English as an Additional Language
"A teacher must adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils (including) those with English as an additional language"
Department for Education Teachers' Standards (2011)
The Equality and Diversity Team provides advice, training and tutor support for schools who wish to ensure that they are providing the high quality support necessary to be fully inclusive of New to English and other EAL learners and support them to achieve their full potential.
We offer the following services:
- Consultancy support for schools
- Staff Training
- Support for EAL Co-ordinators
- Tutor support for EAL learners
- EAL Assessment
- First Language Assessment
- Interpretation and Translation (subject to availability)
- Early Years and EAL
To find out more about these services click on the links or contact us via this link
How to arrange for EAL support
Please make a referral for a child or young person via the link towards the bottom of our home page.
A member of our team will then contact you.
For any queries or to arrange any other support (such as staff training, support for EAL co-ordinators, interpretation) please contact our office: equalityanddiversity@lancashire.gov.uk
Explore Our Packages of Support for Schools
These packages include consultancy visits, staff training, interpretation and translation support, plus additional services - to learn more about the two packages of support we have on offer, please click on the image below.

For advice and support for children in school, for whom English is an Additional Language (which includes new to country, asylum seekers and refugees) Please submit a referral to our Team here
For a variety of training options Click here

