EAL Quality Mark
It’s great to be rewarded for getting things right!
- Looking for qualification of your EAL practice? Gain a clearer picture of the scope and success of your EAL provision with the EAL Quality Mark
- The EAL Quality Mark is an award made to schools on their achievements in meeting the needs of pupils learning English as an additional language.
- It is available as a bronze, silver or gold award, allowing schools the opportunity to re-visit the award and build on their practice over time.
- Suitable for UK state schools and international schools globally
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Celebrate your achievements with the EAL Quality Mark
Why should your school get involved?
Apart from the obvious benefit of knowing you’ve done well, this process will enable you to record evidence of your success, expertise and skills in meeting the needs of EAL learners. It will also assist you in identifying areas for further development through the school improvement process. You will emerge from this process with clear targets, plans for further improvements and a great reason to celebrate!
Registration and pricing
To participate in the EAL Quality Mark costs £950 plus any travelling expenses incurred for the validation visit (all exclusive of VAT). You will receive a free copy of our popular EAL Handbook at the beginning of the process to support your evaluation.
For further information or to register for the award please complete the enquiry form below and we will be in touch to answer your questions and get you started.
While there is no expiry date on our award certificates, we recommend that schools renew their award every 3 years, in line with standard best practice.
What our clients say
Suitable for UK state schools and international schools globally
Originally developed for UK schools to support qualification of EAL provision, the EAL Quality Mark criteria have been adapted for international schools, to reflect the different challenges faced by schools operating in countries where English may not be the first language.
Soofia Amin from Kensington Primary School (UK) explains why her school found the EAL Quality Mark so useful.
Gary Crick from The International School @Park City, KL (Malaysia) explains why his school got involved and how they helped us to adapt the criteria for international schools.
How does it work?
The EAL Quality Mark is based on a school’s self-evaluation of its EAL provision.
- Leadership and management
- Teaching, learning and assessment
- Working with parents and the community
We also celebrate the achievements of schools that do well on our blog.
Qualification of EAL provision at Eastover Community Primary School
We initially carried out the self assessment for the EAL Quality Mark as we wished to have our efforts recognised and celebrated. We were amazed when we collected all the evidence of how much we have in place and our expertise. However, the Quality Mark did so much more than this. By exploring our practice in the three areas of leadership and management, teaching, learning and assessment and working with parents and the community we were able to identify where we needed to make improvements and establish clear areas for development and future plans. It was exactly what we needed.
Tried and tested strategies from an experienced EAL Coordinator
Lynsey was initially looking for qualification of her EAL provision and is now the tutor for one of our most popular online courses!
Find out more: Leading EAL in primary schools.
<<Hear more from Lynsey on our YouTube channel
Gold award schools
Click on the schools below to find out about their outstanding EAL practices.
*Reassessed after 3 years and Gold award renewed
- Abingdon Primary School, Middlesbrough
- Adderley Primary School, Birmingham
- Barton Hill Academy, Bristol
- Braybrook Primary School, Peterborough
- Cauldwell School, Bedfordshire
- Chorlton High School, Manchester
- Christ Church C Of E Primary School & Nursery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Clapham Terrace Primary School, Warwickshire
- Discovery Primary School, Peterborough
- Eastover Primary School, Somerset
- Elmwood Infant School, Croydon
- Featherstone High School, Ealing
- Featherstone Primary and Nursery School, Ealing*
- Forest School, Wokingham
- Goldington Green Academy, Bedfordshire*
- Great Denham Primary School, Bedfordshire
- Hampton Hargate Primary School, Peterborough
- Handford Hall School, Suffolk
- Kensington Primary School, Newham
- Laurance Haines School, Hertfordshire
- Lea Forest Primary Academy, Birmingham
- Leighton Primary School, Peterborough
- Manor Court Community Primary School, Somerset
- Minet Nursery and Infant School, Hillingdon
- Mora Primary School, Brent
- New Marston Primary School, Oxfordshire
- North Ormesby Primary Academy, Middlesbrough
- Norwood Green Infant & Nursery School, Hounslow
- Phoenix School (Special Needs School), Peterborough
- Plashet School, Newham
- Priory Lower School, Bedfordshire
- Rounds Green Primary School, Sandwell
- St Michael’s RC Primary, Newcastle upon Tyne
- St Olave’s Preparatory School
- Sydenham Primary School, Warwickshire*
- The Beeches Primary School, Peterborough
- Tudor Primary School, Ealing
- Wapping High School, Tower Hamlets
- Wellington School, Trafford
- West Acton Primary School, Ealing
- Westgate Hill Primary Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Whitehouse Community Primary School, Suffolk
Silver award schools
- ARK All Saints Academy, Southwark
- Beaver Road Primary School, Manchester
- Curwen Primary School, Newham
- Evergreen Primary Academy, Bristol
- Maiden Erlegh School, Wokingham
- Marshalls Park Academy, Romford
- Norham High School, North Tyneside
- Pear Tree Community Primary School, Derby
- Plat Douet School, Jersey
- Prendergast Ladywell School, Lewisham
- Ranelagh Primary School, Suffolk
- Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Peterborough
- Scott Primary School, Bedfordshire
- Smithills School, Greater Manchester
- St Botolph’s Primary School, Peterborough
- St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Lancashire
- The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton
- The Dolphin School, Bristol
- Westbourne Academy, Suffolk
Bronze award schools
- Southfields Primary School, Peterborough
- Valley Primary Academy, Norfolk
EAL Quality Mark webinars
Celebrate your achievements with the EAL Quality Mark!
Gold award schools describe a key aspect of their fantastic EAL practice and why they found doing the EAL Quality mark to be valuable in the qualification of their EAL provision.
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