Support Services

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

We have a limited number of places for students from Reception to Year 9 who require English as an Additional Language support. These children are classified using the Neale Scale into Beginners and Advanced users. Five teachers are employed to meet the needs of the school population. The Head of Primary meets once a week with the Learning Support Coordinator to discuss specific children and the programmes that are run in the primary school.

Parents, whose children are on the register pay extra fees for this service. At each level a child receives support.

• Beginner - Three periods of pull-out and five periods of in-class support
• Advanced - Five periods of in-class support

EAL classes are conducted at the same time as the language programme. Children either go to EAL, Thai, Dutch or French at this time. Thai children are able to complete their required number of lessions during lunch and after school.

Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Special Education Needs caters for children who are

• Educationally able - Gifted and Talented
• Children who need support to achieve benchmark expectations

Two teachers and two learning support assistants (LSA) are currently employed to work with these children. Their support comes in the form of either pull-out or in-class depending on individual needs and the task that they have been allocated. The Head of Primary meets once a week with the learning support coordinator to discuss children and the programmes that are run in the primary school.