Suggestions for tracking pupil progress

EAL descriptors, targets and suggested strategies

(from Step A below NC level 1 to NC level 4)

The grids are intended to be guidelines to support colleagues in their provision for EAL learners.

They can support

o        Assessment

o        Target setting

o        Track progress of EAL learners

o        Assist teachers seeking suitable teaching and learning strategies

When used consistently they can maximise EAL learners' inclusion and progress in the classroom. They build upon the common scales for assessing EAL as published in the QCA document ‘A Language in Common’.

QCA steps and targets below NC level 1

• QCA levels and suggestions: LISTENING
• QCA levels and suggestions: SPEAKING
• QCA levels and suggestions: READING
• QCA levels and suggestions: WRITING

Targets and descriptors above NC level 1

• NC level 2, Table 1
• NC level 3, Table 1
• NC level 4, Table 1

These grids are an adaptation of North Tyneside’s Pupil Progress records and also Hillingdon’s EMASS grids