English as an Additional Language

Brandwood School serves a community with a diverse range of cultures. The percentage of pupils with English as an additional language is 88% with 12% of these pupils at the early stages of learning English as a new language. Currently our pupil population is representative of 28 world languages, which we celebrate and learn from.

As a school, we aim to provide high quality, flexible provision for learners who have English as an Additional Language (EAL) and are international new arrivals (INAs).  We ensure that all support strategies are focused on achieving optimum personal and academic outcomes for all learners thereby providing equality of opportunity for all.

The school has an established, structured and highly effective programme of support for children learning English as an additional language and our EAL team work hard to ensure consistently positive outcomes for our learners.  We provide a balance of classroom based and small group support in order to ensure that the language barrier is removed as quickly and effectively as possible.  Teachers work alongside the EAL team in order to tailor teaching and learning to meet the individual needs of all of our learners.

Furthermore our EAL team support families, during the induction period and beyond, where we speak regularly with families and ensure that they feel well settled and happy within their new environment. The EAL staff are available in school and are happy to interpret for parents if necessary. Currently we are able to cater for: Gujarati, Urdu and Arabic speakers for this purpose.

EAL Team

There are some resources below for other languages.

Click on the SEEMA resource below you want to see:

• Czech Phrasebook
• Polish Phrasebook
• Portuguese Phrasebook
• Russian Phrasebook
• Thai Phrasebook