Consultancy to schools

NASSEA associates offer consultancy on all areas of Ethnic Minority Achievement, equalities and diversity, to primary and secondary schools. Consultancy work can support senior leaders, middle leaders, EMA/ EAL coordinators, class and subject teachers, teaching assistants and specialist EMA teachers and assistants to increase the progress and engagement and raise the attainment of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds.  

Consultancy to schools is undertaken by EMA leaders with significant experience and expertise in developing EMA work across schools.  

NASSEA associates offer services to meet your school’s individual needs, including:  

• Supporting senior leaders to analyse the attainment and progress of BME, EAL and GRT learners and to identify successes and areas for development;
• Reviewing current provision, practice and policies for Equalities and Diversity, EAL, Community Cohesion and Equity and Excellence;
• Working with heads of department or key stage leaders to review provision and practice and identify barriers to progress for BME, EAL and GRT learners;
• Working with EMA and EAL coordinators, teachers and assistants, to develop their roles effectively, through coaching and modelling;
• Supporting senior and middle leaders to review provision for new arrival pupils, GRT pupils and for the management of high mobility in school and to provide advice on developing effective practice in these areas;
• Supporting class teachers, key stages and departments to develop partnership teaching to maximize the effectiveness of EMA staffing and provision;
• Developing short term intervention programmes and medium term class-based projects to develop strategies for increasing progress in language development and curriculum understanding;
• Providing CPD for senior leaders and school governors to promote best practice and ensure that the school’s duties regarding equalities and cohesion are being met;
• Providing CPD to promote subject teachers’ understanding of language and literacy within their subject;
• Providing CPD for bilingual assistants to promote the effective use of first languages and English for learning and teaching;
• Providing CPD for teaching assistants and other support staff to promote effective working with BME, EAL and GRT pupils.

NASSEA School Partnership (leaflet)

NASSEA School Partnership gives your school the opportunity to join a well-established regional network focusing on Ethnic Minority Achievement, including Equalities, English as an additional language, Community Cohesion, School Linking and community language development.  

NASSEA is a not-for-profit professional organisation. It promotes equality in education through teaching and learning which is effective and engaging for children and young people from all ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds.  

What the NASSEA School Partnership gives your school:  

• 1 free place at a NASSEA network meeting;
• 1 NASSEA conference voucher;
• 1 free resource pack;
• A termly newsletter and email updates keeping you informed of national, regional and local developments in Ethnic Minority Achievement as well as events, professional development conferences and special offers.

 NASSEA School Partnership plus:  

• + Up to 5 phone/email advice requests per year;
• + Up to 5 school letter translations.

NASSEA Network Meetings (leaflet)

NASSEA runs network meetings for schools across the North-West on a range of topics. Meetings this year include:  

• Developing the language of maths;
• Promoting language development in Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1;
• Developing language in outdoor areas.

NASSEA Conferences

NASSEA regularly organises conferences for teachers and teaching assistants. Annual conferences include: 

• EAL support staff conference;
• Bilingualism in Education Conference;
• International New Arrivals Conference.

Other conferences may be organised during the year on current issues. 

For further information and requests for NASSEA Services please contact Ameer Abbasi on mobile number 07845 649 624, telephone number 0161 253 6422/23 or through e-mailing consultancy@nassea.org.uk.