New Guidance on Welcoming and Teaching Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC): Two FREE resources for secondary schools
1. Top Ten Tips for Schools: A Focus on Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children who are New to English
– What are the key actions to be taken by the Senior Leadership Team in school to ensure that Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are admitted promptly, welcomed warmly and taught inclusively?
– What are the key actions to be taken by Teachers to ensure that UASC are integrated quickly into classes and supported effectively to access curriculum learning alongside their peers?
Check out our first Better Bilingual advice and guidance document here commissioned by The HOPE Virtual School in Bristol, with thanks to Lewis Medolla (EAL Champion, John Cabot Academy, Bristol) for his valued input.
2. ‘New to English’ UASC Induction Pathway
– What is best practice for the induction of ‘New to English’ UASC in their first 6 weeks in school?
– How should the assessment of English language proficiency be handled?
– What should be the balance of English language interventions and ‘in class’ support and differentiation to enable UASC’s access to the curriculum?
– What actions should be taken in the first 2 weeks in school specifically?
Check out our second Better Bilingual advice and guidance document here commissioned by The HOPE Virtual School in Bristol, with thanks to Lewis Medolla (EAL Champion, John Cabot Academy, Bristol) for his valued input.
For comments or questions about these resources to promote good practice for welcoming and teaching UASC, please contact info@betterbilingual.co.uk
National Strategies Resources
Visit the links below on a range of documents to support the development of provision for learners with English as an additional language.
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=Secondary+EAL+