Issue - meetings

To consider the report by a Working Group of the Social Care and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Panel on the implications of English as an additional language in Bracknell Forest schools.  

The Commission considered a report by a Working Group of the Social Care and Learning O&S Panel on the implications of English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Bracknell Forest schools.

The Commission thanked the Working Group and officers for an excellent report, that was interesting and showed the comprehensive and wide ranging work that had been undertaken. Members’ were disappointed by a negative headline in the press, which the Chairman would discuss with the Executive Member, but noted that other press coverage of the work had been positive.

Members’ were keen to ensure that a distinction between the work of Special Education Needs workers and those assisting children with English as an additional language was made.

The Chairman said that, as Mayor of the Council, he would consider making awards to EAL students for progress in their English studies.

It was RESOLVED that the Review of the Implications of English as an Additional Language in Bracknell Forest Schools undertaken by a working group of the Social Care and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Panel, be adopted and sent formally to the relevant Executive Member.