{"id":11985,"date":"2021-10-20T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/web\/?p=11985"},"modified":"2021-10-20T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T10:10:08","slug":"reaching-learners-facing-disadvantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esbuk.org\/index.php\/reaching-learners-facing-disadvantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching learners facing disadvantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

English Speaking Board (International) celebrates its 70th<\/sup> Anniversary in 2023<\/strong>! To honour this special milestone, we are launching a significant outreach campaign that will make access to our suite of speech and language qualifications more available to groups and organisations which are seeking to close the disadvantage gap. We hope to support organisations where their learners face disadvantage\u00a0due to socio economic factors, disability or migration status. We will support them financially to access our assessments, support and training.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESB learners from Heygreen Primary School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

English Speaking Board continues to prepare today\u2019s learner for tomorrow\u2019s world through its assessments \u2013 particularly reaching out to those learners facing disadvantage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESB is removing barriers to learning by supporting disadvantaged learners from schools within the Rainbow Education Multi-Academy Trust<\/a> to access its assessments as part of its 70\/70 Campaign!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established to provide the best possible education to children across the Merseyside City Region, the Rainbow MAT consists of a group of innovative schools where their young people face disadvantage, and who all share a common mission similar to that of ESB, to \u2018inspire children to grow up and have a positive impact on their world\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESB has already successfully enabled learners at one of the Trust\u2019s schools, Heygreen Primary School, access to its qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With many learners facing disadvantage due to socio-economic factors, disability and migration status, the proportion of disadvantaged pupils at Heygreen Primary School is well above the national average as is the proportion of pupils from ethnic minority groups and those who speak English as an additional language. Learners identified as having Special Educational needs and\/or learning disabilities is also higher than average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESB\u2019s assessments are part of the growing range of school-wide activities that the Trust provides which help to support the broader development of their learners\u2019 English Language skills and which help to improve their outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research from Sutton Trust in February 2019, for the APPG for Social Mobility, found that from the age of five, the UK’s most disadvantaged children can be 19 months behind their more affluent peers in vocabulary development, and this deficit can have life-long consequences. By not developing our children\u2019s language and communication skills from the earliest opportunity, we are limiting our workforce and the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the above in mind, improving the life chances of all children to reach their maximum potential and inspiring high-quality communication in people is something ESB and the Rainbow MAT recognise, with both parties being engaged in the value of oracy as a vehicle for social mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESB\u2019s Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw and ESB\u2019s Communications Team visited the school during the preparation of the learners\u2019 assessments to gain a clearer insight into their ESB experience. Watch the video below capturing highlights from our visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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