Ethnic minority and Traveller achievement

The Ofsted Education Inspection Framework: equality, diversity & inclusion statement highlights the expectation “that all learners receive high-quality ambitious education; that providers are inclusive of all learners and must be meeting their statutory duties, including those under the Equality Act 2010”.

By working alongside you and using our specialist knowledge, we can help your school to improve educational outcomes for children and young people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, including Traveller heritages, refugees, unaccompanied asylum seeking children, bilingual learners and children new to English as an additional language (EAL).

Six hours of bilingual teacher support for a newly arrived EAL pupil including initial meeting with parents, translation/interpreting support, teaching and in-class bilingual support.

This can be purchased for example for children needing ongoing support to fully access the curriculum, support parents, home language clubs, ongoing support to reach potential and exam support. This is also to support class teachers in terms of planning and communication with parents.

• Supporting Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) children in the Early Years
• Bullying, prejudice and racism incident training
• Closing the EAL word gap
• Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen awareness
• Equality, diversity and inclusion awareness
• Improving EAL support

Workshops for students:

• EDI pupil forum
• Future focus workshop (for Traveller pupils and their peers)
• Bilingual story telling
• Cultural exchange workshops

For parent/teacher and multi-agency meetings (for example: P/T, safeguarding, attendance, SEND reviews)

Home language assessment and report for a new arrival, or an EAL child causing concern due to making slow progress and support is needed to identify SEN. (Please note, if SEN needs have been identified a HLA is not appropriate).

Research tells us that GRTS pupils are at greater risk in the education system; they are more likely to be excluded from education or have lower attendance and achievement than their peers. Our experienced advisory teachers can provide consultancy, guidance, support and training, tailored to meet the needs of your school, setting, pupils and families.

• A multilingual, multi-ethnic, highly-experienced team which works closely with other advisory and consultancy teams in Devon and nationally
• Highly experienced in working with refugees and asylum seekers, working in partnership with Refugee Support Devon, and the Resettlement team
• Specialist input at multi-agency meetings
• Rapid response to your pupil’s needs
• Up-to-date advice, resources and guidelines on tackling racism and prejudice in schools
• Practical and realistic support to ensure your school meets its statutory duties to ensure that ALL pupils access the curriculum
• Highly experienced in outreach work with hard to reach families. Specialist support for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen families

Key Inset day webinars on:

• Supporting EAL children in the Early Years
• Bullying, prejudice and racism incident training
• Closing the EAL word gap
• Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen awareness
• Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) awareness
• Improving EAL support

Induction package for new arrivals - 6hrs induction package with a bilingual support worker includes:

• Initial interview with parents, teacher, and child
• Supporting the child, 1:1 or in class for two sessions x 3 hours
• Use of induction checklist (and interview checklist) as guidelines for support
• Support for parents, teacher and child
• Session visit notes
• Communication with parents

GRTS support

• Admission into school, links with parents, carers and communities, advice and direction on settling in, induction and transition
• Short-term intervention programmes, which can include in-class support
• Individualised transition programmes for Traveller pupils from primary to secondary
• Developing inclusive approaches, fostering positive relationships and planning curriculum opportunities to value and promote  Traveller culture