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EDEAS is a dedicated multi-ethnic and multilingual team, with over 30 years’ experience of working closely with Devon schools and settings to remove barriers and inequalities in attainment and achievement. Through our specialist resources and support, we provide expert advice, guidance, and training to help raise attainment and close the performance gap for ethnically diverse and multilingual children.
Who do we support?
- Children in primary and secondary schools
- Children in Early Years settings
- Unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children
- Schools, settings and agencies
What our support looks like
- Advice and support for school coordinators, teachers and school leaders.
- Support on strategies to overcome barriers to learning and closing the gap for multilingual and ethnically diverse children.
- Advice on relevant target setting.
- Attendance advice and support.
- Child observation and advice.
- Specialist consultancy at multiagency meetings.
- Targeted specialist interventions and programmes.
- Supporting schools with Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
- Cultural awareness and cultural exchange.
- Training, network meetings and workshops.
- Guidance on school policies.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
- School and trust EDI reviews (ensuring you meet your legal duty and Ofsted expectations).
- Support and advice on setting and analysing your Equality duty objectives.
- EDI pupil forums.
- Bullying, prejudice and racism incident support.
- Policy guidance and support.
- Fully funded EDI training.
This academic year EDEAS has partnered with Devon Schools Wellbeing Partnership to offer all Devon schools (excluding Plymouth and Torbay) fully funded Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training.
This training can be delivered to Trust leaders, governors and/or school staff. We are also running a hybrid model of either 1hr onsite training session, or two 30mins webinars – to meet the needs of your busy diaries. Register your interest.
Accessing support
- Equality and diversity webpages – this includes resource, guidance on areas such as racism, gender identity and sexual orientation. As well as a My Safety Plan template and good practice.
- Equality and diversity policy, and Equality duty review – exemplars and guidance (free)
- For all other EDI queries please contact Cary-Anne Ginns, Lead advisory teacher, Cary-Anne.Ginns@devon.gov.uk
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen (GRTS) support
- Short-term intervention programmes.
- Individual transition programmes for Traveller children from primary to secondary, early years to primary and secondary to post-16.
- Advisory support to help develop inclusive approaches.
- Advice on distance learning.
- Visiting unauthorised encampments, fairs and circuses to provide education.
- Support for schools, settings and agencies to build strong links with parents and carers.
- Curriculum support to plan for opportunities to value and promote Traveller culture.
- Training and community cultural awareness.
- Future focus workshops and Traveller history month (June) assemblies.
Accessing support
Visit the GRTS webpages
For support please contact Ellen Tout, GRTS advisory teacher, Ellen.Tout@devon.gov.uk
Supporting multilingual children
- Bilingual intervention support for new arrivals.
- Bilingual support for children causing concern.
- Diversity and cultural workshops.
- Interpreting support for multilingual families in meetings and SEN assessments.
- Specialist guidance for school leaders
- Translation service – ensuring your school correspondence and consent forms are fully accessible.
- Pupil observations and targeted interventions.
- Support with SEN identification through Home Language assessments.
- Specialist consultancy.
- Support with using Proficiency assessments.
- Advisory clinics (maintained schools only)
- Four training packages: Closing the word gap, Supporting multilingual children with writing, Supporting multilingual children in the Early Years and Improving support for multilingual children.
Accessing support
EDEAS has two Lead advisory teachers providing consultancy support and Bilingual support workers, covering over 20 languages.
- Bilingual support and interpreter bookings form
- Translation services – email your document to educate.educationbilingualsupport-mailbox@devon.gov.uk for a free quote.
- Multilingualism clinic booking – time dedicated to discuss your provision and any concerns (for maintained schools and EYS attached to maintained schools only)
- Advisory consultancy
- Home language assessments
For all other support for multilingual children, please contact Lead advisory teachers, Kat Tasinkiewicz: Kat.Tasinkiewicz@devon.gov.uk or Cary-Anne Ginns: Cary-Anne.Ginns@devon.gov.uk