Accessing support and training

Bilingual support – this is usually support within the classroom, but on occasions can be 1-to-1 work outside the classroom or small group work.  This can also be delivered online via Bilingual intervention. Our Bilingual support workers role is solely to support with language acquisition and the communication between the teacher, child and their peers. This supports the child’s language development as well as accessing the academic learning.

Bilingual support can be purchased in a 2hr or 3hr blocks, as well as 6hrs, which is usually delivered in two 3hr sessions.  The 6hrs block is the most cost effective option.

If you require the Bilingual support worker to plan for 1-to-1 or small group work, this will be deducted from the time your purchase. For online Bilingual intervention if you purchase 6hrs you will receive 6hrs of delivery and these sessions are only suitable for Key stage 2 and up. We can provide online Bilingual intervention to children across the country.

All support must be delivered within the same financial year and the current costs are at the end of this page.

We can provide Bilingual support in the languages we have inhouse only, and subject to availability. To request bilingual support please use the booking form.

Interpreting services

You can request online face-to-face or onsite face-to-face interpreter support in blocks of hours.

For online face-to-face we can support you in over 200 languages.  This means you will see the interpreter via Teams, Google meets or Zoom etc.  You can choose the platform your school/setting uses and for the booking you will need to ensure you include the link to the meeting.  For support with this, please see our section on our Q&A page for Technical support.

For onsite face-to-face we can support in the languages we have inhouse only.  This means someone will be physically present at your meeting or assessments.

It is your responsibility to ensure you start the meeting on time and finish at the agreed time.  You will be invoiced for any overtime in blocks of hours.  This is to keep costs down for other users of this service.

All support must be delivered within the same financial year and the current costs are at the end of this page. To request interpreting services please use the booking form.

Translation services

Translations are crucial for clear communication and informed consent. It forms part of a schools Equality duty to ensure all letters, reports, consent forms and communication is understandable to multilingual families. Our team can translate any document, consent form or report into any languages we have in house.  We charge £60 per hour and for a free quote you can email it to educate.educationbilingualsupport-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.

Advisory teacher consultancy

The support and consultancy you will receive are from expert advisory and lead advisory teachers within the team who specialise in the area you are seeking support for. Costs can be found at the end of this page.

Supporting Multilingual children

You can access expert advice on your schools provision for supporting multilingual children. This can include a review of your provision, child and/or teaching observations, proficiency assessment support, home language assessment, cultural celebration and awareness workshops. We are also able to provide academic intervention for children causing concern – either focussing on current learning topics or developing English acquisition.

Maintained schools and early years settings attached to maintained school can also access our funded supporting multilingualism clinics.

Equality, diversity and inclusion provision

EDEAS provides a wide range of services to support your Equality duty and the provision that helps you to meet this. We can conduct a review of your provision, support with your Equality objectives, run workshops for children and staff – as well as providing intervention. For further details please visit the Equality and diversity webpages.

Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen

Our team are able to offer a wider range of services to support these communities. Including intervention, support with admissions and communication, awareness raising, support with attendance and much more. For further details please visit the GRT&S webpages.

Training

We will deliver various training opportunities throughout the year. Training opportunities for 24/25 academic year can be booked via the Devon Education Services shop. We can also offer bespoke training sessions to primary and secondary schools, and early years settings.

We are also delivering training on key INSET dates and twilights, to support schools in allocating time to improve their awareness and skills regarding EAL, Traveller support and equality.

These training sessions are fully funded for Devon maintained schools and Early Years settings (attached to maintained schools). They are also heavily discounted for all other schools and settings.

The training will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams and you can access the following key inset day and twilight webinars in:

Bullying, prejudice, and racism training
This whole school interactive training session initiates the discussion of staff’s understanding of bullying, prejudice and racism, whilst supporting the use of our BPRI guidance.

Closing the word gap
Vocabulary is one of the key building blocks in learning a new language and multilingual learners of all ages and at all stages of English language proficiency need additional support to increase their vocabulary.

Supporting multilingual children with writing
This is a workshop for teachers working with multilingual learners who struggle to write despite being able to communicate. It considers latest research (2015,Victoria Murphy).

Improving support for multilingual children
An introduction to understanding a multilingual learner and how best to support them in the classroom.

Equality, diversity and inclusion awareness
An introduction to raising awareness of equality, diversity and supporting your setting to be fully inclusive.

Supporting multilingual children in the Early Years 
An increasing number of children in Early Years settings are multilingual. There is no doubt about the importance that language plays in the lives of children. Language develops rapidly in the early years and all young children, including multilingual children, benefit from good quality provision which focuses on interaction and the development of communication skills. This training session is aimed at Early Years practitioners working with multilingual children.

Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen Awareness training
Have a better understanding of the barriers which effect Traveller families in accessing education and have an improved awareness of how to engage effectively with these communities.

We can deliver the training packages described above on other suitable dates, in person and online and we can tailor make bespoke training on your chosen area and topic. These can be purchased and booked via the Devon Education Services shop and the costs can be found below.

Costs

Maintained schools can access their core offer.

For an understanding of funding for multilingual children please visit our core offer webpage.