English as an Additional Language Service (EALS)

About

We are a team of specialist EAL teachers and Bilingual Support Officers (BSO). We work with pupils who have English as an additional language to help them access the curriculum and fully integrate in to school life. We work with pupils from Reception and KS1-4.

We have BSOs speaking many of the languages spoken in East Sussex including Arabic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Turkish and Portuguese.

What EALS offer

EALS offers two main support packages to schools. All maintained primary schools have access to the Full Support Package.

The Full Support Package includes:

• Direct Teaching Interventions
• Direct BSO Support
• Direct support with projects and initiatives: February Is Celebrate Your Home Language Month, The Val Larkin Dual Language Writing Award, The New Arrivals Programme, Pupil Ambassador Programme and Parent Ambassador Programme
• Mother Tongue GCSE Support
• Parental Engagement
• plus all elements of the Advisory Package

The Advisory Package includes:

• An EAL Advisory teacher assigned to your school
• Assessments including initial assessments and Home Language Assessments
• Support with home-school liaison
• Access to EAL-friendly teaching resources
• February Is Celebrate Your Home Language Month
• The Val Larkin Dual Language Writing Award
• *The New Arrivals Programme, Pupil Ambassador Programme and Parent Ambassador Programme consultations

New for 2024 – Special School Package: Special schools do not receive an EAL element in their budget allocation but do request support from the Service particularly for home/school liaison and some in school support. This support for special schools can be traded on the follow basis:

• Teacher £200 per half day
• BSO £45/hr

How to access support from EALS

If the school already has a package with EALS you can ask the school to talk to their Advisory Teacher about what support may be need and accessed, or you can contact us directly.

You can find out more details on the packages available to schools, by visiting the Services 2 Schools website.

Useful EALS resources

To find the Advice and Training, Training and Teaching resources, and all the EALS Newsletters available to your school, visit the Services 2 Schools website.