Embedding EAL Assessment (Online Course)

This online course is designed for practitioners with responsibility for leading on English as an Additional Language (EAL) assessment who are looking for effective ways of embedding the assessment of English language proficiency across their school. 

The course explores:

• Policies and systems: how EAL assessment can be successfully integrated into existing school policies and systems;   
• Key roles and responsibilities: who is best placed to carry out different aspects of the EAL assessment process; 
• Continuing professional development (CPD): what CPD is needed for relevant school staff in order to ensure EAL assessment is fully embedded. 

Who is this course for?

• Senior leaders;  
• Assessment leads;  
• EAL coordinators;  
• Heads of department/heads of year;  
• Higher level teaching assistants (HLTAs) with responsibility for EAL assessment. 

Please note: this course is not available to international schools. Please click here to view our upcoming Language for Results International online courses.

Why learn with us?

• The course includes three online modules and is designed to work around the busy lives of those working in schools.
• With three hours of online study over a four to five-week period, this course enables you to work at a manageable pace with plenty of time to process course content and consider the relevance to your context.
• The course is designed to be highly interactive and collaborative, with opportunities to work with other course participants, course tutors, and course material.
• Module two is a live webinar with opportunities to ask questions and share good practice in real time.

Tickets are available for either primary or secondary practitioners. A certificate will be awarded for successful completion of the course.

Ticket sales close on Tuesday 14 April 2026 at 4pm UK time.

Course structure:

Module One:

Pre-webinar online tasks: completed at your own pace over a one-week period.

You will:

• Explore what research and policy say about EAL assessment and reflect on the implications for your context.  
• Consider key roles and responsibilities of school staff relating to EAL assessment, and reflect on these in relation to your setting. 
• Consider what constitutes effective EAL assessment practice, who needs to be involved and when it needs to take place. 
• Learn about initial assessment practices, first/home-language assessment, and ongoing EAL assessment.   

Time commitment: approximately 60 minutes.

Module Two:

Live interactive webinar with the course tutors:

• Primary: 29 April 2026, 16:00-17:00 
• Secondary: 30 April 2026, 16:00-17:00 

You will:  

• Learn about EAL assessment tools and resources.  

• Explore key steps in the EAL assessment journey of a child. 

• Consider some strategies for focussing support with limited resource. 

Time commitment: 60 minutes.

Module Three:

Final project to implement learning from the course, completed at your own pace over a one to two-week period, followed by tutor feedback. You will apply what you have learned in Modules 1 and 2 by completing an action plan for your setting.  

Time commitment: approximately 60 minutes.

Course tutors:

All tutors are experienced teacher educators with substantial experience of teaching and assessing learners who use EAL in relevant contexts. Tutors are trained e-moderators and offer friendly, practical specialist support to all participants throughout the course.

Independent UK schools will be charged the standard rate with the income generated enabling The Bell Foundation to further its charitable goals.

For those who are not from a school (e.g. charities or local authority EMTAS teams), please email uk.training@bell-foundation.org.uk for pricing information.

For all bookings: Please ensure the attendee’s email address is used, not the email address of a school finance officer or administrator, to ensure that course messages and materials can be shared.

Important notice: There are only two websites authorised to promote and take bookings for this event run by The Bell Foundation. These are: The Bell Foundation’s website and Eventbrite. Please do not book, or express interest in, this event through any other website.