Access and engagement in geography - EAL

Teaching pupils geography for whom English is an additional language.

This guidance applies the principles of the Key Stage 3 National Strategy to the teaching and learning of geography for pupils learning EAL.

The guidance is in two parts:

• Sections 1 to 4 are intended for subject leaders of geography and ethnic minority achievement (EMA) in secondary schools. These sections are designed to support a departmental meeting focused on reviewing the attainment of pupils learning English as an additional language (EAL), and should be read in conjunction with the later sections.
• Sections 5 to 8 are for all geography teachers and their EMA colleagues. They aim to help teachers support pupils learning EAL in the classroom, particularly those working at levels 3 to 4 and who have been learning in English for a minimum of two years, in order to raise their attainment in geography lessons.

The Strategy has high expectations for all pupils, and the inclusion of pupils learning EAL is a fundamental principle.