Contact the English as an Additional Language and Traveller Service to get support for children who are bilingual and new to learning English.
English as an Additional Language and Traveller Service (EALTS)
We provide support early years and school age children and families with English as an Additional Language.
We provide support early years and school age children and families with English as an Additional Language.
What the English as an Additional Language and Traveller Service (ELATS) does
ELATS offers a flexible and tailored service which is able to respond to the diverse and changing demands of the English as an Additional Language population in private, voluntary and independent Pre-schools and nurseries and also in primary and secondary schools across the city.
The EALTS offer incorporates bilingual assistants and/or teaching support, as well as advisory input and training. Support can be arranged according to individual school's needs.
Who the service is for
EALTS is located at Fairlight Primary School, and the area we cover is citywide.
We can provide support in early years and school-age children and families with English as an Additional Language.
List of languages supported by ELATS
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Cantonese
- Czech
- Dari
- Farsi
- Hungarian
- Lithuanian
- Mandarin
- Oromiffa
- Pashto
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovakian
- Thai
- Turkish
- Urdu
Contact us the team if you need support with a language that is not listed.
How to access the service
We do not take self-referrals. Referrals to the service are made by pre-schools, schools and health visitors. An assessment is then undertaken in the pupil's mother tongue is then undertaken to assess the support they require. There are waiting lists to use our service but these are less than 6 weeks.
Communication, planning and decision-making with service users
Day-to-day feedback and service evaluations are our main forms of communication.
We use Makaton and have access to a bank of bilingual assistants and home school liaison officers to support English as an Additional Language users.
We support carers and parents by offering training in the use of The Triple P program (Positive Parenting Program), Family SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) and supporting family learning through community languages.
SEND staff training
All staff have training in SEN and issues around equality. Our staff have not had specific training around working with children with disabilities.
Contact the ELATS team
English as an Additional Language and Traveller Service (EALTS)