ESOL learners? Complete our 10-minute survey by 5 May and help us help you. We want to know how you prefer to learn and share information to improve your work with #multilingual children and adults. Your feedback on what we do will also help shape our new…

#ESOL can be a springboard for learners to further study or work 🎓 But systemic barriers are stopping some learners from reaching the higher levels which provide the necessary skills. Explore our calls for appropriate funding models that incentivise ESOL provision:…

Great to see this article receive the attention it deserves 👏 The research, part funded by us, shows the clear link between proficiency in English and attainment for #EAL pupils, explaining up to six times as much variation as ethnicity, gender and socio-economic disadvantage…