This session aims to introduce primary/secondary practitioners to The Bell Foundation’s award-winning EAL Assessment Framework for Schools and provide pragmatic, specialist guidance on using the framework within a context of what is realistic and what can work alongside existing assessment systems.

The session is informed by the belief that high quality EAL assessment can help teachers and pupils find out what has been achieved and what more needs to be done. It promotes use of the Framework to support the teaching and learning of pupils using EAL and to enable teachers to generate targets to guide progress.

Who is the session for?

• Secondary/primary practitioners
• EAL co-ordinators
• Heads of department/ Heads of year
• Other school staff with responsibility for EAL assessment

How long is the session? The session lasts one hour and 45 minutes.