New Arrivals

This section is intended to build on the expertise that schools already have to increase their capacity for welcoming new arrivals.

Welcoming new arrivals should be based on a whole - school approach that involves all staff
This information complements the "New Arrivals Excellence Programme (NAEP)

This guidance focuses primarily on meeting the needs of pupils who have arrived in school as a result of international migration which includes refugee, asylum seekers, economic migrants.
However, the guidance is applicable to a number of groups of mobile pupils who arrive in school outside the standard admission times.
These are known as mid-phase admissions.

• an environment Audit
• the new arrivals cultural experience
• admission interview
• interpreting and translation services
• guidance on using an interpreters
• translated letters
• preparing for a new arrival (primary)
• assessment of new arrivals
• a language in common- QCA extended scales
• Potential challenges faced by new arrivals