Expert-Led Webinar: English as an Additional Language - Wednesday 3 June 2026 (Online)

HMC Expert-led Webinars – a series of online CPD sessions, focusing on current themes and issues within wider society impacting schools and school culture.

Description

EAL: A whole school approach

This interactive session will be recorded.

Session Objectives

  • Establish a shared understanding of multilingualism as an asset and its role in whole-school improvement
  • Explore how current provision can more fully draw on students’ linguistic repertoires within teaching and learning
  • Clarify how inclusive pedagogy secures consistent access to the curriculum while maintaining high expectations
  • Support leaders to prioritise actions that strengthen student outcomes and staff confidence
  • Introduce a clear framework for building a coherent, asset-based model across the school

Key Takeaways

  • A sharper lens for recognising how multilingualism contributes to learning, participation, and attainment
  • Clear next steps to strengthen consistency while making purposeful use of students’ full linguistic resources
  • Practical ways to embed inclusive, asset-based pedagogy as a shared expectation across all classrooms
  • Greater confidence in aligning multilingual provision with school priorities, outcomes, and reputation
  • A structured starting point for developing a provision that enhances access, engagement, and long-term success

Biography

Anna Leaman (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-leaman-845b1a10a/)

EAL and inclusive teaching and learning consultant, coach and trainer. 

Anna is dedicated to empowering teachers to confidently teach diverse, multilingual classrooms. Drawing on over 14 years of UK and international experience in teaching, leadership, and coaching — including roles as Head of English, EAL/Literacy Coordinator, and SENDCo — she supports schools to develop whole-school approaches to EAL and language inclusion.

Specialising in both strategic and operational leadership for EAL, academic language development, and multilingual literacy, Anna works with senior and middle leaders to strengthen curriculum design and implement impactful, inclusive adaptations. She also delivers training and workshops that support teachers to refine their pedagogy and respond effectively to the needs of evolving cohorts.