New Arrivals Support

Supporting EAL Learners to Thrive

Welcoming new pupils effectively is crucial for their wellbeing, integration, and progress. We provide guidance to ensure a smooth and supportive transition into your setting.

Support includes:

• Admission Guidance: Advice on processes for enrolling new EAL learners, ensuring clarity and fairness.

• Welcome Programmes: Structured approaches to help pupils and families feel welcomed, safe and valued from the outset.

• Induction Procedures: Practical frameworks to support early integration, including buddy systems and orientation.

• Language Acquisition Strategies: Immediate, effective strategies to support early communication and language development.

• Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Pupils: Sensitive, informed guidance to support pupils with additional needs, recognising the importance of wellbeing alongside learning.