The support for ethnic minority achievement (EMA) is
currently managed in North Somerset primarily within the Vulnerable
Learners’ Service.
They have responsibility for providing cross-cluster support to
ensure that all ethnic minority children and their families,
including those with English as an additional language, are
supported appropriately within North Somerset‘s settings and
schools.
They are able to respond to schools and settings in the
following ways:
- Following direct referrals from schools and settings of
individual BME children for whom there are concerns, or referrals
via Cluster Leads
- As part of whole school capacity-building in relation to
ensuring the attainment of minority ethnic pupils.
This strategic work will include:
- Support with school planning using audit tools based on
National Strategy programmes supporting Black heritage pupils, New
Arrivals and Advanced Bilingual Learners
- Support for school EMA Leader
- School-based INSET
- Pupil assessment, action planning and monitoring with school
EMA Leader
- Inclusive classroom projects
- Inclusive curriculum development
Pupil/student voice
Parent/community partnerships
- Planning and policy development
- Specialist project work (by agreement with individual
schools)
- Services to partner agencies, schools and settings
Additional universal support includes:
- Free access to the internationally renowned EMAS website:
www.emas4success.org.
This provides online advice, resources and links
- Central Training and EMA Network support sessions for school
staff with responsibility, including ‘EMA Leaders’ and ‘EMA
Teaching Assistants’ to develop in-school EMA work – to be
confirmed
If you feel that your setting or school would benefit from such
support, please contact Stephen Bray at:
Stephen.bray@n-somerset.gov.uk,
Tel: 01934 427 529
Postal address: VLS (EMA), Ground Floor, Castlewood, Tickenham
Road, Clevedon BS21 6AB
