Assessment

Below are guidance documents and materials to support schools with the assessment of newly arrived pupils with EAL. 

Assessment Contents

Assessment Guidance

Initial EAL assessment in primary schools - Guidance

Overview of the assessment process

Assessment Forms

EAL assessment recording form

DfE Proficiency in English scale

Template for initial assessment report

Sample Assessment Reports

Sample assessment report - Year 1

Sample assessment report - Year 6

Assessment Materials

Below are materials for assessment activities.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary - colours

Vocabulary - general

Vocabulary - verbs

Speaking and Listening

Personal information - prompts

Listening task - Identifying pictures - Instructions

Listening task - Identifying pictures

Speaking task 1 - The Fishing Trip

Speaking task 2 - Picture cards - Instructions

Speaking task 2 - Picture cards

Speaking and Listening additional task - The Fox and the Crow - Instructions

The Fox and the Crow Speaking and Listening task

Alphabet

Alphabet

Reading

Matching letters, words, phrases

Phonics

Reading task 1 - sight vocabulary

Reading task 2 - Tom's House

Reading task 3 - The Boy and the Lion

Writing

Writing task 1

Writing task 2 - Hare and Tortoise

Writing task 2 - Writing frame

Maths

Maths language - number, symbols

Maths language - shapes and time

Maths language - comparatives

Maths 1

Maths 2