April 2004: Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant - Good Practice Publications

A set of publications are now available to schools and LEAs - Aiming High: Supporting Effective Use of EMAG; Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant - Good practice in primary schools; and Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant - Good practice in secondary schools. These provide advice and case studies on how making effective use of the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG).

The documents are available from the DfES Distribution Centre. Please quote the  DfES reference DfES/0283/2004, and specify whether you want the primary or secondary school pack.

DfES Publications
Tel: 0845 60 222 60
Fax: 0845 60 333 60
Textphone: 0845 60 555 60
Email: dfes@prolog.uk.com

Brief details and the download of the publications are as follows:

Aiming High: Supporting Effective Use of EMAG (DfES)

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.

It builds on the information in the Standards Fund Circular 2004-5 and the statutory responsibilities placed on LEAs and schools by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 to promote race equality.

To access  the document click on the following link Aiming High: Supporting Effective Use of EMAG (PDF 117KB)

Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (OFSTED)

Two reports have been published both entitled Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant. These reports focus on using EMAG effectively One focuses on primary schools (HMI 2072)  and one on secondary schools (HMI 2172). These documents complement the Aiming High: Supporting Effective Use of EMAG mentioned above.

To access the documents please click the following links below:

Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant - Good practice in primary  schools (HMI 2072) (PDF 189KB)

Managing the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant - Good practice in secondary schools (HMI 2172) (PDF 173KB)