
Integrating parents with limited English into the community
“The biggest impact we noticed was the parents' confidence levels increasing and a willingness to engage with the school staff”
Mandy Hayer, Assistant Head, Tudor Primary School
www.communityvillage.net

What is the Community Village?
Would you like your parents with limited English to:
- Get a better understanding of how your school supports/works with them?
- Know how to support their child at home?
- Integrate into the school community?
- Develop the confidence to take part in school and community life?
The Community Village removes the barrier of EAL, allowing parents and schools to engage.
- Teaches basic home-school communication language to EAL parents
- Provides supportive EAL resources and guidance for home, supporting class topics
- Establishes a communication channel with image-based emails
- Builds a culture of collaboration and integration.



What are the results?
Tudor Primary School, London
As a school, we have a high level of pupil mobility throughout the year, due to families being re-housed to different boroughs. Very often, we have new families/children that join our school/community from abroad as new arrivals to the country. Frequently, these families/children will start our school with either no spoken English or with very limited English. These families bring a wealth of diversity, but do struggle with life in a new country (socially) and find it challenging to communicate.