EAL

At Cedar Mount Academy, students with EAL (English as an Additional Language) form a vibrant multicultural community at the heart of our school with  around 50 languages  spoken by our pupils. We have a fully inclusive culture which promotes, values diversity and strives to provide equality of opportunity for every pupil, from our Induction Programme and the first days in the academy, to the end of the academic journey in Y11 and beyond.

Our EAL curriculum aims to equip our EAL students with the necessary linguistic tools so that they become successful in their academic life and be fully integrated both in the academy, community and wider society.

After admission at cedar Mount Academy, our EAL students join a bespoke Induction programme for assessment and to ensure we provide the best possible start of their academic journey at CMA. The assessment of pupils with English as an Additional Language is a continuous process which starts before the pupil arrives in the academy via the admissions, continues during the Induction Programme and throughout the academic life of each student. All newly arrived international students are assessed using the EAL- Levels of Proficiency in English bands, Maths test, and Reading tests so that we can ensure the most effective EAL provision and interventions are being put in place as early as possible.

Based on the level of support needed, our students can join different interventions such as: Phonics, Reading & language development or homework clubs. At KS4, (Year 10 and Year11) Language Accesslessons can be selected in place of one GCSE option. These tailored lessons will help students to develop their English language skills and support learning across other GCSE subjects.   Students with English as an additional language in KS4 also have the opportunity to take an extra GCSE in one of the languages offered: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin only), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu.

If you need a translated version of this document or further information please contact Mr. B.Negru – EAL Co-ordinator via email BNegru@cma.bright-futures.co.uk

Translations available in :  Arabic ( عربي ) , Urdu ( اردو ),Italian (  Italiano ) , Spanish (Español),   French (Français) ,Romanian  (Română) and other languages.