This guidance, published in May 2004, addresses multicultural issues and the difficulties of isolation which can present minority ethnic pupils with additional barriers to their achievement.

This topic paper presents the latest Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) statistics and research on minority ethnic pupils' attainment and participation at school.

This research, commissioned by the DfES, was published in October 2006. The aim of the evaluation was to establish the effectiveness of the project in delivering whole school change to raise African Caribbean achievement.

This research, commissioned by the Department, was published in June 2004. It nvestigated the educational needs of mixed heritage pupils with specific reference to the barriers to achievement faced by White/Black Caribbean pupils.

This guidance provides practical advice on how LEAs and schools can use the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) most effectively to support minority ethnic pupils at risk of underachieving and bilingual pupils.

Published in 2004, this booklet 'Aiming High: Guidance on Supporting the Education of Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children', has been produced to support teachers in their work with asylum seeking and refugee children and contains information ranging from the role of LEAs through to advice on supporting individual communities.

This document, published in March 2003, outlines the Government's commitment to continuing to raise standards for all young people whatever their ethnic or cultural background and ensuring that all education policies truly address the needs of every pupil in every school.

The Guide, published in July 2003, offers advice and guidance to schools and LEAs on how to raise the attainment and achievement of Gypsy/Traveller pupils.

Raising Achievement Levels for Minority Ethnic Pupils, Exploring Good Practice

This comprehensive guidance has been produced to support teachers in their work with these children and contains information ranging from the role of LEAs through to advice on supporting individual communities. Further guidance linked to 'Aiming High' has been issued in 2004.

This publication has been produced as part of the National Union of Teachers' Professional Development Programme.

The booklet offers advice to teachers new to teaching children from refugee and asylum-seeking families

Published in July 2003, this research topic paper summarises the latest research and statistics on minority ethnic groups in education, charting attainment and participation from pre-school to higher education and adult learning.

Commissioned by the Department, this research looks at the experiences of minority ethnic pupils in mainly white schools.

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An ever increasing number of organisations and institutions linked to the work of the DCFS have their own information services on the World Wide Web. The DCSF is not responsible for the contents or reliability of the linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Listing shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over availability of the linked pages.

blen is a non-profit education forum with an interest in language education and literacy in the widest sense. The site contains six areas of specialism and highlights the links between them. They offer open access to their website, and a non-obligatory membership scheme with additional advantages.

This site supports teachers, intending teachers and teacher recruitment. It focuses particularly upon teachers from diverse backgrounds who are in the profession or are intending to join the profession. The site offers direct on-line information and resources, gateway access to other relevant sites and provides a mechanism for global comunication and conferencing to promote networking. Click on title above to access the data.

Understanding the views of young people, and learning from them, is essential to The Prince's Trust. This is a link to the research area of their site, where you can access a summary of the study "The Way It Is" published in April 2002. Following the success of "It's Like That", this study continues querying the attitudes and aspirations of disadvantaged young people, shifting the focus to young people who've been excluded from compulsory education, who have left care, or who are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

The Ethnic Minority Employment Task Force has recently launched their website. The Task Force was formed to deliver the first coherent cross-Government strategy aimed at closing the ethnic minority employment gap.  Click the title heading above if you wish to access it. 

The introduction of the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) in April 1999 was evaluated in Managing Support for the Attainment of Pupils from Minority Ethnic Groups, published by OFSTED in October 2001. Funding for training for both mainstream and specialist staff is one of the key features of the new grant. The report drew on a range of evidence on the impact of the new grant on training opportunities, but direct evaluation of training events was not undertaken. This report gives the findings of a survey set up to explore the range, quality and impact of in-service training on teachers' performance and professional development.Published Oct 2002

This report evaluates recent developments in work by LEAs and schools to promote higher achievement by ethnic minority groups.

(Ref NR 2002-77)Ofsted reviews nine schools that are making a difference.Two reports published by OFSTED look at six secondary schools and three primary schools and ask 'What are these schools doing to make them more successful at raising the levels of achievement of Black Caribbean pupils?'

Racial equity issues, raising standards of attainment and inclusion, measuring attainment and social class, looking at the 'Gender Gap'. This publication updates the 1996 OFSTED review 'Recent research on the achievements of ethnic minority pupils.' Gillborn, D. and Gipps, C. (1996) which can be ordered via the OFSTED website http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=783

This booklet is intended to help inspectors, headteachers and staff to evaluate subjects for pupils aged 11-16. It gives guidance on evaluating standards and achievement, teaching and learning, and other factors that are likely to have an important bearing on what is achieved.

This research is published on the General Teaching Council for England website. The project describes what some schools are doing to facilitate success for minority ethnic groups and to consider how far these might be transferable between different schools with different intakes and in different contexts. These schools were identified as successful in raising the attainment of all children or of particular ethnic groups within them.

This site, maintained by the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) is aimed at Governors, Head teachers, Specialist and Mainstream Teachers, and includes material to support bilingual pupils.

This site covers key points relating to the assessment of children learning EAL including assessment scales linked to English national curriculum levels, guidance and exemplifications.

This is an organisation whose membership is largely drawn from teachers and practitioners working with pupils for whom English is an additional language. The website outlines role of this organisation, their publications and membership details.

This area of the CRE site outlines a number of CRE publications including "Learning for All - Standards for Racial Equality in Schools".

Race Relations (Amendment) Act: You can also find the Code of practice on the duty to promote race equalityfor public authorities and schools.

To see the the RR(A)Act in ful Click here

ACE provide independent advice to parents about the exclusions process and DfES advise in Circular10/99 that heads mention ACE in their exclusion notification letters.

Improving Practice: A whole school approach to raising the achievement of African Caribbean youth:This report provides strategies for working with young African Caribbean people who are under-achieving at school and who face alienation and exclusion as a consequence.                                                                                              Complementing Teachers:This report offers practical guidance on the promotion of race equality and cultural diversity within the classroom, and has been compiled by a working group of teachers and other educationalists. It includes CD-Rom with downloadable lesson plans and activities.

The Runnymede Trust has created  ‘The  Real Histories Directory’ as an online resource tool for teachers, parents, pupils and the wider community to support  teaching and learning about cultural diversity across the UK.  It contains information on resources such as culturally diverse toys and games, bookshops, museums, archives, individual performance artists and organisations that provide useful resources.  People are encouraged to submit information on any useful resources that they are aware of, free of charge, to the site.

The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation. The 'resource' area of this site includes a range of resources for EAL, Multiculturalism and international issues.

The Supplementary School Support Service project has come to an end following over three years of successful support for the sector by CfBT and the African Schools Association.  This website retains very useful links and guidance for supplementary schools and will be updated with new material in the future. 

ORIGINATION celebrates the rich mix of people who live in the United Kingdom. The site offers links to other sites which celebrate our differences.

Channel 4's Black and Asian History Map is a searchable gateway to websites that hold information on the black and Asian presence in British history. The map is an entry point to a whole host of sources and is a useful tool for those who intend to explore the black and Asian presence. It invites the audience to participate, and encourages and helps the users to create their own web sites or to provide linkages to other sites so that these sites can be part of the ever-growing material on the map. It is a great educational resource with online competitions, a forum to share ideas, a black and Asian history game and a wide selection of useful links. Information on this website has been used successfully to support Black History Month projects.

The Refugee Council is the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. This site offers some useful materials on refugee children and bilingualism, for schools to use.

This Statistical First Release (SFR 04/2004) provides 2002 (final) and 2003 (provisional) information on Key Stage National Curriculum assessments and GCSE/GNVQ achievements of young people in England by different pupil characteristics, specifically gender, ethnicity,eligibility for free school meals (FSM), special education needs (SEN) and English as an additional language (EAL). The pdf version of the SFR provides useful key points.  This SFR also has LEA level data as additional spreadsheets.  Click on title above to access the data.

This Statistical First Release (SFR 04/2003) provides summary findings of the most recent survey of 16 year olds from the latest Youth Cohort Study (YCS) carried out in spring 2002. This provides Year 11 attainment, study aim, and activity of 16 year olds broken down by socio-demographic characteristics, such as gender, ethnic group, socio-economic group, truancy and exclusion.

This Statistical First Release (SFR 05/2003) provides summary findings of the most recent survey of 18 year olds carried out in spring 2002. The survey looks at the activities, qualifications, and study aims at 18, trends in educational attainment and activity at 18, and transitions between the ages of 16, 17 and 18, including analysis by ethnicity.

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, (QCA) has published Respect for all: Reflecting cultural diversity through the national curriculum, a web-based project by teachers for teachers which exemplifies how schools are meeting the statutory requirement relating to inclusion in the national curriculum under the Race Relations (Amendment) Act of 2000.

This Ethnic Minority Attainment (EMA) Portal has been developed by Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester Local Education Authorities with the help of the DfES, to provide resources and support to enable every pupil to fulfil their potential. The teaching and learning resources focus on children and young people with English as an additional language and those from minority ethnic backgrounds.