North Lincolnshire Diversity Service

The North Lincolnshire Diversity Service provides quality support to raise the achievement of all minority ethnic groups of pupils. It also monitors educational provision for those pupils receiving elective education at home.

The service works in partnership with:

• schools
• communities
• and other key stakeholders

to raise expectations and standards and to promote inclusion for all pupils.

It is dedicated to providing a high quality service, which promotes excellence and equality for all.

The aim of the Diversity Service is to provide schools, other agencies and communities with support for several key areas of work. (A list of these is included in the further information document below).

The Diversity Service has a team of specialist teachers and teaching assistants. They have expertise in meeting the needs of minority ethnic pupils, including those with English as an additional language and travellers.

The service offers buy back support to schools in North Lincolnshire with significant numbers of minority ethnic pupils. Other schools are able to access a range of services (listed in the further information document below).

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For more information please contact:

Ms Sameena Choudry
Head of Diversity Service
c/o Crosby Primary School
Frodingham Road
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 7NL

Tel: 01724 280207
Fax: 01724 277044

Email: Sameena.Choudry@northlincs.gov.uk.

Diversity support information on the web

• The National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
• The National Centre for Languages
• NASSEA (professional organisation working with schools to meet the needs of black and bilingual pupils)
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Basic Skills Agency
• Ethnic minority achievement section of the DfES website
• The Refugee Council (gives help and support to refugees and asylum seekers arriving and surviving in Britain)
• DCSF - new arrivals excellence programme, primary and secondary national strategies

Other useful information

• Translation Service
• Diversity

Traveller Education

Traveller Education is part of the Diversity Service.

The service works with all Traveller groups including:

• Gypsy Travellers
• Irish Travellers
• Show people (circus and fair Travellers)
• New age Travellers
• Boat dwellers
• Roma/Rom

The Diversity Service works with schools, North Lincolnshire Council's education service and other education providers. They hope to raise standards of achievement for all Traveller pupils living in North Lincolnshire. This includes those settled in houses, on sites or short stay mobile groups.

Further information on the Traveller Education team is available to download below:

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